How You And I Became We

I saw you walking

by Donald Hall

Carrying Bill Murray's golf shoes

You bought on Ebay

I remembered how you

Used to sing Royals

Drunk on Bud Light with lime

You loved the attention

The crowd really responded to you

You talked of past lives and gurus

I could tell how you worshipped him

And his Crazy Wisdom

You were materialistic

Even spiritually

And I never felt good enough

But I kept on

And tried to keep up

I'm a lover

And you seemed to like

MMA fighters

Bipolar RnB singers

And running

While a brisk walk

Was like mountain climbing for me

And my rhymes were brilliant

If it were 1980

I sang you oldies

And breakup songs

And promised to always remind you

Asked Where you'd been

Whenever I couldn't find you

Walked intentionally beside you

Never in front of or behind you

I was determined to help you manifest

Your inner Goddess

I named our children in my dreams

Our rainbow tribe football team

We were architects of container houses

I teased you for wearing matching blouses

With your BFF

Asked you to Save The Last Dance for me

Or even just room and let you be free

We joked about almost kissing

Like the couples on the covers

Of Nicholas Sparks novels

I wanted you badly

But tried not to grovel

Pretended to keep it gangsta

But I knew that I was

Hopelessly devoted to you

I wanted to memorize you

Chapter and verse

Quote you like a sonnet

I watched you like a stalker

So I could accidentally run into you

I imagined spells

Listened to all the stories you had to tell

I made you love me

And hoped it would last forever

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Reasonable Words

Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash I married my small town There was no shotgun I had a way out & My youngest son was set When faced with a choice of flight & hoping to find you While hoping you would find me I chose love & sacrifice over poetry Truth is though poetry never left Never will leave Moves as I move But I may have sacrificed Any chance with you I was not afraid to risk All my coin on a pitch & toss Then write 10,000 words That makes a gain of loss I just couldn’t tell what was true You seemed to prefer your solitude Aside from that There was a need A weight that fell Upon some I love There was no providence coming Other than what these hands With what I had in my hands In my heart In my mind With my choice This is not to say no one cared It’s just that it’s ruggedly Individualist out here & the trickles Never get anything close to Raising our boats Some wo

The 5 People Who Make Life Heaven

They listen when you need to talk Talk when you need to listen They know your darkness Let you know theirs Without judgement and expectation You can talk to them about how you see things They don't get angry or anxious when you disagree Trust you enough to say what they really think Read tweets and novels Never make you beg or grovel Won't allow it Remind you that you're better than that Lay some of their burden on you Let you behind their wall Feel welcome behind yours You feel each other with heart and mind Even if you don't explain yourself They get you You get them These are the ones that make life worth living Make you love to be alive Reflect you to you Teach and learn Some days the lead singer Some days the band These are the ones You can count on one hand (c) Ron Kennedy

Poetry Tree

I saw no birds grieve No fallen leaves No branches on the ground None made a sound It wasn’t rotten It didn’t die in a storm Capitalism came In its progress form To take one of my last Best refuges from me I may be the only one who noticed The death of my poetry tree.

Between The Rhymes

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