Closing In

Once there was life here
With love and friendships
A future looking brighter
More secure each day
Yet that security was fleeting
As was the love once here
That future now looks dim
Little time is left to change it

Written 8-25-2013

Tragic Flaws

Written 8-25-2013
Photograph taken 9-29-2012

We all have days when we really see only what we do wrong. This was written on that kind of a day. Sometimes the truth is a bitter pill to swallow.

Speechless

You say kind words yet they're suspect
Their real meaning left all too clear
The duality of your statement burns
Serving only to torment my soul

Speechless I stand in frustration
Fists clenched in silent rage
You'll neither understand who I am
Nor who I long to be in the end

B. Alan Hart
Written 8-15-2013

It's a shame when someone close to you thinks they not only know you, but know what's best for you as well. It's even worse when they put you down while at the same time trying to "help".

Once More

Once more I'm thinking
About all I've done wrong
Wishing that I hadn't been
Unkind and so headstrong

Once more I'm going over
All the choices I have made
If I could have one back
Just which one would I trade?

Once more I have to laugh
At my foolish thoughtful ways
Left with only lonely nights
Because I've wasted all the days

Once more I'm left hoping
For just another chance
To let my heart do the thinking
So my feet may simply dance

B. Alan Hart
8-10-2013