Foot

Trial and Error

Gets you from square one and back again

Today I discovered that no matter how much you want life to go your way

you might as well shot yourself in the foot

to get it over with.

Bang Bang.

Fuckin’ Hell

No matter how bad you think you’ve got it

don’t ever feel as if life isn’t worth livin’.

It is in those darkest hours that you

appreciate the god damn ground you walk on

and the dirty city air in your lungs

and the booze that makes you feel like shit.

No matter how bad you’ve got it,

it can turn around at any moment.

So shut the fuck up,

enjoy the ride.

Be Kind

we are always asked 
to understand the other person’s 
viewpoint 
no matter how 
out-dated 
foolish or 
obnoxious. 

one is asked 
to view 
their total error 
their life-waste 
with 
kindliness, 
especially if they are 
aged. 

but age is the total of 
our doing. 
they have aged 
badly 
because they have 
lived 
out of focus, 
they have refused to 
see. 

not their fault? 

whose fault? 
mine? 

I am asked to hide 
my viewpoint 
from them 
for fear of their 
fear. 

age is no crime 

but the shame 
of a deliberately 
wasted 
life 

among so many 
deliberately 
wasted 
lives 

is. 
 
Charles Bukowski

Raw with Love

little dark girl with 
kind eyes 
when it comes time to 
use the knife 
I won’t flinch and 
I won’t blame 
you, 
as I drive along the shore alone 
as the palms wave, 
the ugly heavy palms, 
as the living does not arrive 
as the dead do not leave, 
I won’t blame you, 
instead 
I will remember the kisses 
our lips raw with love 
and how you gave me 
everything you had 
and how I 
offered you what was left of 
me, 
and I will remember your small room 
the feel of you 
the light in the window 
your records 
your books
our morning coffee 
our noons our nights 
our bodies spilled together 
sleeping 
the tiny flowing currents 
immediate and forever 
your leg my leg 
your arm my arm 
your smile and the warmth 
of you 
who made me laugh 
again. 
little dark girl with kind eyes 
you have no 
knife. the knife is 
mine and I won’t use it 
yet. 

- Charles Bukowski

Your Mind

…a playground set out to wander every imaginable path,

as your action is set to decide which path to take.

Your mind never stopping, choosing whether to be or not to be.

Either way, your mind, is your grandest masterpiece never to be

mimicked.

No Leaders Por Favor

Bukowski gave the best advice.

To always reinvent yourself And to continually do so.

Just as those words sting clear My decisions and choices follow.

To keep on the path of constant evolution, To become the reinvented version of perfection.

Superstition

I saw a black cat yesterday With moon-like eyes Gazing at me through feline sight. Being a quarter-century My self awaited for the beast To walk past my path Just to test the superstition.

So far, so good.

Once I Get It

Selfishly pursuing my happiness.

I can only give back when I am able to.

Once my heart is in a good place,

will I be able to tend to others.

Soon.

very, very soon.

For now,

call

me

selfish.

Skeleton Boy

I close my eyes on the dancefloor 
I forget about you
I lose myself in flashing colors
Ive gotta see it through

you’re too much,
i take it that we’re over
should we even care at all?
too much, too much
lets shake hands and say goodbye

Your love is out 
believing despite the loss
Give me your hand 
lets face this night and see it through

Right by my feet, lay broken glasses 
you skeleton boy
swept from the walls, drips on my shoulder
I gotta see it through

- Friendly Fires