Needling

This life of mine 
is but a series
of needles the eyes
of which I must
pass through each time
humility makes me smaller
until at last I
will simply disappear becoming
something else entirely unimaginable

Leaders

Leaders are never 
born they’re made
they only exist
up high viewing
those down below
for those below
only scurry about
around and through
the very obstacles
they call life
leaders have perspective
gained by reaching
only made leaders
have ever learned
how to survive
up on top
having been whittled
down through experience
to that thing
that can and
will survive the
pressure up here
so those down
there don’t even
know it exists

JustOneMoreLog

I have loved 
and been loved
so many times
in my life
that I feel
like an embarrassment
of riches and
that when I’m
asked why I
don’t want another
I often say
why chuck another
log onto an
already tall fire
I’d rather you
take the log
yourself and build
your own fire
attracting those who
want to be
warmed by it
I’d rather stay
cold for awhile

ChinnyChinChin

I have this spot 
on my chin where
hair has never grown
at first embarrassed I
tried a chin comb-over
but the sides met
only for a while
until someone pointed out
that when I think
I rub that spot
just like I think
the boy who found
the lamp did rub
conjuring up all sorts
of genies and wishes
but mine came true
when it was you
who pointed that out

TheirsNotYours

The lesson
of my
life to
learn is
not love
but rather
that love
can sometimes
corrupt rather
than comfort
we have
free will
to choose
and some
people frequently
choose harm
love them
too those
their choices
but theirs
aren’t yours
yours to
choose is
whether or
not you
can love
them despite
those that
they make
and not
be yours