Expectation is 
the assassin 
of joy
with disappointment 
hiding in 
the woods
taking aim
and waiting 
patiently until 
the heart
becomes exposed 
to take 
its shot

Don’t ask 
for advice 
find solutions 
opinions vary 
do you 
go to 
a restaurant 
with hopes 
of finding 
something that 
you like 
or do
you go
to eat

So many things 
don’t really matter 
namely big things 
for all of 
the big things 
are made up 
of little things 
quietly woven together 
so focus upon 
the small for
they make all 

My life
is where
I choose 
to hide
not from 
the fear
of others 
but in
the peace 
I find
war all
you want 
everyone else 
but here 
with me 
is myself 
and that
is enough 

I’ve always been 
different but it
had a mystery 
or craziness or 
defiant edge to 
it that somehow 
deflected the consternation 
that absorbed consequences 
but now this 
this is obvious 
front and center 
and whatever decoy
I had set
to lake anchor 
no longer attracts 
I can’t camouflage 
wheels when people 
look for feet