Gilmer

Thanks, Else!

My son's in Denver now.
He left his winter coat at school--
Glad for warm weather!

zerothehero

Happy birthday Gil
But sorry to say it is
Snowing here again

zerothehero

Happy birthday Gil
But sorry to say it is
Snowing here again

zerothehero

It's colder today
Snowing here but not up in
Denver area

Happy birthday Gil
Lazy morning here and slow
Start to a cold day

Gilmer

Hope he stays indoors!
Wore a hoodie underneath
Quilted flannel shirt.

When he flies back here
Will be 70 degrees!
After 32!

Thanks, you guys, for the birthday wishes!

I am 55.
Discount pancakes at IHOP.
Whoop-ti, whoop-ti do!

zerothehero

haiku from my phone
gets all glitchy and seems like
it is not posting

but then later i
see multiple posts and posts
i thought didn't post

and you thought i was
trying to be clever by
repeating myself

i would steer clear of
discount pancakes at IHOP
they should be gratis

zerothehero

i make the best cakes
with whole grains and oats and spelt
and millet and fruit

real maple syrup
is the most important thing
or high end honey

Gilmer

Real maple syrup!
I like maple sugar, too.
Nectar of the gods!

Elseware

I love hot pancakes
I want to eat at your house
And drink your coffee

zerothehero

It could be done but
I'd have to reveal myself
And my B &B

Elseware

Well, it goes both ways
I could have a recipe?
For Christmas pancakes

gleefan

B&B travel
has never been the same since
i fell down the stairs

one of the many
negative consequences
i kept drinking though

Gilmer

I am a bad girl.
For two whole days in a row
Procrastinating.

Got to get off here.
This stuff will not learn itself!
Just so hard this week!

Elseware

Boring, boring, bored
I want to feel something good
Else I'll freakin' die

Want to drive too fast
Want to jump off a cornice
To gallop a horse

Who is this woman
The one with the aches and pains
The husband who ails

Where is my beauty
Don't know what to make of this
Ugly old woman

Dull and watery eyes
I have long thick finger nails
So many mistakes

I'll adjust, I will
I can make it through it all
I was born that way

Let that girl go
Gotta be tough to be old
And I'm really tough

I hope you understand
Beautiful girl, good bye now
Let myself go gray

I cry bitter tears
For all the hurts then and now
Appreciating

And mourning so for
The not appreciating
Failure on failure

The crone has appeared
Is there some romance in that
I should dream some up

Lost my mind today
Hope you'll forgive the outburst
Ones who know me best

Gilmer

((Else))

My young friend and I
Always dreamed of our future
Sitting on the porch

Rocking in our chairs
Brandishing our gnarly canes
At the brats next door!

It's not happening
Kids don't play outside these days
Still can shake my fist!

Gilmer

Tried to make you smile--
But I know it cuts you deep.
I give you my love.

Elseware

Gilmer, my dear one
Always there when I need you
Thanks so very much

Gilmer

It is pitiful
Validation of myself
Rests on other folks.

What a sorry life.
Sometimes I think I'm OK
Sane and peachy keen

Make myself a slave
Worse than that, a lost lap dog
What a sorry life!

I do know better
But it always ends the same
Hollow on my own

When I get a crumb
I beg for another one
Never am content.

"Should come from within--"
Better yet, from higher power
Just a begging dog!

Gilmer

That last line was too harsh, even for me. It should read, "What a sorry life."

The site refused to let me edit it!

zerothehero

when life sucks ten toes
i take a long hot bath with
salt and lavender

it sounds so girly
but i'm weary of trying
to be a real man

we need gentleness
from ourselves and each other
to warm those ten toes

i'm mourning youth too
but what good does it do us
to pine for the past

i fear growing old
but what good does it do us
to dread the future

i seek the beauty
in this one precious moment
pushing on the pain

when desperation
smolders in my tortured mind
i seek gratitude

sorrow needs no cause
when we cause our own sorrow
our thoughts make our worlds

and no world alike
yours is not mine nor mine yours
yet we share our worlds

we are velcro for
the negative and teflon
for the positive

but velcro is no
welded iron made nearly
indestructible

and teflon wears out
allowing the positive
to stick like cracked eggs

every complaint can
be followed by gratitude
ripping at velcro

and when the teflon
lets the positive slide off
we can capture it

all we need is will
all we need is to let go
of aching desire