Ken

Ken

It’s not often a man let’s go of his only girl

Without reservation.

She’s not someone he easily shares

With just any other.

A man wants to know that the one he trusts

With the woman who shares his heart,

Is going to hold her in highest esteem

And care for her as his own.

It has been my pleasure to watch as you’ve grown

Into the man I had dreamed

Would take on the task.

Thank you Ken for loving her.

Jkf

2/23/11

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

Slogging through it day by day I’m drowning in it anyway,

Muddy motions quicksand slippery sinking in the bog,

Going backwards if moving at all a snail is up ahead,

Heavy earth is weighing down a heart that wants to fly.

Life as we know it brings us down and tunnels have no spark,

To lead the way up out of this tornado made of guilt,

Fighting just to stay the same but losing all the while,

Time is aging us too fast and on our face it shows.

There’s no relief no end in sight elusive sleep each night,

A groundhog day of ignorance a warning gone unheard,

We start each day as if we know just what to do to change,

And end it weary sad and blue alone together here.

As I lay my head to rest I need a dream to live,

I pray for guidance from within to hold me while I sigh,

And lift me from this gloomy view to rinse my dirty soul,

To wake refreshed and dripping clean, to live and breathe again.

2/26/11

jkf

Angie

Angie

I want to tell how much I love you while you are alive.

The sweet card you sent reminded me

Of how much I miss you every day.

You’ve grown up to be such a lovely woman,

Thank you for sending that sweet sentiment to me.

You give your love so freely and I’m grateful for it.

 I want to tell you this while you are alive.

I want you to know that I don’t take your love for granted.

I take it for all it’s worth.

Jkf

2/18/11

Where Did The Time Go?

You ran out on me after all we’ve been through

I thought I had you forever but I look around and you’re gone

You and all the others have left me as if dead

Now how am I expected to carry on alone

What is it with you Americans wanting it your way

Here I sit without you and you speak a language strange

Time! How could you do it? Time, where did you go

Just like they said you would, Time, you ran out on me.

Jkf

2/16/11

Now That You're Gone

Don’t know what to do

No call to make

Don’t need the phone to talk to you

No birthday cake

Sad and peaceful in a way

Silent when I speak your name

No party on this holiday

The celebration’s not the same

I love you, Happy Birthday Dad

I know you love me too

My heart is full my soul is glad

It's good to talk with you.

Jkf

2/14/11

Every Face A Liar

Every Face A Liar

One by one they lecture me

Tutors of the earth.

Scalding looks and apathy

Give my fear its birth

Lost in life my compass gone

I follow in their gaze

Directed by the path I’m on

It’s been so many days

Of following and squeezing in

Of learning lesson plan

I’ve found that I’m accused of sin

By those from whom I ran

The revelation clouts my core

I’m shaky on this ground

But once I drift away from shore

Alone, my soul is found

2/3/11

jkf