Archive for October, 2025

There’s lots of hurt to go around

October 18, 2025






She scrambled up my insides pretty good
I drank myself past crazy, knock on wood

I grabbed my hounds and packed my sled
And prayed for better days ahead

I never cared for that old town
There's lots of hurt to go around

I thought she'd be the one to make me true
I end up sad no matter what I do

The best laid plans don't guarantee
A life that's free of misery

I tried so hard – I let her down
There's lots of hurt to go around

We did the Tallahassee do-si-do
Then she left me bleeding in the snow

My chariot is flying low
I guess it's just my time to go

Harps and horns make lovely sound
There's no more hurt to go around

by Richard W. Bray

The bee and the butterfly and the breeze

October 12, 2025

In the name of the Bee—
And of the Butterfly—
And of the Breeze—Amen!
Emily Dickinson

Big ugly buildings don’t do much for me
Walking in the woods is my favorite show
The bee and the butterfly and the breeze

Dogs and leopards and bobolinks agree
Give me a mountaintop slathered in snow
Big ugly buildings don’t do much for me

No more bosses and timeclocks to appease
No one monitors when I come and go
The bee and the butterfly and the breeze

Hugging a rainbow – talking to a tree
Sipping on the sunshine – living real slow
Big ugly buildings don’t do much for me

Overcome by joy – overwhelmed with ease
Sing with the flowers – listen to them grow `
The bee and the butterfly and the breeze

Daydream and become everything you see
Take a deep breath – your body feels the flow
Big ugly buildings don’t do much for me
I’ll take the bee and the butterfly and the breeze

by Richard W. Bray

Rimsy Rosey Dipsy Dapsy Dozey

October 3, 2025


Rimsy
Rosey
Dipsy dapsy dozey

Brizzy
Brayzee
People think I'm crazy

Hipsy
Hopsy
Flipsy flopsy frozey

Dimby
Damby
You really understand me

Ohzee
Nosey
Tipsy tapsy toesy

Freedoo
Weedoo
I really wanna see you

Bimsy
Bamsy
Boomsy woomsy toomsy

Meedope
Beedope
You sunshine me with hope

Richard W. Bray