Posts Tagged ‘Poetry’

Paying more and living less

September 14, 2023

Tune in for some friendly lies
Amuse me when the village dies
Forever in Eurasia wars
Who knows what we're fighting for?

Existential shit show 
Hiding from your shadow
Blindfolds when things get funky
Pin the tail on the monkey

No salvation on the screen
Always washed but never clean
Smash a dream and kill a smile
Add another to the pile

Self-destruction lost its charm
Another dead from needle arm
Paying more and living less
Who's the author of this mess?

by Richard W. Bray


Winkle and Wankle and Wunkle

September 2, 2023


Winkle and Wankle and Wunkle
Got attacked by an angry old skunkle

Wankle and Wunkle and Winkle
We're quite overwhelmed by the stinkle

Wunkle and Winkle and Wankle
Took all of their change to the bankle

Wankle and Winkle and Wunkle
Bought a new house for their uncle

Wunkle and Wankle and Winkle
Have an auto that's purple and pinkle

Winkle and Wunkle and Wankle
Keep plenty of gas in the tankle

Wankle and Winkle and Wunkle
Dribble and pass and slam dunkle

Wunkle and Wankle and Winkle
Roller on skates at the rinkle

Winkle and Wunkle and Wankle
Often smell musty and dankle

by Richard W. Bray

Tomorrow I’m gonna have ONE day

August 9, 2023

87 days
I had 87 days
I threw it away
And fell back into
Hopeless helpless hell

I called up my sponsor
He sent over a guy
To fill me up with coffee
And take me to a meeting

I cried:
87 days
I had 87 days

He said:
Tomorrow, you’re gonna have one day

Thank God for my sponsor
Thank God I'm alive

Tomorrow I'm gonna have one day

by Richard W. Bray

Be Where You Are

August 5, 2023

Be where you are
Take a look around
Listen to the landscape
Cast your bucket down

Be where you are
Everything is close
The universe is everywhere
It's underneath your nose

Be where you are
Slow your body down
Matter is in motion
It's happy as a hound

Be where you are
Outside is in
Listen to the music
As your molecules spin

by Richard W. Bray

wishy washy boo hoo

May 9, 2023

idiotic therapeutic 
wishy washy boo hoo
sticks and stones
Do words break bone?
crazy as a cuckoo

stop your sobbin 
silly robin
wings to fly 
beak for bobbin
skippin to my lu-lu

trigger warning
every morning 
scaredy cat
don't do that
just accept your boo boo

toughen up
buttercup
batter up
and to yourself 
be true true

by Richard W. Bray

everything is everywhere

May 5, 2023

Separation is illusion
Particles connect
A million little worlds
Live inside a speck

Navigate the pattern
Smell the rings of Saturn 

The man behind the curtain
Is in the looking glass
Butterflies cause hurricanes
The sun lives in the grass
	
The rain in Cucamonga
Irrigates the tundra

Love and existence
Energy and time
Consciousness and matter
Mingle dance and rhyme

Everything is everywhere
Radiance is in the air

by Richard W. Bray

demon always wins

February 17, 2023





Weak and wounded people
Let the spirits in
Play a demon's game
The demons always win

Entertain a demon
And grovel at its feet
Revel in destruction
And tales of deceit

Spin a tangled web
Stab a thousand backs
Demon grabs your virtue
And eats it like a snack

Dance with the devil
Sing his favorite song
Never ask yourself
Where it went wrong

Do all the things
A demon says to do
And never admit
The demon is you

by Richard W. Bray

meaning, nourishment and truth

February 4, 2023

When your life’s a walking shitshow
And you fill the world with lies
You don’t know why you’re empty
Saying your goodbyes

In a room where you say your name 
And try to tell the truth
Don’t miss out on fellowship
Searching for proof

Alone on a computer
You muffle your cries
As you try to find your truth
In other people’s lives

Searching the whole world
Looking for your purpose
Cast your bucket down
And try to be of service

by Richard W. Bray

the quiet of the sky

January 21, 2023

The quiet of the sky
The passion of the trees
The wisdom of the rocks
Educating me

Unremembered kindness
Murmurs in the breeze
The wonders of a world
That willed itself to be

Experience the grandeur
Of a world that isn’t clean
Open up your senses
Pull away from the screen

by Richard W. Bray

BPD

January 17, 2023


Everything is broken
It’s about to get worse
I know what’s wrong with everyone
I know just what to do
If I could punch you every moment
Then I could fix you

Everything is broken
So I make my own truth
It isn’t really lying cuz I’m not even there
I know what’s wrong with you
Cuz I live in your head
It isn’t really me sleeping in my bed

Everything is broken
I live outside myself
Reality is bad for my health
No one can handle my sad little poem
A little girl got broken
And she never went home

by Richard W. Bray