Nothing
I approached the Goddess May
Delicately, reverently
I made offerings of flowers
And professions of love true
On the altar of love in a thousand joyful ways I sacrificed myself
But May was fearful
Of hot love growing cold
“You don’t love me like you used to”
And there was nothing I could say or do.I did not know June could be so different.
In the first moments I held back
But then I asked myself, “Why?”
If I hold back, how will she know how much I desire and love?
So I promised myself not to hold back… and not to push.My greatest desire was to lose myself in her
I could not know
Her greatest fear was to lose herself in me.And so she said, “I’m just not that into you”
And sadly June withdrew
And there was nothing I could say or do.Another man's work
Men marching off to fields, factories and offices,
Men lining up for half-time hotdogs,
Dejectedly following a wife around a shopping mall.
After an early clock alarm
A family moment sometimes as long as a cup of caffeine
And off to do a day of another man's work
With a resignation letter and a resumé in the top drawer
And a beer with the boys at the sports bar on the way home
And the few who do not march off?
They are called mad by the mad
And starting sane in an insane world
Some go insane
And some deliver a gift so stark
The echo echoes louder and louderAnd she blushed again
She thought she was a normal girl
She knew she wanted to be treated like a princess
One day she met an ordinary boy
Except he liked to bow and kiss her feet.
One day she awoke to her own divinity
It no longer felt odd, it was natural
Then she realized it was not a boy
It was an angel, a god
Who was kneeling down to her
And she blushed again
That she had ever blushed before.
Beaches are made for running
It’s a beautiful day at the beach this morning.
I want you to come with me.
If we go to the beach, I won’t want to come back.
Beaches are made for running.
Don’t hold back.
Jump on my back and hold on tight!
Hold me close Lady Liberty
Closer.