Thursday, November 24, 2011

November 24, 2011 - 0350

This one came to me when I got out of the shower a couple of days ago. I looked in the mirror, noticing the lines in my face and the gray hairs in various places. And I smiled to my mirror because I knew that despite being older I was still not exactly a grown-up.

Reflections

Have you ever stood in front of a mirror
And thought aloud to yourself 
Remember when I was young?

Do you look at yearbooks and photos
And say to nobody
Was I really that small?

Or thin?
Or innocent?
Did I really have that much hair?

Do you see kids playing and wonder
Did I ever play like that?
So carefree? Without fear?

Do the wrinkles remind you that you're old?
Does the gray hair make you wistful for your youth?
Does every birthday make you a little sad?

Or...do you look at the wrinkles
And gray hair; and growing number of candles
And smile, because you know growing older

Doesn't necessarily mean
Growing up.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Panting For Paws 5K - 11/13/2011

I ran for them on Sunday
Furry tails and floppy ears
To keep them fed and warm
I ran for them on Sunday

I trained for them for weeks
Running. Oh, the running
Day in, day out. The running
I ran for them on Sunday

I pictured their faces while I ran
Her sad yellow eyes. Her broken ear
They kept me going while I ran
I ran for them on Sunday

If there were more I could do, I would
More money to give, more toys to share
They give us so much in return
So I ran for them on Sunday

November 17, 2011 - 0500

I've decided to take a different tack on this blog. I am not going to confine it to just work related posts, but I will be adding things that I want to write about from every day. My dogs, my wife, my observations. Having put up 90-something posts so far, I hope to add more and more as time goes on.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

November 16, 2011 - 0200

It's been too long since I've written anything. And so, as promised here's the "epic" I alluded to a few days ago.

A Four Day Battle


They knew they would lose going into the fray
That there was no hope of winning
They made peace with whatever gods they did pray
And set out on their doomed beginning

The enemy rumbled and stumbled about
Not caring a bit for their foes
Rain and cold did not keep them out
of the battle to add to the vanquished ones

Bolstered by liquor they charged into war
Grabbing them by their warty heads
Lifting them up and then heaving them for
The brain matter flying from fractured heads

Numbers and bodies replenished by day
One to be decimated at night
They sit and guard on walls of hay
Hoping their visages will give a fright

The attackers vision is blinded by beer
And so the scary eyes do no good
One by one and without fear
The righteous are crushed under foot

As champions of our quiet town
You'd think that we would do more
And protect the smaller and weaker around
where we patrol near the lake shore

But truth be told we're only two
And the victims number quite high
Their enemies outnumber us, also true
And safety is first, not to die

Over and over the bodies were crushed
And over and over replaced
At night the streets were littered and touched
By guts and gore and tire-smashed face

Four days of battle passed away
And only some casualties found
It had tapered to fewer and fewer each day
With cleanup a task to confound

Was it worth it? Some would say yes
The families of victims would bust
For records and glory I cannot guess
That the toll that was taken was just