THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
By this time
The hourglass
Running low
Who would expect
Renewal of life…
Love like never known
Renewing faith
In self and love itself
The lesson is
Never give up on love
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
2017 April PAD Challenge
OUR SONG
Music…poetry
Made of meters
That we call beat
Add it to a tune
And is it any wonder
When music speaks
To another’s heart?
Words always matter
Sometimes more
Than others…
The right song
Becomes ours
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
IN BREAD I TRUST
A treasured memory
Of childhood Sundays
The trip to church
Went by the bakery
A factory where
Bread was made…
And all I could think
While inhaling the
Heavenly smell
Was I gotta behave
It can’t smell so
Heavenly in Hell
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
HE’S A PEST
Stop me please
If I ramble
I figure that saying
So is a gamble
But I think it’s worth
Taking a crack…
Hoping there’ll be
No hiccup to queer it
So stand aside while
I steer it my way…
If I’m lucky,
By end of day
No words to mince
I’ll not need to wince
No need to festoon him
With deserved opprobrium
Everyone knows he’s just a pest
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
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Prompt: Use at least 3 of the following 6 words in a poem
- pest
- crack
- ramble
- hiccup
- wince
- festoon
REGRETS…QUITE A FEW
We’ve heard the song
Old Blue Eyes said
He did it his way
With few regrets
But didn’t he have
A great life that
Most would prefer
Over what they get?
Riches, fame, and
Beautiful dames…
Not everyone can
Score the same…
Face the facts, folks
If, like me, you try to
Make it sunny side up
Don’t you usually
Break the yolks?
Too many regrets
Have come my way…
Please…no more…okay?
I’m looking forward to the day
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
MUSIC IS LOVE/LOVE IS MUSIC
When I heard it said
I knew it was true
Music is love
And love is music
Thus began my
Love affair with
Music I’d never
Before heard…
Now all I want to hear
Songs of love…feeling
Closer as I hear them
To the love of my life
Found at long last
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
NEVER A TRUE BELIEVER
Up to a certain point in life
I went along with the beliefs
I was raised within…
All along I sensed that
Something didn’t add up
In my small universe
What should I believe?
Were the faith of my mother
And the faith of my father
More meaningful than
Faith in myself?
I thought not…
And as it’s often said…
That’s my story and I’m
Sticking with it
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
LAST GASP
Looking back…
Why did I acquiesce?
I knew my wants & needs
Were falling by the wayside
One by one…what I wanted
Was dismissed as if it
Just didn’t matter…
It still mattered to me
And it always will
My last chance
My last gasp
Has arrived
I must act now or be
Forever lost
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
You have three wishes
He heard it said
A Midas touch
Would be nice
He mused
And soon
His other
Two wishes
Were used
But when
He kissed
The lips
Of his love
She turned
To gold…and
Stone cold dead
The moral is old
But it remains true
Be careful what you wish for
Or this could happen to you
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
DODGE TOWN PANEL
You’ve ridden Dodgem cars…right?
Well I had the truck version…
In 1956, Dodge made the perfect truck
The front looked like a Dodgem car…
So after the letters D-O-D-G-E
I added a tiny chromed M
4 on the floor and bucket seats
They weren’t cool in ’56…
Just part of a bare bones truck
A truck with attitude
There’s a downside to most stories
As much as I liked my Town Panel
Real life required more reliable wheels
I sold it with regret…
Regret that never went away
© 2017 Robert Mihaly
