He has a decision to make,
For their blessing’s sake…
Stuck in holes
As boulder o’er rolls,
The bottom of what they can take!
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Options there are but two,
Change or continue…
In present course
As things go worse,
Or agree with what’s known as true?
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Faith is a curious thing,
Active by listening…
Then obey
Starting today,
Supply what’s missing.
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–Jonathan Caswell
BACK OFF!
(Preaching to self)
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You must stop your striving,
They’ll come when they want…
They are not meant as objects
Or jewels you can flaunt.
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I know that you cherish love
And warm feelings too…
But if you try to force these
It may come back on you.
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So just take it easy,
Happiness isn’t easily chased…
You may just break what is there–
Find friendships erased!
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Don’t be so desperate acting,
Let in peace them live…
Being cool must be the rule
They’ll give all they will give.
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–Jonathan Caswell
JUGGLING FAVORITES
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Imagine only so much space,
Making tough decisions to face…
Whom to invite
Or what underwrite,
Can we logically place?
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People get into this too,
How much time I have for you?
Are we friends
And something portends,
Or you ‘d dump me and be cruel?
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How far can I go in my talk,
Considering it’s a long walk…
From here to there,
Is it better to share
Something at which they won’t balk?
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Case-in-point, with my trains,
Deciding which industry reigns…
Scrap or abrasives
Solutions evasive,
But it all takes delightful pains!
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–Jonathan Caswell
ONE DARES TO REMEMBER
Growing old…growing colder…
Looking back over the shoulder
To what used to be.
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Stuck between youth and age,
Discontent and filled with rage…
Interest is there
But life isn’t fair,
One loses one’s place on the stage.
–
The things that used to please,
A body’s functioning flees…
With a dance card
Nothing stays hard,
One’s left with a frustrating tease.
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Preparing one’s self to lay down,
Give up and melt into the ground…
If time for that
Should be old hat,
Yet not ready to be bound.
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There’s life in us still,
It’s all a matter of will…
Endeavoring to strive
And stay alive,
‘Though loss is a bitter pill!
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Rememb’ring the people I’ve known,
No more than images I own…
Contorting the way
I wish I could stay,
Yet knowing I’ll soon be Home.
–Jonathan Caswell
NOT MR. SUNSHINE!
Finding awards from a sunshine lady
Brightens a Monday noon…
But when his darkness gets rather hazy,
A smile is gone too soon.
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Forgiving oneself is hard but it happens
To be the only way…
To get up after falling hard
And resuming the rest of one’s day.
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Feeling poorly doesn’t help the issue,
As feelings run amuck…
Knowing you’re wrong in that reaction isn’t easy
‘Specially when one has passed the buck.
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You have to go on–there is no stopping–
For rewriting what one has said…
Just make amends and try to do better,
Before a relationship is dead!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 