Month: April 2018

Stranger

There’s a stranger in my yard
and I am not a fan.
There’s a burglar on the loose,
who will catch this man?
There’s a woman out there too
and they surely have a plan.
There are strangers in the yard
so it’s about time I ran.

© Autumn and Emilita Siders 2018

Binary

It’s been said that computer
is smarter than man
and someday robots
will be the ones with the plan.
Well, man never factored in
what computers would pick up;
all man’s bad habits
runneth over in the cup.

Tell me again
just how smart they are
and I’ll show you proof
that man’s smartest creation
is bumbling and aloof.

Just like man,
in ways not entirely fun,
my printer spat out pages
when I only asked for one.
So smart technology seems
but ego it has gained;
it counts no higher than one
when other numbers remain.

© Autumn Siders 2018

But I Won’t Do That

I can change my schedule
and I can lose some sleep.
I can make some changes
for the one that my heart keeps.
But certain things, you see,
will never ever change
no matter how much love
the two of us exchange.
I’ll still stop along the road
to chat with a frightened deer
and I’ll still sing so out of tune
that you’ll wish you had no ears.
I’ll still love my baby cat
more than you’ll ever know
and I’ll still be a mommy’s girl
even though I can let go.
I can open my heart
and sure I’ll let you in,
but I’ll never change who I am
or where my soul had been.
There’s a lot that I would do
just to see you smile
so long as you remember,
I’ve been me for a while.

© Autumn Siders 2018

No Longer Here

How can I surprise you
when you’re the one
with whom I share
everything?

Each breakthrough,
each change,
I reach for the phone
to share the news.

Just this one instance
when I can’t call you,
it makes me think
of what will be.

What happens
when the reason
is just that you
are no longer here?

© Autumn Siders 2018

Missing in Print

Your name was missing
from the story in print
but still you worry
that others will get the hint.
You should never have said
those words in your head
if your heart wasn’t behind
those thoughts in your mind.

Now the world knows
just how you feel
and no matter your actions
the community reels.
You’ve made your bed
with others you’ve lead
so now you pay the price
for your full of ego vice.

© Autumn Siders 2018

A Love Poem to My Girl

Oh, how I just can’t wait
for you to walk through that door
in fact, there is nothing else
I could ever want more.

Yes, I sit and I wait
and every task I do
is filled with love
at the very thought of you.

I know this is what you think
but you are simply just a tool
since I am not a dog
and this is April Fool’s.

© Autumn and Emilita Siders 2018