Years from now the memory will be
all but faded from rusty brain
but there will be one solemn morsel
that in my aged mind will remain.
I will not recall why we had the box
nor even will I remember the year
but I will remember the laughter
bursting from within our hearts
and filling us with tears.
It’s always the moments
that were never meant to be
that leave the lasting impression
that changes you and me.
A chirping cricket
and a verbose young bullfrog;
the sounds of summer.
You chuckle to yourself
as you silently rehearse
the joke inside your head
that you know verse for verse.
When you share it with the world
a laugh you did receive
and this image in my mind
is one that will never leave.
Misery is my one true friend
since happiness is fickle
you never can depend;
yet, like the fool I am
I fall again and again
for happiness and it’s evil scam.
I can grow a pumpkin
in my very own backyard
or I can take a nap
the decision here is hard.
I think perhaps I will
do both these things today
since after all I am a cat
and I always get my way.
It was all fun and games
until I saw that look in your eye
and I knew without a doubt
in a moment I could die.
Your beauty in that fluffy fur
is a disguise you wear so well
since just one false move
and in a second I am in hell.
Beneath the fluffy exterior
comes the sharpened blade
that slices through my finger
a gaping wound is made.
And soon the blood is flowing
with not an end in sight
and I know that I am lucky
you’ve spared my life tonight.
Then, as if nothing had changed
you come back expecting love;
of course I give it freely,
but maybe this time with a glove.
My love for you in immeasurable
since no unit of measurement could withstand
the weight, depth, energy, or distance
of the power you leave in my hand.
For you, I am more than mere mortal
as my strength increases ten fold
and there’s not a thing I wouldn’t do
since it’s my heart that you hold.
A blade slices through flesh
releasing more than blood;
a simple taste of freedom
from the demon-infested flood.
Formidable foe
or the most unlikely friend?
Take a look inside.
Autumn Siders 