Why Do We Keep Doing What We Are Doing?
Deep Down To Our Core We Know It's The Right Thing To Do
The reflection of the world
Doesn't always show it
I no longer care
I have worried for too long and too hard
For the way people may react
Here are some small examples
When I first get up
Our cat Charlotte is already up
My eyes are barely open
She waits for me to see her
Sitting near by
I might have just got up
Because I had to go pee
So I look at her so sweet and loving
How can I not take the time to pat her
Everything else in that very second
Has to wait
Then there are times I lay in bed with my wife
I just give her a big bear hug
Thanking her for who she is
How and why we found each other is still a beautiful story
I never get tired of telling
We were both looking for Mr. Right or Mrs. Right
We both were in rocky relationships
Not treated right
At the same time we were both trying to make it work
No matter what we did
It didn't matter
We just were sinking deeper and deeper
There looked like no way out
We both didn't want to leave the love we had wished for
Our whole lives
We couldn't bare looking for someone all over again
The rejection of not having a person to love
We would rather stay in a bad relationship
Than risk it all
For years we played it safe
We justified all our actions
We no we could do a lot worse
Then we also believed we could do one better
It is not a competition
But we believed we deserve to be happy
Even for our partners
We wanted the best for them too
They say opposites attract
I don't know if they brought the best out in us
So we could look for someone that was the same
We want to be together
I mean really listen to each others needs
Loved to eat at home
Home cooked meals
Both so different from our significant others at the time
We want to make each other happy at all cost
Because we know if they are happy
We would be the happiest we have ever been
Unconditional
No effort needed
No searching for words when talking
We were in sinc
So after twenty years we are still learning
So many new things about each other
At the same time we enjoy all we have
The simple kisses in the morning
Making sure we eat a good breakfast
Taking our vitamins
Going to work
Sometimes a little too much
In our spare time
Trying to sort out everything else in our life
Our thoughts imaginary or real
Our feelings tucked away
So long in hiding
Watching our old dreams go up in flames
At the same time get washed away
Both with an imaginary fire and flood
Right before our eyes
Our new dreams just beginning
Being together is everything
Then the rest we have is just stuff
To sort out
Figure out
Make sense of
Sometimes I wish we could just let it all go
Then a part of me says there are lessons
We did not see
Deep thoughts we weren't ready to handle
Plain and simple
Now we can open up that can of worms
Let them go back into the ground
Where they belong
When someone sneezes we are quick to say
God Bless You
Followed by a thank you
Well I strongly believe God or someone with a heck of imagination
Created the world and all it's people
They also had a great sense of humor
Because I don't have many boring days
I do have a love that will last
I do have a wife that loves me
I do have so many dreams
On their way to reality or at least somewhere different than here
Then there are some dreams
That should stay a dream
That gives us time to think and wonder
Enjoying the times we have now
Right in front of us
If it is a leaky tub faucet that just started to drip
The deck stain peeling one more time
A lawn mower that broke and looks so simple to fix
But it really isn't
Anyone know a lawnmower guy
Who could text me
Step by step
Until it works
There is twenty-five dollars bounty
I do all the work
You just have to be my virtual guide
Here we are
Off we go
Into the sunset
Not exactly
We were too busy to see it
We missed that too
Waking up with the morning sun
We slept through that
So from here on out
We are somewhere smack in the middle
P.s. I don't even want to hurt a spider
I know they will eat more bad insects
So I capture them in a peanut butter jar
Carefully off the wall or ceiling where they were hanging around
I call it my spider relocation program
Off on a bush or a branch
Where you can do more good than harm
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