When I found you…

On terrific performances given by them.Cast away are masks adorned…With emotions to address,And no shoulder for one wished to lean on!The ensemble finishes…To scramble and move on!Applause and ovations,Given and received.Actors breathing life…Into characters believed!And the curtain call is finished…To leave a packed house emptied and cleared!As a cigarette is lit,To silhouette not happiness but…

You refer to those much like yourself.And to those who may have your ‘interests’To protect!You have taught me…I am not a part of that group.Comprehension has been my greatest asset.I am not the one in your face,In discussions regarding my well being!You need not raise a single eyebrow,When I am around in your presence.I have…

There is no convincing to be done.For me what has come…Restores a confidence.And ignores without defense,Those comments made…By the ones searching for clues,And hints as to what is best they do.I found my niche.And that is it for me.

The sugar you’ve been fed,Coated the taste of those gumdrops.You should have long been told…Long ago when thoseWho wanted to…Were quietly scolded and secretly abused.When is ‘your’ pain going to end?Once again…It is not!The anesthesia you’ve been given,Can no longer be ‘gotten’.This truth may be rotten,But you have been forgotten!Not only that…You’ve been used like…

With anyoneWho is going to do,What they choose and when.No matter what has been said to them!Spending time to offer sound advice,Or constructive criticsm…Delivered with a bit of sugar and spice.Trying to make what is given,As comfortable and nice as possible.Some may not accept it for what it is!Beginning a dance of denial.Coming with a…

I was a passenger on my way to L.A.I wish I took a train or a plane,From Minnesota.Instead I took my time,And went the cheapest way!Riding that seat on the bus,Every bump my rump and the wheelsOn that bus had found.I couldn’t stretch,To lay my tired body down.I looked around from the window,And spotted a…