He felt he loved her more than any other
man ever could when he was a budding man
in his teenage years.
She left him for another, broke his heart
in jaggard pieces that never repaired
until he met her forty years later,
her beauty diminished, his vision
unclouded, seeing clearly the woman
she always was,
he realized he never lost the love of his
life she never had been, except in his
unseasoned, wide-eyed teenage years.
Bob Boyd
I imagine a woman’s beauty
is a two-edged sword
a blessing and a curse
on the one hand it
can grant her advantages
on the other hand it
could make her self obsessed.
Bob Boyd
I can see how some cultures
thought the sun was God,
the way it shines so radiantly
in the sky,
the way when it’s blazing
it could seem omnipotent
and the Creator of all things.
And I believe the Creator
of all things honored that.
Bob Boyd
He was a bad man
robbed convenience stores
beat up people for money
even killed one
on sobering morning
when he was arrested
for grand theft
and thought he might
be going to prison
for a long stretch
and to hell eternally
for all his multitude of sins
he got on his knees
and accepted Jesus
as his personal savior
he was presumed innocent
by a rigged jury
but he thought it was
because he was saved
Six months later
he squandered his
Got Out of Hell Free Card
and returned to his old ways
and the afterlife isn’t
looking too good for him:
that is if you believe in Hell.
Bob Boyd
As I listen to the lyrics, I’m reminded of relationships like that,
making you crazy and in your face, as well as your business.
However, the song is so good that it almost doesn’t matter
if you’ve had a relationship or relationships like that.
And, I ain’t lying, those lyrics remind me of the things people
do and put up with for love.
Bob Boyd
Nobody could believe it
at first they thought
it was a deep fake
when aliens were
trotted out at the
White House
like distinguished
guests
the world watched
in wonder
and as if the world
had been turned
upside down
minds were blown
millions freaked out
when the seemingly
benign gray aliens
morphed into a
praying mantis like
insectoid ones.
Bob Boyd
There have been cases
where people have vanished
in national parks
and though those people
are nowhere to be seen
sometimes they can be
heard calling for help
and despite their cries
for help, they are never
seen again or found
perhaps they have been
trapped in a portal or
in another dimension
Bob Boyd
When is enough enough with too many
disappointments in love?
It’s all sunshine and rainbows in the beginning,
happy days and constant euphoria.
But, alas, so many of those falling in love
elations turn bitterly sour with time.
Yet, many keep trying to find love, disappointment after disappointment,heartache after heartache.
So great is the need for romantic love.
I gave up on romantic love many years ago,
enough was enough,
despite my heart’s murmurings for love
one in a rare while.
Often I wish that obsessive, unrelenting need
for romantic love was never implanted in me.
Yet even as an old man, in the deep recesses of
my beating heart, romantic feelings occasionally live on.
Bob Boyd
There’s a woman who married herself to the
Eiffel Tower.
There’s a woman who married herself
to a ferris wheel.
There’s a woman who is married to a
life-size cutout of an actor.
There’s a man married to a
Barbie Doll.
There are men and women married to
rag dolls.
There are men and women who are married
to AI husbands and wives.
I’m not making fun of any of them.
They’re not harming anyone, and if it
makes them happy I’m good with it.
Bob Boyd
Though I never knew you,
coming home for lunch from work
sometimes I saw you walking,
dressed elegantly,
I think in your late sixties
or early seventies,
and despite your many years,
you still looked beautiful.
Ten years later, after I returned
from the Philippines,
I saw you once more, sadly,
most of your beauty was gone,
and I worried you wouldn’t
live much longer.
I never saw you after that:
I fear you are dead.
If only, if only, I could have
gotten to know you.
Bob Boyd