Her life has become miserable
she’s 67 years old and alone
she has no friends, only a
few distant relatives
her days are dismal
the tv shows she used to enjoy
seem mindless and dull
she wishes she were dead
with her husband of 30 years
who died a year ago today.
Bob Boyd
When he was 10,
30 was old.
When he was 30,
50 was old.
When he was 50
70 was old.
None of those numbers
really mattered when at
70 he was dead.
Bob Boyd
The rains pounded the earth
birds and animals took cover
humans as well
some with umbrellas
in the midst of the taking cover
the unfolding of umbrellas
the pounding rains
the earth sighed, enjoying
the long awaited shower.
Bob Boyd
to want to know
really know
firsthand
about the mysteries
the wonders
of the
Great Beyond
thus I welcome
Death
the usher
who will lead me
into the theater
of the afterlife.
Bob Boyd
A tender teenager who felt deprived of love
by his parents,
he yearned to find that love in a romantic
relationship.
At sixteen, he found that love in a beautiful
girl his age.
But as often happens with teenage love,
she left him for another.
The breakup was too much for his wounded
heart to bear.
He hung himself to death in his bedroom closet,
his need for love, his agony, no more.
Bob Boyd
His father made him a seaworthy toy boat.
He sailed it in the brook behind their house.
One day the toy boat got away from him.
It sailed through the brook to a river,
from the river to the sea, then to an ocean
and into the hands of a little boy in China.
Bob Boyd
She had an off-putting, weird personality;
she didn’t fit in with others.
She was that way all her life, never able
to get along with others,
always thought to be disagreeable and
unbearably weird.
It wasn’t her fault; it was the burden
she was born with.
Bob Boyd
Seeing an elderly couple falling in love
just isn’t the same as young people falling in love.
You don’t see many movies about old love,
like you do with young love.
But, I believe falling in love has the same highs for the elderly as for the young.
However, the sad part is, the effects of aging
can creep in, illnesses, death at any moment.
Possibly a dementia obliterating one of the
elderly lover’s minds ending their love.
To me, the worst is with death closing in when one suddenly dies, the horror, the heartache.
However, for the brave, the romantics, maybe elderly love is worth it despite the risks.
Bob Boyd
Jane, although educated, chose to be
a homemaker wife.
Some women derided her, a sellout
instead of a girl boss,
settling for being a Stepford wife,
subservient to a man.
I say, the girl bosses are no better
than homemaker Jane.
I say, her job is possibly even
more important,
raising her kids as well as she can
a stay at home mother
always there for her children,
never a conflict with a demanding career
Besides whether a woman choses a
career or being a homemaker
both are equal opportunities to live
fulfilling lives.
The problem is the economics, some
families need two incomes
to survive in this hustle bustle world,
to afford even bare necesities.
Bob Boyd
Up early every day foraging the ground
to make a living, his currency, his pay,
worms, insects, grubs and snails,
fruit in shrubs and trees.
Never a complaint, never a gripe,
always on time for work everyday.
Can’t afford to take any time off,
never a vacation.
A robin’s work is never done.
Bob Boyd