Sunday, March 29, 2015

The High Seas

       A bounty,
              Is what every pirate,
                   Works for,

  And they'll fight,
             Tooth,
                     And Nail,

    To keep it,
            Long after,
                      The pillage.


Thursday, March 26, 2015

Honesty is the Best Policy

   If you don't,
       Take care of yourself,
                 How,
            Can you take care,
                                 Of others.

            Without being
                          Labeled,
                                    a fraud?

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A New Direction

       Change is,
                   A slap on the wrist,
            In order,
                To motivate oneself
                       to reinvent,
                             The wheel.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Team Building

  Learning,
          In a team,
     has a different objective,

  While you
           yourself,
               might know,
                         The quickest,
                             Easiest answer,

      Other members,
                       Of the team,
               Might have conflicting paths,
                         

                  Just,  
                      Be patient,
                                Allow them a decent sized,
                            Leash,
                                   to grow,

           This will ensure,
                                You can bring them back,
                             When assistance,
                          Is Required

Monday, March 23, 2015

A Give or Take Society

    Depending on the day,
                             I could be,
              Giver or a Taker,

        But I must say,
                    Putting someone before yourself,
             Is much more rewarding,
                         Then simply,
         Satisfying a mundane,
                                 personal need,

     Givers,
          Are planners,
        
     These people,
                    look to the future,
             to satisfy needs,
                              of others,

         Takers,
               Live in the moment,

       Theses people,
                     Are short sighted,
               But motivated to fulfill,
                                        A singular goal,

     Today,
  As a bystander,
                   I've realized, 
             There is nothing,
                      more annoying,
  
              Then a unprepared taker,

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Tornado

I repeatedly dream of tornadoes,
                                       Which I have come,
                          To expect as,
                                a dream trigger.

There is nothing more scenic,
  then driving up,
           an Appalachian road,
                    In the beginning of spring,
      To get a view,
                     Of the surrounding landscape.

             For the dead of winter,
                               Is slowly giving way,
                         To patches of green,
                                  On the valley floor,
              And the spring blossoms,
                                   have just begun.
           
             The sky is blue,
                             on this meandering road,
                       that hypnotically paralyzes the mind,
                                        with a sense of hope,
                                                          Of the future,

                           Higher and higher,
                                                  I drive,
                               As a brisk breeze,
                                               Picks up,
                                       And I soak in the beauty,

            But the roads summit,
                                           I jam the breaks,
                               And glance below,
                                                    For a storm system,
                                         was tucked away,
                                   in the opposing valley,
 
                           Swirling,

                      I can't see the tornado,
                                             But i know its there heading,
                                      This way,
                                           The breeze picks up,
                                   As trees start to fall,

                         Trapping myself in the car.

                        I get out and race down,
                                                The mountain side,
                                         Looking for a place to shelter,
                                                       And find a dell,

                      I reach the lowest point,
                                      Crouch down,
                                                grab my head,


                                     And realize I'm dreaming.