The Greatest Generation

Grew up hard
Got his ass kicked daily by his mean spirited dad
Never knew why
But he kept going back for more

Working hard on the farm
Chores were his playtime
Yelling was his music
His momma was his hero

Grew up fast and never learned how to love
Grew up Angry and acted out
Stole a sheepskin to buy some candy
He ate too much and got really sick

His daddy found out he took his skin
His daddy took it out in my daddy's skin
Dad said it was worth it ,just another day
He was treated the same either way

By now he's tough and joined the Army
He joined at 16 and lied about his age
My dad was a badass and learned to fight
Army boxer before he went off to war

Corregidor was his Phillipine station
After Pearl Harbor he's was left for capture
Japanese men took him away
He was a POW for 3 1/2 years

Living in a coal mine prison
Rice and bread and little water
He survived on guts and his childhood abuses
The little man would no give up

I shall return MACARTHUR said
When he did so many left dead
The Japanese tortured our troops
Over worked  and under fed

My dad told me he was the healthiest man
When he was liberated at 87lbs.
So much death and so much destruction
The atomic bombs brought my dad home

Working class man met the working class wife
Children and a normal life
My dad had suffered from PTSD
Long before it was even a thing

My dad did love the way he could
Always compensating for his own childhood
He drank and smoked and loved to fight
My dad was a badass at 5 foot 5

By the time I came around finances changed
I got the things my siblings didn't
He tried so hard to make life better
He drank away his first 50 years

We lost our dad at 62
The last 12 years were incredible
He watched our games both near and far
And never got to meet his grandson!

The greatest generation is what it is
My dad was a part of it all and learned to give
Real life perspective and M&M's
Never forgetting your sacrifice and pains

We miss you dad and your radio
Dodger baseball and Vin Scully
songs you would sing while playing the guitar
Twinkle twinkle little star!

Complaining?

Some days I wake up alive
Other's I'm not so sure
The birds are always singing
But I don't alway hear them

When does it ever rain?
Not much around here
Arid, dusty, brown hillsides
How can I complain about 70 degrees every day

No four seasons for me
Summer fog hangs low to give me perspective
On days that I wake up alive
I hear the birds, see green hillsides ,appreciate this life

The days I'm feeling weary and spent
Anger , fear and irritability cross my path
The word hate rarely crosses my mind
Yet I hate myself when I feel like this

Today I'm alive
I ride my bike, workout at home, jump on my Motorcycle
so I question myself for ever feeling like shit
The constant battle to regain Perspective

Good days and bad days
Somebody else has it worse
My body aches, pains of aging
yet I still feel an obligation to push ahead

So when I feel like a pity party
And the world 's revolutions are off of my personal axis
I realize that time is never on our side
So making it matter is a big deal to me

Move along or move aside
Make a difference and realize
God's greatest plans, the world's demise
My spirituality and faith is keeping me alive

Carefree?

Carefree!
When does that ever happen
Kids, bills , health.
The new puppy?
If only I had zero care

Carefree?
That's like Make America Great Again.
When was that ever the case?
Prohibition,slavery,high taxes, depression era.
Bet there was no carefree in that dream era!

Parenting never takes a day off
Kids in their 30's are still worrisome
Time is never our friend so there's no free there
Being spent by the second
Until the final second ticks off
Hello heaven or hell!
So retirement is not carefree
Riches don't provide a carefree environment
Just more to protect and another worry
The Beautiful trophy wife
Who is tapping that ass when you blink and yawn being carefree

I don't know
I like to think and worry about shit
Gives me purpose and a goal
Fine blend of work and play
But go to Hell with your Carefree
Doesn't exist and gets in the way
Of finding a happiness that's worth living for

Question is ?
Do we have a purpose
A goal towards a positive outcome
Willing to get dirty ?
I don't know ?
I have a cake to deliver !

Candy Bar flavored Donuts

Not blessed as a calorie burning Machine
I lust and wonder
where is my chocolate river
Where are the golden donut trees?

The joys of a Snickers bar can be cataclysmic
The guilt from eating a Snickers bar even less so
the greasy domain of an Apple Fritter
Where's the nearest toilet?

Not addicted to drugs or alcohol
just the Bakery, the Candy aisle
So many empty calories, forbidden dreams
Dreams of being fit and thin and healthy

So I forego my personal heroin, my literal meth
For a Salad and fruit that tastes like a Mars bar
In my mind I know it's right.
Like saying No to Carmen Electra 

being a biggie most of my life
I have endured the struggles to eat whats right
Not blaming anything on marketing or bad genes
Bad decisions and paying the price.

Today is upon me
And I'm feeling great
Looking better in a healthier life
each day a victory until I lose!

So I hold my head high and cravings low
educating myself for the things I need to know
So lean and mean I try to be bold
No guilt-free meals since 12 years old

Engrained

Genetic Addiction?
Social affliction?
Another drink won't hurt you
Until it does!

Childhood memories
Olympia and Budweiser
Mogen David anyone?
Wake up dad, time for bed

Everybody does it
It can't be bad
Can't have a meal without a glass of wine?
Because Diet Pepsi is so much better for you?

Lost in the circus
What is normal or damaging
I'm an 8 year old boy
Telling dad, "you've had enough"

When the elixir does its' thing
Shouting and banter ensue
I tell myself as an 8 year old boy
It's time to raise yourself

Learning lessons of right and wrong
Teaching myself how to be strong
Little league games of wait and see
Will dad smell like a brewery?

I've grown up now
Dad finally quit
A new beginning for all his kids
time to patch the potholes

I give and take my own opinions
I don't partake
Addictive personality
Caffeine free Diet Pepsi please

I have forgiven but not to forget
my learning curve
And my only regret
Wish my dad could've met my son

Make a difference to somebody, or get out of the way

Reaching a certain age should give perspective
Understanding of how life works and doesn't work
Not sure if I'm there yet
but I'm not as dumb as I used to be.

I always say that my true purpose in life
Is to make a difference in this world and to those that matter the most
Make a difference to somebody
or get out of the way!

Reaching out 

Being available

Seeking refuge 

In somebody's turmoil

Encroaching personal spaces

Invading the battle grounds

Is it Nuclear War

Or a water balloon fight

I'm here if you need me

I've done it all before

Pity Party, Major surgery

We aren't here to judge

 

Colors

White
Phony, deceitful and a fraud!
Lilly and proper, I call Bullshit
Presidentially criminal!
The white House

Black
End of the line,hatred, wannabee
Negativity, hurtful and perceived omniscient, more fraud

Brown
Dirty, laborious, downtrodden
Strawberry fields and , Lemon groves!

Grey
Evasive and non- committal
Play both sides of the fence
Swiss over tones
Underwhelming

Purple
Prince and the Minnesota Vikings , meritorious award! Battered and bruised

Blue
Dodgers and Cubs
Never ending unfulfilled erections. Shitty dispositions

Orange
Vibrant and energetic, taste buds awaken and sunrise drinks and dreams of a smile or two

Red
My true love, don't like to bleed but when I do, I'm ok with it's red flowing glow of life. Anger and fury ! My favorite cup!

Green
Ireland and Scotland
Baseball fields and agriculture
The root of all evil

Yellow
Calm and tart
Spineless assholes in the corner
Lemonade and the urine that follows ,brush your teeth dumbass!

Pink
Hollywood and the girls just want to have fun ,Molly Ringwald, a woman's money maker that i i g for free!

Do any other colors really matter? I think not