Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

          Oh Doll, you remembered me.

Always.

Nasty Giants won game one of the World Series …

Seems so late in the year to still be playing baseball and it’s only game one.

Working on a poem about fate and decisions and things that happen for reasons beyond our control.

It begins …

Jesus died for me.

He knew of my existence.

My grandfather died for me.

He knew me not.

From wooden cross to muddy field

In a long forgotten war,

Was it their path for me to follow?

Or has it been mine to pursue?

That’s about as far as I’ve gotten.

A work in progress.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  Jim Croce: I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song

Well I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But what I got to say can't wait
I know you'd understand
Every time I tried to tell you
the words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Yeah I know it's kind of strange
But every time I'm near you
I just run out of things to say
I know you'd understand
Every time I tried to tell you
the words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Every time the time was right
all the words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Yeah I know it's kind of late
(kind of late)
I hope I didn't wake you
But there's something that I just got to say
(I know you'd understand)
I know you'd understand
Every time I tried to tell you
the words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Dear Beverly

You've been on my mind and in my heart ... just stopped in to say hello.

             Mi Amor, you remembered me.

Always.

What is the difference between physical abuse and emotional abuse?
What is the difference between murder and creating an environment primed for death to occur?

Pop a pill.  Shut up.
Pop a pill, keep calm.

Take down that Facebook page, can't have you sharing with family and friends.
Give me that laptop.   No emails to friends.

Taking your car.
Have another pill.

And, by the way, your phone calls will be monitored.

What kind of a life is this?
This smacks of insanity.

Yeah, yeah ... don't give way to hating.   So incredibly hard not to.

Have a tune for you today ... enjoy

Link:   Cat Stevens: Morning Has Broken

Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlight from heaven.
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning.
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, praise every morning;
God's recreation of the new day.

Morning has broken, like the first morning.
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word.

Dear Beverly

Just stopped in to say hello.

             Hi Doll, you remembered me.

Always.

Those nasty Giants beat the Reds by coming from two down.
Those nasty Giants beat the Cardinals by coming from two down.
Those nasty Giants are the National League Champions.

            Flip.   Boo Hoo.   I love my boys in blue.

Sorry, have to root for them over the Tigers in the World Series.   Go Bouchy!

Have a tune for you today ... enjoy.

Link:   Loggins and Messina: Watching the River Run

If you've been thinking you're all that you've got,
Then don't feel alone anymore.
When we're together, then you've got alot,
'Cause I am the river and you are the shore.

And it goes on and on, oh, watching the river run,
Further and further from things that we've done,
Leaving them one by one.
And we have just begun watching the river run.
Listening and learning and yearning.
Run, river, run.

Winding and swirling and dancing along,
We pass by the old willow tree
Where lovers caress as we sing of our song,
Twisting together when we greet the sea.

And it goes on and on, watching the river run,
Further and further from things that we've done,
Leaving them one by one.
And we have just begun watching the river run.
Listening and learning and yearning.
Run, river, run.

And it goes on and on, watching the river run,
Further and further from things that we've done,
Leaving them one by one.
And we have just begun watching the river run.
Listening and learning and yearning.
Run, river, run.

Dear Beverly

Tardy in stopping by today to say hello.

         Tap. Tap. Tap.  Oh Wells.

Hey, sorry.

         You remembered me.  Smile.

Always.    

Have a tune for you today ...  Enjoy

Link:   Lady Antebellum: I Run to You

I run from hate
I run from prejudice
I run from pessimists
But I run too late
I run my life
Or is it running me
Run from my past
I run too fast
Or too slow it seems
When lies become the truth
That's when I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby you're the only one I run to
I run to you

We run on fumes
Your life and mine
Like the sands of time
Slippin' right on through
And our love's the only truth
That's why I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby you're the only one I run to
I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you
I run to you baby
And when it all starts coming undone
Baby you're the only one I run to
I run to you

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

          Smile.  You remembered me.

Always.

Rainy day.
Cats in the windows looking out at the puddles forming.
They are probably thinking, "dang, no running outside today."


Have a tune for you today ... enjoy.

Link:  Creedence Clearwater Revival: Who'll Stop the Rain

Long as I remember the rain been comin' down
Clouds of mystery pourin' confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages tryin' to find the sun.
And I wonder still I wonder who'll stop the rain.

I went down Virginia seekin' shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable I watched the tower grow
Five year plans and new deals wrapped in golden chains.
And I wonder still I wonder who'll stop the rain.

Heard the singers playin', how we cheered for more.
The crowd had rushed together tryin' to keep warm.
Still the rain kept pourin', fallin' on my ears
And I wonder, still I wonder who'll stop the rain.

Dear Beverly

Stopped by to say hello.

       Oh Doll, you remembered me.

Always.

Finding a voice to speak out about suffering and pain inflicted on others eludes me.

Does anyone really care about such things?

Is it just one of those “oh wells.”

Is it a dance between abuser and victim … “no cutting in please.”

Which brings me right back to anger and hate.

There is no escape for either one of us.

It is just so incredibly sad.

Have a tune for you today … Enjoy.

Link: Martina McBride: Concrete Angel 

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Dear Beverly

You've been in my heart and on my mind.
Just stopped by to say hello.

             Mi Amor, you remembered me.

Always.

Irony?  A cruel joke?

Or just amusing in a cosmic sense?

A six minute car ride away from your childhood home.
A six minute car ride away from where you went to high school.
A six minute car ride away from where I first met your mom.

She thought well of me.  
Let me sleep on the couch.
We would talk over coffee in the morning.
Trusted me with her daughter.

You and I played nine-ball in the garage.
I'm sure the table is something your brothers left behind.

We played dominoes in the kitchen with Leroy.

Now they are all just memories separated by decades,
But the place where all these memories happened
is only six minutes away by car.

Have a tune today from your favorite ... your boy Toby

           Smile.

Link: Toby Keith: You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This

I got a funny feeling
The moment that your lips touched mine
Something shot right through me
My heart skipped a beat in time

There's a different feel about you tonight
It's got me thinkin' lots of crazy things
I even think I saw a flash of light
It felt like electricity

You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
Cause I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at
We'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinnin' around
And around
And around
And around

They're all watchin' us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do baby kiss me again

Everybody swears we make the perfect pair
But dancing is as far as it goes
Girl you've never moved me quite
The way you moved me tonight
I just wanted you to know
I just wanted you to know

You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
Cause I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at
And We'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinnin' around
And around
And around
And around

They're all watchin' us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do baby kiss me again
Kiss me again