I’d like to see the dessert tray…

[written by me circa 1996]

I wish it didn’t have to be this way

I wish I didn’t cry this way

I don’t always mope around this way

I hate it when I think this way

You know I don’t have much to say

Sometimes I don’t know what to say

Do you hear what my heart has to say

I just can’t bring myself to say

What specials do you have today

My smile came up slowly today

I didn’t get to see you today

I feel a little empty today

Late at night it helps to pray

I wonder if God hears me pray

Now I lay me down I pray

Make this go away I pray

I’d like to see you if I may

I’d like to be happy if I may

Flowers are nice in early May

I’d like to hold you if I may

I wish my poems didn’t suck this way

I have so much really nothing to say

I painted a picture for you today

In your mercy hear me pray

I’d like to dance in the puddles after a storm and race homemade boats in the gutters while we chase rainbows and dreams if I may

...or I’ll just have the peach cobbler