Sunday, March 1, 2020

someday
I will be spending quiet time
with three or four close friends
hot coffee
cool jazz
and great conversation
what more could one ask for

good morning,

one of these days I will get around to sleeping at night. I am not sure, but I think that is when such things are done. I hope that you are well and that I will be hearing from you soon.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Sunday, February 23, 2020

sometimes
the only thing left to do
is to live life
on life's terms
as if we had  a real choice
in the matter
in the end
life always wins

good morning,

I am going to be 58 years old this year and there are still times when I fell that there will never be a time when I will be able to do anything right, meaning that there are times when I still feel like I am sixteen years old, awkward and not feeling as if I will ever fit anywhere or that I will be able to do anything right, other than what I am trying to do right now and that is to be trying to be a writer, but it just seems that I am not doing a very good job at this either, yet this is probably one of the few things in my life that I have been told that I was ever any good at, at all. This and making a pot of coffee, are very marketable skills. I  should be able to get a job anywhere with this skill set. you believe me, don't you? 

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee 

friday, february 21 2020

fear
or regret
sometimes
it is hard
to know
the difference

good morning,

there are times when I still wonder why it is that I do this whole email thing. well, the one thing that I am sure of is that this interests me more than what of the things that I know other people are doing, yet again, I am not other people, so it all works out. in the meantime, I am not other people, so in the end, it all works out, because the vast majority of people that I have met over the course of my life I would rather not be them and I am sure that they feel the same way about me so it all works out. so it goes. press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Sunday, February 9, 2020

there are times
like now
when things are
in my life
are going along
just about as well
as things can be going
for me
when technology
manages to get in the way
and the whole damn 
thing
manages to get screwed up
again
no wonder I am not sleeping
at night
nor during the day for that matter 

good morning.

its all good. just trying to keep it all going, whether it be for the good or for the bad.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Sunday, February 2, 2020

does being silent
mean that there is nothing to say
or does being silent
mean that the rest of the world 
just might not be ready to hear
what it is that you have to say
that is the question

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

good morning,

not much to say this morning, and maybe that is a good thing, but there are times when I simply do not know where it is that I want to start, but the point right now is that the problem is not starting, it is just that there is not too much to say right at the moment, that has not already been said. sometimes I think that the best thing to say right at the moment is nothing. it is still good.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

good morning,

there are times when I think that I cannot get by without the wonders of modern technology. at other times I wonder why I bother. right now I think that I have fallen into the cracks and I am not sure of what to do next.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Sunday, January 28, 2020

life
in life's wisdom
does what life will do
and often leaves us 
wondering
where all of the justice is
if there is such a thing as 
justice
in this world

good morning,    

I am not a basketball fan, but the death of Kobie Bryant, his thirteen-year-old daughter in that helicopter crash this morning in California is such a tragedy. what else is there left to say in all of this?
So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Friday, January 24, 2020

life can only be as good as it gets
within the moment
if we are willing to look for it
the days and nights
filled with hope
filled with dread
filled with anything
that will keep us from thinking too much
laughter and tears are always hand in hand
which, at the moment
never seems to make any sense 
until the moment is gone
and we find ourselves doing something else
So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

www.silentscreamsandothermusings.com 

Sunday, January 19, 2020

mostly often
I find myself thinking
is this what I have been reduced to
I had such grand designs for my life
that did not include sitting in front of a laptop
in an otherwise darkened room
thinking that I am a writer
just because I can string some words together
and call it poetry

good morning,

right now I am feeling that I am doing little more than just going through the motions of it all. I hate feeling like this, but I know that this will pass and I will be able to get on with whatever it is that life has in store for me. I never thought that my life would have taken some of the turns that it had, but if we knew what was tom happen to use, then that would be taking some of the fun out of life, but even then, I guess the only thing that I can do is to just keep on doing all that I am doing, knowing that tomorrow is another day. I hope so, as I live and breathe. It is all good. I pray that you are well and that I will be hearing from you soon.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Sunday, January 12, 2020

waiting for the big mystic to arrive
to grant me some new for of wisdom
insight
some other way of saying
what is already know
vainly searching
for that which has already found us

good morning,

right now it is all good. I have the day off tomorrow and any day off is always a good day. the question is, what am I going to do with myself. there is so much to do and so little tine.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

sunday january 5, 2020

questions
answer more questions
until the whole point 
of being alive
becomes little more
than academic 
and the point of it all
simply gets lost.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

good morning,

still looking for a good night's sleep. right now it seems that if I sleep for more than three hours at a stretch it is a good night. so the only thing that I hope for right now will be that it will be a good night. I hope that you are well and that I will be hearing from you soon.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

sunday, december 29, 2019

thoughts
ideas
words throw
across a page
poetry?
sure.

good morning,

its all good, but there are times when I wonder whether or not all of this is worth the effort that I am putting into all of this, but what else can I do, it is still one of the few things in my life that I have been told that I any good at, at all. either way, it is all good. hope that you are well. it is still good.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Sunday, December 22, 

its at times like this 
when I have reached 
the bottom of the tank
that I keep forgetting
that I am not 25 
anymore
its a shame
that we have to get old

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

good morning,

there are times when I just bout get to the bottom of the tank. when this happens, the only thing that I can do is just try and get some sleep, which is always a good thing. I pray that you are well and that I will be hearing from you soon.

So it goes. Press on regardless.

Faithfully Yours,

Lee

Sunday, December 15, 2019


there are times
when I find myself thinking
how nice it would be 
just to be able 
to say what it is
that I am thinking
all of the time
yet if I did that
it would be a case of 
being jobless
homeless
or dead