Day: June 22, 2024

Her incomparable love brought light into his life
And saved him from the empty, lovelorn darkness
That had made him feel so unloved and so invisible.
But fate stole his love the day she died of cancer.
Now he lives In the shadows of a disappeared love.

Bob Boyd

Fool that he was he left a great job
Retirement and substantial benefits
A romantic he left it for true love
Could always find another job
Rarely had he found true love
Moved far away to another state
Vermont to sunny North Carolina
To be with his beautiful true love
A year later she stole from him
And came on to another guy
So much for true love and
A foolish, love blind romantic

Bob Boyd

Jed loved to fish after dark on cool nights
when the big bass and the eels came out.
He’d cast his line far out with a sinker
that sent the bait to the bottom of the lake.
While waiting for a bass or an eel to bite
He’d sit in his rowboat hoping to hook
A big bass rumored to be a giant fish.
He’d heard the legends about how it,
Never failed to get away when hooked.
Usually it broke the line, big as it was.
In a way, Jed almost caught that bass,
Or I should write it caught him
When it emerged from the lake
And more of a giant bass then expected,
It swallowed Jed and his entire row boat.

Bob Boyd

Fifty and five years, his life a mess.
Never thought he’d end up like this,
Incarcerated for a crime he didn’t do.
Sure he was wild but not like this.
Now he spends his days confined
Telling everyone he’s innocent.
No one believes him. No one cares.
They’re sure he killed that young kid.
Now three inmates have a plan.
And soon he’ll be knifed to death
To avenge the murder of that kid.
Justice served and deserved.
And the real killer killed another kid.

Bob Boyd