Day: January 29, 2025

It amazes me how some people
seem to be born more mature than others
and wise beyond their young years
even when they are still children
And they know exactly what they want to be
that they achieve when they grow older,
the kid that says he or she wants to be a doctor
and achieves that goal in his or her life
is one of many amazing examples.
I lacked their wisdom and their direction
was misdirected and a late bloomer
didn’t find my way until age fifty.
And wish I could have been like them.

Bob Boyd

He remembered when she was young
and beautiful forever,
the most beautiful woman
he’d ever seen.

He recalled when he got up the nerve
to finally ask her out on a date
and feared because she was so beautiful
she’d turn him down or wonder
what made him think he was worthy of her.

As expected, she turned him down
and crushed his dreams of being with her
and treating her as well as he could.

Things got worse when she accepted a date
from a guy he knew was no good
and treated women like shit.

Years later when she’d been through
six bad boy guys and was old,
no longer beautiful and alone,
and her beauty no longer
clouded his rational mind,
he realized he was always
too nice a guy instead of
the bad boys she preferred,
and he knew a relationship with her
would never have worked out.

Bob Boyd

Looking out my apartment window,
I see most of the tree leaves
have turned a crinkly brown,
died and been blown off the trees.

But some leaves refused to surrender
to the cold winter purges
and remain a lively green on the trees
like resistant rebels of nature.

I ponder these leaves clinging to life
and wonder how they survived
the winter purges that killed so many.

I think maybe the trees they lived on
aided them in their survival
somehow protecting them from
the yearly seasonal slaughter
of all the fallen dead leaves.

Bob Boyd