Day: July 21, 2025

He had a gun for 50 years.
He only shot it once.
He kept it for protection
in case of a break in of
his and his wife’s house.
At age eighty-eight he
used the gun for the
first time when his wife
had died and left him
alone and depressed.
The shot rang out above
his TV’s loud chatter.
And he lay dead with
a bullet in his head.

Bob Boyd

Though some people thought she was beautiful,
she always said she was cute.
Perhaps she was both.
Beautiful to some, cute to others.
I decided on cute because to me cuteness is
often more appealing than beautiful.
Beautiful can be offputting and distant.
Cute can be sweet and approachable.
Cute can make one smile, with a charming appeal
beautiful often lacks.
Beautiful can be high maintenance.
Cute is usually less materialistic and more natural.
Whatever the case, beautiful or cute, I wish
I could have been with her, but I was too old
for her and she was too young for me.
But I’ll never forget her cuteness, more
beautiful to me than any beautiful woman
I’d ever known or seen.

Bob Boyd

He had a lucrative career as a successful
stockbroker, made enough money through sales
and investments to live an extravagant life.
After thirty years of chasing money above
all other things he felt an emptiness in his
life that he urgently needed to fill.
After days and nights of contemplation,
he chucked his stockbroker career, gave
most of his money away, and sought God
in a Trappist monk monastery.
Three months later he unexpectedly died
of a massive heart attack at age 54, perhaps
a part of him beyond his perception saw his
impending death and led him to God in his
final days.

Bob Boyd