The Costs of Risking Your Heart

Sometimes love goes well, sometimes not,
sometimes it’s deadly

a guy gives his heart to a
woman he thinks is his soulmate

a year later she cheats on him
and leaves him

a woman gives her heart to a bad boy
she liked the excitement and the challenges

two years later after much physical abuse
he beats her to death

a guy gives his heart to a sweet woman
a few months later, the sweetness is gone

he strays in the relationship hoping it will improve
but she keeps making his life miserable

a woman gives her heart a man with a lot of money
tells everybody she knows she got a great catch

but to him she’s just a trophy and a conquest
he’s incapable or real, true love

luckiest are those who despite the risks to their hearts
find true love that lasts for the rest of their lives.

Bob Boyd

200 Dead Bodies on Mount Everest

I learned today 200 people’s dead bodies
are on Everest

because you die there and you usually stay there
too dangerous to take your body down the mountain

but bravo to those with the grit to climb Everest
even at the risk of losing their lives

as for me, I’m not that brave or adventurous
I prefer climbing smaller mountains in life

that don’t require mountain gear
that don’t require climbing actual mountains

the mountain I climb is the mountain of trying to stay
sane and alive in this challenging, crazy world.

Bob Boyd