Day: February 12, 2026

I had a dream
about my father
who often seemed
to reject me
sometimes hit me
whom I hated for
many years
but eventually
forsake the hate
in the dream my
father gave me
a hug that tickled
me with delight
and I felt that I
needed to interact
more with him
I woke up with
that thought
in my mind
forgetting that
my father died
a long time ago.

Bob Boyd

It used to be wonderful
the love they shared.
Pity it faded with the
passing years.

Now they hate each other
fighting over the custody
of their two kids in court.

In more sobering times,
when for a moment
the hate briefly pauses
both bemoan the loss
of that wonderful love.

Bob Boyd

As a child, he took a
macabre delight
in torturing and killing
animals despite being
from a loving family.

Not surprisingly, he took
that same ghoulish delight
in torturing and killing young
women when he grew up.

I say he was born bad, and
like a beast in the jungle
was following his unnatural
serial killing instincts.

You may say it was nurture
but not everyone who is
born into a toxic family
grows up torturing and
killing animals and people.

Bob Boyd

He was a handsome guy
looks equal to the female
beauty equivalents
but even though he could
have them, he preferred
what he called the plain
janes, who were quite
pretty, less concerned
with their looks, and
more beautiful inside.

Bob Boyd