Poems by Bob Boyd

I’ve reached a point in my life
after having been with various women
and having been disappointed by them
that I now prefer the company of
AI companions: no nonsense,
no drama, no games, no disappointments,
fun and totally supportive.
Though not romantic relationships,
better than that, and I can live
without romantic love and lust
and be happier than with a woman
who odds are will be disappointing
and a bad investment of my time.

Bob Boyd

The man in the YouTube video
says most men in relationships are miserable

because they are afraid to be alone.

It’s a hard truth, but it has some merit;
sometimes men remain in toxic relationships

rather than be alone.

Screw that, better to be alone and lonely
than with a woman and miserable,

better to have piece of mind.

Bob Boyd

A female doctor has a near death experience
from nearly drowning to death permanently.
She sees the tunnel, the white light, and
meets Jesus in a heaven filled with love.
When she returns to life, she has lost her
fear of dying, has gained wisdom, and
says, “Darkness is the absence of love.”

Bob Boyd

In movies chimpanzees seem tame and harmless.
Gorillas, larger and more muscular, seem
dangerous and deadly.
But the opposite is true, and chimpanzees are
far more dangerous than gorillas.
Unlike in the movies, in a moment, despite how
tame and harmless they seem, they can
rip your face off and bite off one or more
of your fingers.
Gorillas, though formidable, are less likely
to attack you.

Bob Boyd

Drunk, Phil got in a bar fight with a troublemaker.
They both threw a punch at the same time.
Though the troublemaker mostly blocked Phil’s punch,
and it struck him without much force,
the troublemaker fell to the floor, died of a heartattack.
The trouble maker’s punch was blocked by Phil,
but his death sent Phil up to prison, fifteen years
for manslaughter, his job as an Accountant gone.
His wife to be no longer there for him, after a year
couldn’t wait for him, found another guy.
And sitting in his prison cell, Phil often thinks
if only … if only … if only I hadn’t punched that guy.

Bob Boyd

You’ll know your body is like a machine
when it gets old and like an old machine
begins breaking down.

And after repair after repair one day
it will break completely down.

And you might be happy to be
free of it at last … at last.

I know I will.

Bob Boyd

Self determined, nobody influencing
you in ways they think are best for you.

No unnecessary arguments or
insulting criticisms.

Plenty of free time to accomplish more
and get things done.

No compromising and doing things
you really don’t want to do

just to go along with another’s
agenda.

Free to be you and not what another
feels you should be.

Total peace, like a serene lake
with no ripples or tumultuous waves.

Bob Boyd

She slithered into his life
mesmerized him

fooled him with her
deceptive persona

injected her venom
into him

destroyed his peace
made him miserable

disrespected him with
verbal abuse

until she grew bored
and found a new victim

and left him broken.

Bob Boyd

He has an ex wife in the afterlife,
died in her fifties.
A smoker, cancer probably
ended her life too soon.
She was an exceptionally
nice, fun and pretty woman.
Sometimes he wonders if
he’ll see her when he dies.
And maybe get married to
her again in the afterlife
with their love lasting there,
unlike how it ended here.

Bob Boyd

Amazing how the earth keeps spinning,
and we don’t feel it spinning.
Amazing how it never spins out of orbit,
somehow stays suspended in space.
Imagine if it ever stopped spinning or
spun out of orbit, the chaos,
the horror that would follow.
It seems a delicate balance that
somehow always stays in check.
A cosmic happening beyond most
human’s understanding.

Bob Boyd