Unintended Consequences

Getting myself 

Out on a limb again 

I always do 

It's this blogging business 

I know 

There will be 

Unintended consequences 

There always are 

Like my friend 

The NASA scientist 

Says

-And they were dealing with 

Space flight -

-And really complicated mathematical 

Things -

It boggles the mind

I can't imagine 

And even they -

With billions of dollars 

Of budgets and things 

had 

unintended consequences 

To contend 

With 

Obviously

Please

Leave me, love 

For then I would know 

What to do 

I can morn I can cry 

I can feel 

Very sorry 

For myself 

That 

I know how to do 

-had a lot 

Of practice 

With it 

Many years 

     To perfect 

But not this 

Not this patience 

This caring 

This sweetness 

How to deal 

With it 

How to 

Be good enough 

For it 

Please, please 

     Go away 

So I don't have to grow 

Don't have to know 

The true pain 

Of eventually 

Being without you 

Through death or some other circumstance 

Circumstances 

     Being what they are 

And seemingly 

Always 

Occurring 

With inexorable 

Crushing karma 

I need another 

Starbucks coffee 

Today 

     obviously. . .

The Train

What can I say 

About today 

?

These days seem to 

Run together

Like a train 

All connected to one 

Another 

But with no 

Conductor 

To tell us when 

We are leaving 

The station. 

Instead we must guess 

And wonder about the 

Departure time 

And the destination 

We are pulled 

By gravity 

Like a Diesel engine 

By time 

By fate 

What can I do 

About that 

How hard should I try 

To try 

Or should I sit back 

And sigh 

The ticket has been 

Purchased 

And we will arrive 

When we 

Arrive