Being Bad

There are times when being bad
Just feels so damn good
You know you really shouldn't
But you also know you could

Pushing and stretching the limits
Ever closer to that line
And sometimes you go across it
And it feels just so damn fine

Later, when there's time to reflect
You prepare for guilt's coming attack
But the ambush never happens
And it's so good you have to go back

©2009-Art Belliveau

politics as usual

speaking past each other
their words unheard
by their opposition
plowshares pounded into swords
the simple mandate
Love One Another
ignored and trampled
politics as usual

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/08/09

we are all siblings
making up the U.S.A.--
please remember this


©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/07/09

tomorrow comes fast
yet it always seems somehow
never to arrive

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/06/09

all of the Gospels
teach us to care for others
why won’t we listen?

©2009-Art Belliveau

senryu 9/05/09

never far away
I hold you close in my heart
however distant

©2009-Art Belliveau

09/04/09

it is not
an abyss
but
often
when i stare
at a blank sheet of paper
or blank computer screen
i know
i know
that it
is staring back

©2009-Art Belliveau

danger of killing time

deadlines loom
time has become
unfriendly
unhelpful
spiteful even

seeking revenge
for all the
minutes
hours
days
i killed in idleness

if only i could
resurrect them
i might have
time enough

©2009-Art Belliveau

9/02/09

I am not afraid
of being alone

it is just that
i hate hate hate it
when
i am lonely

and that can happen
even
in a crowd

but
oddly enough
never
with you

©2009-Art Belliveau

dichotomies

dichotomies

all or nothing
win or lose
yes or no
right or left
right or wrong

in a black and white world
of sharp dichotomies
I spend my time
fruitlessly (or not)
searching
seeking
a middle ground
a bit of grey

if only
to comfort myself
in my own lack
of certainties

©2009-Art Belliveau