Times, there are times
When the bough breaks and the cradle falls.
And the body comes a-tumbling doen
Who wrote such a line as a lullabye?
Countless little kids terrorized about kids being left in a cradle at the top of a tree.
Parents not paying attention to the words…Would you sing that lullabye to your kids?
Did you?
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Times, there are times
When the sad condom breaks
And if luck is with you, nothing further issues.
Ah, but sometimes you aren’t so lucky.
Both of my kids came about through busted condoms.
A little earlier than my mind scheduled them, but we adjusted.
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Kids come when they come.
Times, there are times
When your car breaks, or your buttocks fall.
And time grinds your body to an ashy pile of creaking joints and aching bones;
the words an indistinct mumble, if you can hear them at all.
Or you forget why you come in here
A tired and constant confusion, like a watercolor wash on your graying days.
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Your only alternative a final goodbye to it all.
Times, there are times
When you feel your god deserts you.
But do you desert her?
That glorious source in your heart’s eye –
Do you blink and shudder to cast her from your reckoning?
You do not!
You have faith!
You reach deep!
You find humor, make a joke.
At the guy who cuts you off in traffic.
At the spots that populate your once-flawless skin.
You reach for grace – as the Great Sociopath takes the oath of office,
knowing this too, shall pass.
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Keep the faith!
Times, there are times
When nothing goes the way you want.
Your heart sinks low
Your lover leaves with nary a nod
You ask what it all means and come up blank.
Don’t take yourself so seriously.
You think you are the only one?
To be dumped? To get cancer? To loose a child?
These are the things of the human condition.
Our expectations out of line with the facts.
We’re born with boundless hope,
soon dashed by the inevitable falls,
and Disney.
But there’s beauty, and humor, if you look for it.
The sugar that sweetens the bitter
Train yourself to look for it.
Husband leaves you for another man?
What Can You Do But Laugh?
When the bough breaks and the cradle falls.
And the body comes a-tumbling doen
Who wrote such a line as a lullabye?
Countless little kids terrorized about kids being left in a cradle at the top of a tree.
Parents not paying attention to the words…Would you sing that lullabye to your kids?
Did you?
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Times, there are times
When the sad condom breaks
And if luck is with you, nothing further issues.
Ah, but sometimes you aren’t so lucky.
Both of my kids came about through busted condoms.
A little earlier than my mind scheduled them, but we adjusted.
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Kids come when they come.
Times, there are times
When your car breaks, or your buttocks fall.
And time grinds your body to an ashy pile of creaking joints and aching bones;
the words an indistinct mumble, if you can hear them at all.
Or you forget why you come in here
A tired and constant confusion, like a watercolor wash on your graying days.
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Your only alternative a final goodbye to it all.
Times, there are times
When you feel your god deserts you.
But do you desert her?
That glorious source in your heart’s eye –
Do you blink and shudder to cast her from your reckoning?
You do not!
You have faith!
You reach deep!
You find humor, make a joke.
At the guy who cuts you off in traffic.
At the spots that populate your once-flawless skin.
You reach for grace – as the Great Sociopath takes the oath of office,
knowing this too, shall pass.
What Can You Do But Laugh?
Keep the faith!
Times, there are times
When nothing goes the way you want.
Your heart sinks low
Your lover leaves with nary a nod
You ask what it all means and come up blank.
Don’t take yourself so seriously.
You think you are the only one?
To be dumped? To get cancer? To loose a child?
These are the things of the human condition.
Our expectations out of line with the facts.
We’re born with boundless hope,
soon dashed by the inevitable falls,
and Disney.
But there’s beauty, and humor, if you look for it.
The sugar that sweetens the bitter
Train yourself to look for it.
Husband leaves you for another man?
What Can You Do But Laugh?
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