Oven Poems

always served warm

[ovenpoems]

don’t shut the door

don’t shut the door on your heart

you may have been hurt so badly you want to 

but don’t

don’t give up because someone was awful

you have too much love in your heart to close it off and wither

try again, love again, keep on--but don’t sell yourself short

you can and will love and be hurt again but never stop

your love matters and makes this world a better place, so

please never keep your heart locked away for nobody to know it and be loved by you

we need your love, we need your heart

open the door and let us in

5.13.22

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5.13.22

you are blessed to know the people you know

and have them in your life for the time you have them

and you are privileged to be able to love and serve them during that time

whether short or long

you have the opportunity to always do good to those who cross your path

you can make a positive difference by influencing the lives around you for the better by helping them through your service

you may not know the good impact you have on a life, but you do

keep going until the end

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riches

it is never too late to start being thankful

and appreciative of the wealth around you--

the people, the places, the food, the weather, every little thing

riches abound if you just take a moment to consider them

5.13.22

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5.6.22

it is a sad but sobering moment when you understand

that the best thing the person you loved ever did for you

is leave you behind, move on, and never look back

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5.5.22

the mistake I make is that I believe the best about people.

but the most important thing that you can do is recognize and focus on the truth, even if it is not so good.

there is no reward for being romantic in your philosophy, unless you like being hurt.

only realism will serve you well, and I hope you choose that

[tierras]

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sick

the worst part of being ill is how awful you feel

the best part is when others show up for you

that’s the best medicine

5.5.22

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glad

Hopkins pens, ”what is all this juice and joy?”

Scripture says, “My cup runneth over.”

both express joy

a heart glad and full

and I know this now

for my life has never been

as good as it is today

and I just cannot waste a minute

being ungrateful.

none of us can--

we must squeeze every drop

out of each moment, or as Tennyson puts it,

“we must drink life to the lees”

4.26.22

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4.25.22

the best thing to turn a bad day around

is when someone surprises you with a

sweet treat

baked with love

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4.21.22

you deserve to be treated with respect

nothing less than that

don’t tolerate it

and if necessary, leave

because if you aren’t respected, 

then you are not appreciated, and 

certainly, not loved

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4.20.22

beauty and the beast is a tale

that audiences consider romantic

how lovely it is that the kind girl loves the brute

how noble that she loves him in spite of his nature

but that is a fairy tale

girls may love, but beasts only destroy

outside of fiction, this situation ends in tragedy

with the girl corrupted or fatally harmed,

and the beast has only scratches

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april

april is the loveliest month

so lush, so green

so full of new life

fresh mornings

crisp evenings

light breezes and sunny rays

fluffy clouds and big raindrops

birds singing in the treetops

i love april 

i think in spring we all begin again

4.18.22

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no

sometimes the more loving answer

is no

because then the other person

can find what they want and need

that you cannot give them

and they will be happy,

happier without you

4.18.22

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soundtrack

we all have a soundtrack

in our soul

and some day you will

find the music that 

fits it...

i just listen to the National,

what about you?

4.18.22

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4.13.22

you’ve tried everything to help

but you weren’t successful.

sometimes you just 

can’t watch 

the person you love

destroy themselves.

it’s too painful

[ovenpoems]

4.12.22

when you love someone,

it changes you

i can’t put a qualifier on it--good or bad

but you are made different by it

[ovenpoems]

mfeo

one day 

we will be dancing

under the starry lights

cheek-to-cheek

and people will look

at us together and say

how we were

made for each other

4.10.22