Tuesday, May 17, 2022

FathersPills2022TonyFallon0517

 FathersPills2022TonyFallon0517


The roses are blooming on the gable while our love dies

Two years ago, our love was full blooming how time flies

As we drifted away from friends they were often amused

Now they are asking what happened and they are all confused


They said I was the stronger and you the maiden fair

The chosen couple of the group a very loving pair

You were the new artist and painted fields and flowers

And we ran and splashed barefooted through summer showers


Your parents never worried for us and neither did mine

There were clouds on the horizon not all just sunshine

you somehow lost interest as if you no longer cared

As if the love we once had was being rather spared


Things were no longer the same so alone I often mused

Without an answer from you I was often confused

Then a date with you was cancelled when at nine you phoned

We found you later alone on a bench and you were stoned


You said your older brother gave you your fathers old pills

That he had taken one or two and they gave him thrills

You were so far gone to the hospital you were rushed

And so full of pain killers your stomach had to be flushed


You admitted you had been popping daily for weeks

Which probably accounted for your valleys and peaks

All this drama and deceit has left my heart deflated

And any promises I made are all now vacated


MiddleOfTheRoad2022TonyFallon0517

 MiddleOfTheRoad2022TonyFallon0517


Politically I'm in the middle of the road

And far too many people know it

I could be run over by left or right

Without sympathy fom black or white

So there are many with whom I agree

But definitely not Trump or AOC

Today such thinking is not allowed

You must belong to just one crowd


I don't consider I'm on the liberal line

Being conservative is hard to define

I make decisions as incidents arise

Which often leads to some harsh criticize

This often leads to criticism of my brain

And many of my acquaintances complain


Even today in today's religion

There is far too much division

Pastors living the life of a king

Less interested in your soul than bling

Accumulating great wealth tax free

With at best a questionable degree

The invisible line is no longer straight

Dividing the Church from the State

Church supported politicians is unwise

Can lead to a nations demise


No lesson learned at Watergate

We have harder hearts much more hate

Some take pride in illegal leaks

So what if the opposite squeaks?

If you get away it's no crime

May even be treated as sublime

i believe in warming but not polluting

I disagree with shooting and looting


Too many Karens are irate

No down time for honest debate

You may rant and think you have beaten

A wise person who thinks you are a cretin

You can't convince a person against their will

They will be of the same opinion still


Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Liberty?©️2022TonyFallon0503

 Liberty?©️2022TonyFallon0503


I shall get from our bed and depart

And leave you here with a broken heart

You said the now lonely heart is thine

If that be the truth then so is mine.

Our time together was short and sweet

Maybe we shall never again meet


For if I'm caught I'll go to prison

For sins against the crown of Britain

Oh woe is me for my rebel traits

For in Ulster now the hangman waits

I must travel to Madrid or Rome

And make the continent my new home


Maybe I will fight for a crusade

Or sign up with an Irish brigade

Maybe sail to where Columbus found

Where never has a new king been crowned

Where gold is plenty and land is free

I'd be unknown and have liberty


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