A Nuclear Family

“A Nuclear Family”
 
“A Nuclear Family”
A Mommy and a Daddy,
With all the tiny struggles in-between.
And I tell my stories of my Mamma and Daddy,
That not one of my siblings ever seen.

But a decade later,
I can assure there were things,
They’ve never seen.

But I am tired of being irrelevant,
Simply because they weren’t there to see.

I’ve no desire to dismiss,
Any of your unknowing.
But I’ll no longer allowed unheard,
What I witnessed happened.

It was mean and it was awful.

I’ve no reason or place to put this on anyone,
But don’t tell me I don’t remember what I remember.

Dg
03-26-17

Just Before Our Fall

“Just Before Our Fall”
    
Silent we set, well too many set silent.
To those who have power.
No complaints to be heard.
Were they really waiting for a date or hour?
  
Aren't we all are here?
Straight, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender?
Republican, Democrat, or Independent?
White, Black, Red, Yellow, Blind, Deaf, one hand, one arm, one leg, no arms, no legs,
How might this matter?
  
People are finding monsters in the dark and under the bed.
Convincing them self that this fear is real.
Different religions, colors, left handed, right handed or LGBTQ?
Is any of this significant to you?
   
We are quite advanced in medicine and psychology.
We can search and learn and simple effort reveals it all.
As we stand upon the cusp,
Just before our fall.
      
Dg
2-23-17

A Shadow

“A Shadow”

   

A shadow,

Just a shadow.

In the morning light.

Defiant you stand like glorious might.

    

I’m Just a shadow.

And I’ll wilt away.

In the shadow.

No tomorrow, no today.

     

Just a shadow now.

Nothing to add and nothing to say.

Just like every shadow.

I'll go and wisp away.

    

Dg

1/4/2017

“She never knew me”

  

She never knew me.

I was a person few people knew.

She never really knew me.

She never could really see.

  

Nobody could see,

They may have known,

But there’s no way,

No way they could see.

  

It was so empty,

So very quiet.

No one wanted to hear or talk.

To break the silence.

  

She never knew me.

I was a person few people knew.

She never really knew me.

She never could really see.

   

Dg

Danny Gunter

12/242016

The Lonely

“The Lonely”

Was I nine?

Or all of ten?

When I learned of The lonely.

I knew about it way back then.

  

The lonely,

I don’t think I’d wish that on anyone.

Even after all the hate filled words,

Have been poured out against everyone.

     

The lonely,

We all get lost, 

I could wish that hurt for you,

But weren’t we star crossed?

    

The lonely,

I guess we all have it,

We are all exposed.

I just never had,

Immunity to what I chose.

   

So my soul withers.

I never understood the choice.

I know you said you would be here always.

Even though I heard, it must not have been your voice.

   

And I am getting by.

I can manage myself from day to day.

I just have to remind myself.

That no one means, they never believe,

Any of what they say.

  

Dg

Danny Gunter

12-14-2016

No Not Anymore

“No Not Anymore”

    

No, no you have to stop.

I can’t catch my breath.

It feels like I’ve been running for miles,

And it’s scaring me to death.

  

I can’t stop.

Running, running.

If I stop it will be my death.

I’m not hiding or shunning.

No, No.

I can’t stop no matter what.

What I do isn’t for me.

It’s all been for you.

I can’t do this.

Not anymore, the dam is breaking and not like before.

I can’t hold it back,

No not anymore.

  

Dg

10/17/2016

I have no clue why, but at least it’s out of my head. Makes no sense at all, but my brain feels better.  I feel like it needs more words or to be more expansive, but it shut my brain up and I'm good with that.

I told you and I told you

“I told you and I told you.”

  

I remember the lies, I remember the broken.

When you told me your briary truth.

Where my chance was taken by you.

I told you and I told you.  I wouldn’t survive the lies.

I told you and I told you, what I’d been through.

While you continually lied.

It was just like a movie, it was just like a song.

It's just like when you know better than to believe,

But deep in your soul, you hope that you’re wrong.

I told you and I told you.

Just too much hope, just hoping I was wrong.

I told you and I told you.

  

Danny Gunter

Dg

2-5-2015