Randy's Poetry Collection

Welcome to this collection of my poetry. I regularly post poems here. Please explore, enjoy and consider supporting my work.

Dying Slowly by Your Side

You do not complete me, that is my work to do You are a great source of joy and happiness And I love you I recall us so many years ago Discussing how we would love each other Until death Being young we were unaware that Death is a long running process That death is a thousand small deaths Each an opportunity that many take To exercise an option and end the deal...

Lunar Regularity

Tonight we resumed Our simple activity A short walk Watching the Horizon for The full moon It became a Simple joy Some years ago That we do With lunar Regularity Last month We had to Sit it out You were so Very sick I wondered Would we every get To do this again? So tonight was One of those returns To normal But a normal That is clear Eyed about...

sit outside

Beautiful weather To sit outside Next to you And hold Your hand Randy Roberts October 18, 2024

Tomorrows task

Tomorrows task Is hard And fraught With risks You talk with Me about The pros And cons There is no Easy answer You bravely Decide and Prepare to Face the task I get to be A part of how You choose To live This Life Lucky me Randy Roberts October 23, 2024

Kindness

The kindness of Friends The joy of family A good way To experience a Day Randy Roberts January 3, 2025

noisy mind

Bad dreams Bad sleep Struggles to quiet The noisy mind Randy Roberts March 17, 2025

Remember that you don't know

Remember that you don’t know You can act with the best of intention and those actions can be rewarded or not Setting intention and acting are important regardless of the outcome Do what you feel and know to be right There are no guarantees There is only this moment to engage in life Act in accordance with your kind intentions And simply see what happens Randy Roberts Nov 7, 2021

same time, same place

I enjoyed Watching the Horizon at Sunset Hoping to see A comet That was hidden By the clouds Chatting with You Enjoying the Moment The simple Joy of Existing in The same time And place as You Randy Roberts October 9, 2024

Easy evening

Work was enjoyable Great conversations With bright people An easy evening As you tolerate My attempts to view A passing comet Randy Roberts October 11, 2024

Exhausted and Elated

The testing Went well Today Another tool In your Exceptional limited Medicinal arsenal Another tool We hope to never Need I see you Walk this Tightrope Not knowing if This action will Be helpful Or harmful And making the Choice to try Because to not Is to accept a Very hard reality I also see My response Being a supporter Engaged in the Discussion Providing needed Help And accepting Your decisions...