In-between Days

Arrive at Wilcox Station,
Letter in hand.
Straight to the counter,
there is no queue.
Clerk 14 greets, "How are you?"

Well it's between holidays

and i'm feeling sad.

Yesterday was Mardi Gras.

If only he'd stayed.

Now what of the plans we made?

Posting a letter i couldn't
deliver myself.
From the post office i
send you my love.
Into the envelope, fits like a glove.

It's between holidays

and i'm feeling sad.

Tomorrow is Valentine's

Now i've heartache,

for what of plans we'd make?

Eighty cents to send my love.
"Here's your receipt."
Receipt for an eighty-cent stamp;
A receipt for my love, but really it's
Worth so much more than i can think of.

So i'm in-between days

and i'm feeling bad.

O today uncertainty,

letter sent, turn and go.

Off to take my seat in limbo.

Ryan J. Nelson ©2002


Recently unearthed from an old journal i found.  Written about my first true love.    


-ry


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Bon Appetite!

Breakfast at Blueberry, despite the weight we carry.
Barely able to fit at the table.
In-N-Out luncheon, continue our munchin'--
Burger and fries to widen our thighs.
A C&O dinner--never any thiner.
Telling a story; Singing "That's Amore."
One more bite--what an appetite!
A couple of fruits, can't see our boots!
Then you're countenance read of abstinence:
Turned to me and said, "Tonight, no fun in bed,
Don't try in vain--too stuffed to be stuffed again."
Standing up, looking down. Eyes won't go 'round.
The day i dread: can't see my head!
Hunger pains and sanity drains.
Vegas buffets; Full dinner trays.
Purging for more.  Culinary whore.
Growing obese, still we feast.
Will it only stop, when into our graves we plop?


Ryan J. Nelson ©2004


Recently unearthed from an old journal of mine. This was totally written to amuse an ex about our love of going out to eat.  It actually makes us sound like fat pigs, but we weren't really.  Well, at least that's the story i'm going with now, haha!  I showed this to him once and we had a good laugh.


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Rendition for a holiday.

Deck the halls
Trim the the tree
'Long as we're together
You and me


Bring a smile to your face
A picture i shan't erase
You really fill my heart with joy
More than any card or any toy


This holiday rendition
Filled with love so sweet
A new Christmas tradition
To sweep me off my feet.


Carols to sing
Gifts to buy
All best done
When you are nigh


Now loneliness to part
For i've found my sweetheart
You're all i need for Christmas
You, a hug and a kiss


This holiday rendition
Filled with love so sweet
A new Christmas tradition
To sweep me off my feet


Writing cards
Wrapping gifts
Time spent with you
My Christmas wish


Who would've guessed
With you to be blessed
Ne'er before a love such as this
You're what i want this Christmas


This holiday rendition
Long may it repeat
This Christmas tradition
A real holiday treat


Ryan J. Nelson ©2004


Recently unearthed from an old journal. Written for an ex. Don't think i ever gave it to him. Whatevs. HELLA cheesy though!  I was so young then.  Younger than my chronological age, that is.  Love found me late in life.


-ry


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Beautiful Stranger

Beautiful stranger
Under your fedora
Alternative youthful hipster
Baggage in tow, headed for parts unknown
Out with your notebook--and you just got hotter
Wandering feet, wandering mind
O, to peak at your paper soul!


You're a vision, just begging to be hugged
Let's trade hearts and be fast friends
Fellow traveler on parallel paths
Wishing you'd bend your line into mine
But now you're off without me
And you'll always be
A beautiful stranger


Ryan J. Nelson ©2010

Gazan girls dodge danger and prejudice on high seas

Environmentalism

Monday is trash day. Here is this week's recycling. See, i'm not an alcoholic, i'm an environmentalist.

This made me cry.

I just saw this pic on the Facebook page, "Israel? No it's Palestine."  It made me cry.

A Palestinian child was waiting for the Fleet to arrive and having a
bunch of flowers in his hand.. Please share..
Un enfant palestinien
avec des fleurs qui attendait l'arrivé des bateaux de liberté qui ne
sont jamais arrivé merci de partager cette photo!
طفل فلسطيني يحمل
ورودا لقافلة الحرية التي التي لم تصل!رجاء إنشروا هذه الصورة

On 31 May 2010, the ship Mavi Mamara, one of six in a a flotilla of ships sponsored by the Turkish NGO, Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH), which was bringing humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Gaza, was boarded by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in international waters.  The IDF commandos killed 9 humanitarian workers and injured 30 others.  The flotilla was diverted to the Israeli port of Ashdod for inspection.  Any items not approved by Israel will not be transfered to the people of Gaza. 


 The need to try to break the illegal sea and land blockade around Gaza is great because Israel strictly limits the amount of material into the Gaza strip.  After 2008-09's Operation Cast Lead, in which Israel killed nearly 1400 Gazans (including 300+ children) and further devastated the infrastructure, destroying 11,000+ homes, 200 factories, 15 of 27 hospitals, 280 schools,
Israel still does not let in enough food or medical supplies to sustain the 1.5 million Palestinians of Gaza it holds captive in what has become the world's largest open-air prison.  Israel will not let in ANY building materials such as cement, rebar, wood, glass.  Meanwhile, Gazans sit in rubble--hungry, homeless and jobless.


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