Friday, March 28, 2014

Thursday, March 27, 2014

A Prayer For Ukraine


A Prayer For Ukraine

A prayer has lost all power to take a treaty to new heights
A hero is a teacher who shield us from cursing fired on sight
A child will soon frown at the blood on our lips too tight
A President shows no shame in saying: "Again, we shall fight"
A Facebook friend you couldn't call when dying last night
A lover is the hand of peace you wish could turned off the light
A true love is found within,
For Ukrainians, women and men who know to never give up their rights

-- Louis Mercier

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Kissing Monna Lisa


Kissing Monna Lisa

My newest favorite sport is to fall asleep
To lay still as if I was placed six feet deep
Fantasize caressing Lisa in my old jeep
To live with her, in the future I would peep
Until Monna defaulted for my love to keep
"Together we ate tofu" I said and wept
Remembering our kisses on every car beep
We played games and laughed like sheep
Mother said: "be careful you're in too deep"
"Learn to dust before you can vacuum or sweep"

Our courtship was a Titanic for water to seep
Mental illness bought Monna Lisa's smile for cheap
If the mind of man focus so shall he reap
I fought hard against her illness too steep
She became a stranger in bounds and leaps
In her honor, my last dish was tofu red meat

-- Louis Mercier