Poetry by Tim Windisch

Political salad Carry a grudge from inauguration, actions from the jump gotmy head shakin It only gets worse when you try to understand theexplanation. Frustration Who runs the asylum, who’s handing out the pills? Are wesaving running up the bills? The callous disregard for those who dare say no is giving methe chills! Ignorance kills Your cabinet creaks and it’s spitting out crap! Redactedphotos,...

Wherever you may be going Take me down to that station, cause I need to catch thattrain The one going to a different elevation, with sunshine evenduring the rain You never hear an unkind word, nobody says anything out ofplace It’s the best or so I’ve heard, walk around all day with asmile on your face That’s the way I’ve always felt, add you to my side and turnmy frown upside down So many nights I...

Jumpin’ from my skin More twists and turns than a Hitchcock movie, I’m alwaysleft guessin’ Too much silence and too many minutes away if I’m confessin’ A simple tale about boy meets girl and they are foreverjoined In truth scant minutes alone together need to be purloined It’s mess babe and we gotta act fast We are something that’s meant to last But right now I can’t deal with the shape I’m in Goi...

Love I’m waiting! Drifting off you catch the image of his face, thousand plus nights spentrunning the race Dreaming of the day you finally get to his place Something pulls you from those perfect dreams, no matter howclose you come it seems Pull the brake but the crazy train rumbles and steams Find the depot, jump into the fields if you must, hourslate, it’s forty-second street or bust Into the arm...

Nothing Nothing’s at work, like trying to eat soup with chopsticks The logic’s mechanics suck they  need a bottom to top fix Can’t pick up enough to satisfy my hunger Meanwhile the clock says I ain’t getting younger Seems to be the way the story goes for us romantics Stare at the wall and try to connect every little bump Can you create an image, not me I’m so easy to stump Blurred by pictures we p...

Silently screaming Darkness fell across my eyes never wanting to want to leave Sometimes the promise of a new sunrise is too hard tobelieve Wanting tomorrows that for years he spent every nightdreaming Only to wake up in the pitch black all alone and silentlyscreaming Understanding the echoes of the questions he tirelesslypoises While a cacophony of reality batters his mind with suchnoises The wre...

In another one of my dreams Candles and incense, soft warm glow Sandalwood clouds and we lay down below Nice steady rocking tune, and guitar screams Lying side by side, in another one of my dreams Grilling steaks watching you dicing cubes of cheese Making them cool apps and winking at me, a quick tease Two silhouettes spooning under the moon beams Ah but shit I’m alone in another one of my dreams...

And run When the moon finds her, lying ‘neath shadows of the thingsshe wants to see She is motionless; unable to speak held to the bed unable tobreak free And run She feels the weight of the thousand nights that have alreadypassed There is a home glowing in the distance and she wants to rise up fast And run But try as she might another day passes and leaves her farbehind She can’t help but worry t...

I’m out of words to say   I’m out of words to say They go unanswered Pain spreads like a cancer What made it turn this way I’m out of rants to rave It’s all just more of the sad noise Lamenting absence of the joys I thought we’d perpetually crave I’m out of meaningful explanations Cause I never seem to know the score I’m telling you I can’t take much more Got to end the machinations I’m out of wor...

Silence ain’t golden Silence ain’t golden, it’s just rusted steel Not worth a dime, especially when all you feel Is cold lonely heartaches, another part of you breaks Doing the right thing it seems was the first of yourmistakes Hanging tight and being patient, one I can’t comprehend Sit still and be quiet, no matter no one hears you screamingat the end You and your thoughts sit alone, staring at t...

Snap my fingers Not the day it was supposed to be See you were nowhere close to me Panic left the disco, he lives upstairs When I seem out of whack I’m under repairs Snap my fingers let me put a better spin Anywhere, anytime I choose we can begin How about that lovely summer day When two yearning souls joined the fray Snap my fingers and we’re back at Alma’s sippin’ Dew splatters, soft chatters a...

Soul Mates Gaze Here we are again, standing alone waiting to be whole Yet another pitfall has fallen in the way of our goal I feel like Charley racing Algernon through a maddening maze But one day soon we’ll open our eyes to our soul mates gaze Plans of grandeur and extravaganza’s cast aside We’ve only dreams of being by each other’s side But every time we try, it seems that old familiar tune play...

I don’t know why I’d like to say I understood, believe me baby I would It’s just that I have this terrible pain and I don’t feeltoo good Seems every time I stand up tall, somebody pulls the rug andI fall Maybe we could talk about it the next time that you decideto call I’d like to be the king of the hill, I bet calling the shotswould be such a thrill But I’m not much for politics; my thing is givi...

Is there room for just one more   Tell me what you see in there Are there rainbows, do you wear ribbons in your hair Flying behind you in colorful displays What completes the space you occupy these days Is there room for just one more Or would you turn me away at the door An exclusive place you can only ever find While you're day trippin all alone in your mind Do the worries of tomorrow make i...

Holding Tightly Melancholy moments your silence can always expose Holding tightly to the dreams with you Christina Rose While my heart aches my mind replays your pretty eyes Drawn as I was from the first look launched perpetual tries To sidle up close and meld warmly into one heartbeat Is the thing that keeps me going, without you I’m incomplete Pain is a companion I long to give the slip once and...

I feel you in my heart The future has always been so appeasing, we knew right from the start Now pillows in place of my love, so tightly squeezing, I feel you in my heart Wondering, questioning no one but my own darkening thoughts and fears But my love is not lessening, a vibe from a click of oureyes, now full of tears Desperation, sitting alongside exhaustion, having lunch with hopelessness Resis...

No No decorum, not even a forum Skip the back story don’t bore ‘em! Days passed; to too many, too fast! Where’s the feeling was s’posed to last? Green soon, remember late ’21 June? Stumbling in the dark like a buffoon No sounds, all alone dumping coffee grounds Time passes; no communication, hopelessness abounds No fills, not a word and my spine chills Don’t need much to get my cheap thrills Too m...

Time marches on Those used to be’s are flying again, mentions of how it was better way back when Unlocked doors without any fear, waving to strangers just to spread some cheer Bolt those doors, keep your gaze fixed ahead catch no eyes, wonder why you ain’t got a friend Governments and department stores, got more to hide behind smiles and shiny floors Come and go, with the tide of fashion, what mat...

Alright Sipping on my coffee, trying to see through the heavy fog Reaching for my love, but my arm is wrapped around a dog I know there’s always something, with an underlying desire To circumvent this situation, only embers remain from our fire I’d love to rekindle the flame, but babe I ain’t even got a log Chilly on the sofa, my feet feel so cold on the bare wood floor It could eighty-five in her...

You feel You feel rundown, body’s infected I sit alone ignorant, lost and neglected Can’t get it right but you go at it all wrong Kept to yourself even though I came along Said you never had somebody who’d care Promised to share a life but you’re never there Sometimes I bang my head against the wall Sometimes I fall asleep waiting on your call You feel scared, but keep watching tv Violence and may...

Ode to Christmas Carol A legend left the building, the sad news came And we will all move on but it won’t be the same If you called her a legend she’d probably laugh Maybe fawn for the camera offer an autograph She wasn’t searching for a spotlight for her face Rather for the earth, pay attention to what we can’t replace Or the poor who have no money for shelter or a meal Causes caught Christmas Ca...

Time can Time can be my friend, or time can run away Hold me for a slow minute, promise me you’ll stay Words can help me explain, words can leave me blank I’ve so many of them to find the right way to thank To thank you for the dreams, those dreams I long to see In daylight, against an autumn sky under our maple tree Time can be my friend, this time the clocks won’t mean a thing And words can be b...

Cry Staring at my last text, worrying cause we seem vexed Like our plans were cursed by a demon and we’re hexed Complex, confounded and confusing, how much more abusing I try to wear a smile of hope but it’s hard be coy while I’mbruising Choosing to do all that I can, stick to the course andfollow the plan Babe I’m trying my best, but after all, honey I’m no godjust a man And have I told you how m...

Down Down so low I forgot about being high Lost direction seems pointless to try Sounds are distractions and bring me no joy Head pounds, these inactions serve to destroy Golden has nothing to do with the silence here Memories I’m holdin’ bring me violence and fear Nothing as it seems, is this supposed to be our ever after We made all those dreams, but I can’t hear the laughter Searching my mind,...

Covers Seems sometimes even the closest of lovers Lose steam like kettles with bent up covers Things boil over and make a mess of your day Stains add character, they’re only stains anyway Cements got a crack with weeds right where it’s begun to heave Like bare trees in the winter, problems gain appeal when they leave Breathe in a promise if you still dare, map a route to your desires Break up excu...