Poetry by Tim Windisch

Back on 175 Most of us could see the steeple from our yards Our parents bowled together, or maybe played cards St. Anthony’s in Fussville, though names and buildings changed And the fields we roamed have been plowed over and rearranged I remember us looking out in awe,  watching the big earth movers drive Widening Appleton Ave when we were growing up going to school back on 175 We skinned knees pl...

Dreaming out loud How’d you sleep last night? Did you have any dreams? I’d love to see you smile in the morning light Watch your lips turn up in the suns beams I’m just daydreaming about you Imagining things we could do Walking in the rain, laughing at a cloud I should keep it inside but I’m dreaming out loud Did you awake to the sun or was it a bark? I hope it wasn’t a silly text that came from m...

What’s left I’m working the left trying to do what’s right Left-handed, left brained but left wondering why One nation with liberty, but they just seem to fight Poor huddled masses might as well not try We shoot down boats, ideas, dreams and hope Knock down institutions, build monuments to a false god Fault his logic dumacrat and you’re labeled a dope While the bloviated narcissistic rants, the re...

Tearing down my past I almost drove straight into the ditch Uttered a barely audible son-of-a-bitch To no one in particular Another golden page from a better long gone day Dismantled and razed cause they have to make way Tears are falling in my car My whole family was a part of this place Those folks always had a smile on their face Downtown Fussville farm While progress creates many pretty things...

Watchin the skyline back at the ranch   So many moons have revolved Since our friendships evolved Back when silly was funny Thunderstorms were sunny Watchin the skyline back at the ranch Bikes and cars long before the bars In the fields underneath the stars Knew nothing so we had no cares Laughter, dancing while the radio blares Watchin the skyline back at the ranch Ride that raft down the raging...

Bedtime banter Another day draws to a close, my tired eyes tell me it’s time The farmer plants, then reaps what he sows; toss on steaks, mix Mules, don’t skip the lime There’s smiles somewhere waiting to turn up my cheek, pull the edges of my mouth towards the sun Might not be tomorrow, might not even be next week, but I have a feeling that on my horizon is a boatload of fun Well we don’t always u...

Sense of direction Another too chilly, ugly kind of day Okay for March, but it’s getting late May I’m listening to the sounds, favorites from my old music collection But this cold air and gray skies are messing with my senseof direction Rather than get dejected, I just say okay Put on something to soothe me imagining you rendering someaffection A better day will peak across Lake Michigan one morn...

Put a shine on that coin Walking along, head hanging low Becoming all too familiar you know Supposed to learn and most of all be patient Pick a dirty penny from the ground Parties all over I listen to the sound I can hear the music, and I feel the vibration   Smiles and laughs but I never do join Closed my eyes, wished, and put a shine on that coin Sometimes the road gets bad and you’re stuck Seem...

Still I will not curse her name So many days I wrote of hopes and dreams, only to learn itwas all just a charade Upside down where nothings as it seems, until I’m cold Iwill regret everything I paid Were it only money siphoned across our time, one day bygrace of God I could recoup Inside my mind is the scene of the crime, and it plays adnauseum on an endless loop Still I will not curse her name, n...

Maybe I’m already gone Have I left my body, am I no longer part of this earth I may be broke but money ain’t the way to judge a man’sworth But I feel like I’m invisible in what I thought was mybaby’s eyes Not feeling the love this man just sits alone and cries Maybe I’m already gone Never to know another dawn Cause I’m not wanting to see anymore Not until I see her coming through my door I don’t w...

Evil from top to bottom It was nothing real, a grand scheme from the start All you have left for your troubles is a broken heart Call it what you will but no matter what, it is sad Everything you believed was true but you were just had Cry the blues and scream and throw things and swear It won’t change a thing and it sure won’t make her care Evil from top to bottom straight through Smile as you tw...

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...