Poetry by Tim Windisch

Grab Hey babe, I’m supposed to be the shoulder, I mean, after all I’m the one who’s older Things would be better if I could just hold her, warm sunny day but I’m feeling colder Isolate the problem to try to get a better view, keep it all inside until it consumes you Can’t build a wall and me expect to see through, hide and seek is not the thing to do Grab my hand, my head my heart Let me keep you...

What about What about the roses? What about the view? Why plant flowers if they’re not seen by you? What about the mornings? What about sunrise Why get up babe? Every day without you I despise Truncated by the unseen and I’m left alone to my devices Memories cut deep and leave me covered in slices Run but no direction, so are you avoiding or inviting Silence you wish golden has instead been inciti...

Dead Lilacs Moon phases pass Rain dries on the glass Days go with notice Nothing left to sugar coat us Not so special plant on an odd wooden box Sitting right in front a vase with dead lilacs Like a second or it seemed Was it something I dreamed Plans and hugs included Something remains excluded Brakes squeal and the engine sort of knocks All I see’s a vase in front of me with dead lilacs Springs...

One last try It was the kind of day, where sun shone bright, but inside he felt a  chill, no he couldn’t get right He’s wondering about tomorrow, fumbling through today, but then maybe again it was last night Why in the world can’t he get warm? Aching and lamenting, “my arthritis says it’s going to storm” Sometimes he’s right, mostly feels wrong, world spins faster, feels like he’s falling behind...

Halted heartbeat Am I yesterday’s dinner? Or should I feel like a winner? Skip acting smooth cause I’m falling off just like a beginner Because I have a halted heartbeat, sweatin’ my bed sheet Spinning my head, leaving me laying here feeling so incomplete Nothing like a direction, if you’re off you can make a correction Slash across my dream, an untended wound leads to infection Combat, inner emot...

Clamoring for the light Ugliness mixed together with deepest fears Sketchy and vague details all the same tears Wrap around what you can’t comprehend in full While demons in the dark paint horrors in your skull Deprivation madness hammering my head at night Leaves me sweating, heart racing, clamoring for the light Random texts, unconnected words leave doubt Mixed up messages but what’s it all abou...

Fate She’s excited, he’s delighted, and the whole damn thing is blighted By the almighty dollar, it’s the way all good love stories are plighted Where’s the fun, unless it’s undone, and the heroine needs to be won From the evil clutches of some sinister evil, so she can finally break free and run It always seems there’s another unforeseen obstacle Like blindly reaching for grape, only to get a lem...

Go Vote Can we really be only months from selecting someone for their second terms Both sides are certain neither will live it out, but end up food for the worms There’s a daily circus if you really want to see Gotten to the point where it just sickens me One with the rod of Asclepius held high and his Greenwood bible gripped firm Proclaims innocence from all, charges be damned, he wants a second...

Restored How long can I hold it in, without bursting at the seams If everything is so golden, where’s the rest of our dreams Coughing out detached emotions landing before you the detritus Ugly shadows stealing sunlight robbing all the hope and joy inside us Cutting into my soul Losing all thought control Villains! The path to my happiness got cored Hold me closer, bring it back make me restored Dr...

Soon Sitting crossed legged on faded sunsets, chewing away on dried out regrets Time can’t steal your memory, cause like an elephant, this heart never forgets Stores in the cupboard seem depleted, means are reduced but never defeated Same heart soldiers on determined to ensure that this journey’s completed Underneath a snow crust moon, dreams of sunshine and flowers in June The calendar cannot kee...

Speak to me in my dreams Speak to me in my dreams, rolling across apples, bananas and pears A space where nothing’s as it seems, free from offhand comments and stares Tell me how you love the feel, laughing, carefully picking out your favorite fruits Watch so you don’t slip on a banana peel, falling into today using coconut shells for parachutes Waking up to a monochrome existence, nothing in the...

Help me understand Alone in a cave, no soul left to save, darkness feels like a grave Reading tea leaves, they deceive, only message I seem to get is behave I feel like a stranger in my own land, can’t even see my hand, babe nothing’s as we planned A little bit longer, a little more time, got to be stronger, quittin’s a crime, help me understand Phone don’t ever ring, out of blues to sing, I feel...

Nobody’s got to be right Used to hang out together nearly every single day Weather didn’t matter we found something to play A couple of kids on bikes, riding with no hands trying hard to look cool Lazy summers saw us playing, got them swaying, sunning by the pool Long summer days, deeds that could’ve made a sailor blush at night Behind those smiles, nobody’s got to be wrong, nobody’s got to be rig...

Picture this babe Come to me woman, and butter my fears with the comfort of promise and hope, celestial sun showers  of tomorrow's that we can drive our dreams across and pick up memories like roadside wildflowers and keep them in a pretty vase in our minds to share forever; our very own jukebox of collected smiles Picture this babe, close your eyes and softly kiss me through the phone, it’s j...

How do I say How do I say I’m sorry for your pain? Do I show my ignorance and moan again Do I just utter the syllables and form the word, in time that refrain starts to sound absurd Or do I wrap my life around the wounds, and say through my actions, you’re the best part of my day How do I say I would be happy to give, all I have and all I am just to be able to live With you. I see tomorrow’s full...

Your valiant shine It’s the big day to send a red heart. You’ve had mine right from the start. I could ask you to be my valentine But instead, I’ll offer to be your valiant shine. When the clouds won’t let you see the sun And we fall apart cause we can’t have any fun. Life gets dull, but no worry; cause along with being mine You get a cloudy day cleared away, from your valiant shine. Forget the re...

Crave Dreaming of a river, sunshine, and a slow raft, seeing you smile, hearing how you laughed Splashing me and telling me how glad, how you were thrilled with every minute we’d had Drifting as we lovingly embraced, feeling your passion building as our hearts raced Moments like these I would forever save, dream them again and again as I’d rave Woman you are my heart’s desire, set my soul on fire,...

Well… What are the good old days? Who gets to share them and who pays? Happiness is better shared, whether with chicken or some fat filets People on the right say we need to get back, got to add some more to their 401 stack We need that last guy again,  get us revved up, keep the immigrants out, put us on track Make the bad nations cringe in fear, keep our jobs plentiful over here Get the economy...

Blessed Blessed are those who are quick to offer a prayer Blessed even more are those who are always there Blessed are the ones who offer their love from the start Blessed are you cause you have a home in my heart Blessed is the sun that lights a new day to improve Blessed are the fruits that supply the energy to move Blessed honey is the shelter you provide to warm my soul Blessed for eternity ar...

This dream She was exhausted and he was depressed, he felt so defeated, he sorrowfully confessed Mornings had found him disheveled, mistreated even in dreams, it was hard to get dressed Don’t you be reading tea leaves, she spoke in sharp inflection, my absence physically is not a rejection And before a fortnight has passed we’ll share a toke, by then I will have healed this sudden infection Again,...

Back at the deserted parking lot Back at the deserted parking lot, every year, there was a carnival that came alive with lights Out by the freeway, young boys laughing riding the Tilt a Whirl ah, those warm summer nights Long paved over, filled now with progress and commerce, they’re now memories that I loved most And there’s a subdivision over one, shopping center over the other, those drive-ins...

Logs on the fire Waiting to get warm, things get back to norm Make me feel whole, fulfill the role, vanquish my desire Take this cold man, do what you can like logs on the fire Glow and give the view, illuminate the magic you can do Let’s see some choices, hear those heavenly voices, a thundering choir Symphonic sound rumbles, that cold darkness crumbles like logs on a fire Tell me the hour is nea...

Brilliant radiance   Brilliant radiance resilience paid recompense My angel appears through the fog heaven sent Shining across my fears, platinum hair wipes my tears The lingering steam clouding tomorrow suddenly clears Brilliant radiance Layers of yesterdays heartaches, a mind can be strong until it breaks Forget devoting thoughts to the pains and catch a break on those mistakes Brilliant radianc...

The last of his twenties this year Ran into some friends who asked about my kid Just like always, I recounted all the things he did How old is he now they asked, and I  suddenly choked back a tear Could it be true? Time flies, he’s in the last of his twenties this year Seemed the other day I marveled as he came to be Climbing from the crib to college so much to see Seems funny now my neuroticism f...

Wrapped in my arms I know what I want, no more window-shopping Stay home at night, don’t ever go barhopping Cause I found love, beauty, and heavenly charms The first-time babe, that I had you wrapped in my arms After years of wandering finally my heart’s centering On a lady who flipped my heart just upon entering You sent my head code red, tripped all of the alarms The first-time babe, that I had...