Poetry by Tim Windisch

Beside I’ve been sitting alone Stared at my phone Picturing you The lonely days The darkness stays No sun the whole day through Craziness replaces all the logic I once used Dreaming of better days to stay amused Eventually I come to grips, the feelings I can’t hide I know I will never be right, not until I am again beside Cried just trying to remember The sweet kiss from late December Still feels...

Fresh So many days I was hoping for something to change my attitude Got tired of hearing the same old lines, I was just not in the mood Hearing how well we fit together, yet things never seemed to mesh Sad refrain gets stale and leaves you dreaming of something fresh Yeah, you went around town but time had put you out of place Too old for the scene that you ran years back with a younger face Happi...

Waiting no more When first I saw you, honey I never dreamt Checked my cell, cause my hair felt so unkempt Did I stumble with my words when I said I’m Ti? Your smile lit the room, like a sunburst in the sky That night I did dream, wondering what lie in store Held up on telling you, but now I’m waiting no more College was new for me, was my first time on my own Got taller, grew a beard, and a feelin...

Just a little bit longer My baby cried, oh God not again, kept apart and quarantined A lonely tenor performing operatic arias from the Florentine Screaming at no one in particular, an empty room my audience Cursing how we’re doomed, while scheming how to circumvent Through her tears somehow comes a small yet steady voice of reason Even though we hurt, and we’ve been cheated out of every season Hon...

Waking up with you in twenty-twenty three Times have come and gone when we have only longed Kept apart but connected always felt like we belonged In each other’s arms sharing what may be for all eternity Starting now, waking up with you in twenty-twenty three Been across mountains, flown south over deep blue seas On a hot windy island, hiked up a bluff in snow to my knees Saw all kinds of beauty,...

Throwing caution to the wind You be careful with that stick, you’ll lose an eye Don’t you run to me when you fall down and cry Button up your coat or you will surely catch your death Warnings I heard my whole life, till mama’s dying breath Sometimes, you just can’t seem to help yourself Despite  warnings about a spying Christmas elf Keeping track of the naughty ones that sinned And there I st...

Better Together Some say we are not in the best condition I know a way we can improve our position Heal our hearts as we learn to cure We’re sort of just like IKEA furniture Yeah we’re better together than apart Cause what’s my life without your heart? It’s not too hard, I know the answer Loneliness eats you like a fucking cancer Every day eating more of your very soul But we can bring it back and...

A special new year’s wish I want to send I’m sitting home, still alone and there’s a chill in the air Summer’s a memory, Autumn’s gone, the trees are bare The first taste of snow is making itself known to me again Year’s about over, here’s a special new year’s wish I want to send Let there be no more days without your face Loneliness is gone without even a trace Let the sun shine in on a smiling,...

Please As I sit here thinking of your smile, and the way you hold me close How it pervades me  you beguile me like no other Christina Rose! Holding me as you whisper so softly into my ear, tomorrow’s we await Love we share strong enough to defeat any fear, a bond that’s so great Miles apart,  forced to endure, lacking a signal sure, but not in my heart You’re here, clearly I can feel, &n...

Magical Holiday moments we share  There’s a certain chill in n the air, the leaves have found their way down  Decorations are everywhere, lights and trees increasingly dot the town  Me, I peruse my favorite sites to find a dish, or a cookie recipe or two Placing pleasing plates * gasp* is my wish, sharing joy with all of you Christmas is coming, time to fetch the boxes of decoration...

Twisting into the skies  It’s not much fun being lost in a whirl of mixed emotion  When every time you look for calm you find commotion  Daily grind, screwed up mind you just want to one day find Loves blind, chewing on a lemon rind, then you meet your kind You’re the one that makes tomorrow fun Long before any ballroom music has begun I’m dancing, and the music is in your eyes We l...

Whole Part of me lies crying in bed, part of me stumbles towards the door Some of me feels the pounding in my head, the rest can’t take no more Split apart and fractured into pieces, getting back together is the goal Too many days fell into the creases, it’s  time for us to get back whole Whole and healthy and happy in each other’s arms Clear my head of  the cacophony of burglar alarms M...

Thanksgiving We’re trying to get ahead but we keep falling behind the pace it seems We pay all we have and then some trying to make a place of our dreams Yeah you know we’re just improving how the guy who owns the bank ‘s living So we smile and laugh and praise the Lord we have each other this thanksgiving Food’s made with love, nothing fancy just things learned from doing without The results are...

Family zone Well hello how your life can be ever changing In your head you find yourself rearranging Tear those cabinets out, move the stove over here Put a patio door out the back seems I have no fear I’m looking at the way I kept most everything Some bring smiles, and some don’t do anything I don’t know why they’re still taking up space But it’s time to start making it a useful place I used to j...

At the top of my list I’m hosting the family, the food and things to feed I’m too used to remembering the scant few things I need But the holiday season has given me reason despite my trying to resist Write it all down before I go into town, sugar’s at the top of my list Then there’s things that I need to get out to festively decorate Every wall, every plant so that every single guest will exasper...

Eager to learn Clear skies and cloudy ones, blues skies and black Passed overhead many times since I’ve come back Memories and laughter, teardrops and embraces Good to see all of your friendly familiar faces Years have been kind to our thoughts of one another Funny how there was a time you seemed like my brother Weren’t too many days where we weren’t hanging together Sharing all those crazy memori...

With open arms Grab your morning coffee, wipe the sleep out of your eyes Tell me when you’re ready again, despite myriad failed tries Get your things in order, pack your toothbrush grab a Dew Start your car and drive on over here, let me take a look at you Tell me again and again all night long, let’s watch the sunrise Nothing looks better to me in the moonlight than your eyes Come and soothe thos...

Election season Don’t turn on the radio, can’t even turn on the TV Every channel has something trying to scare me Abortion laws, gun rights, really they don’t need a reason The political machine is in full swing, it’s election season I know what I believe, and I damn sure  know what I feel is right I’m all for defending freedom, can’t take mine without a fight But I’m not buying anyone tries...

Dancing our life away I saw your eyes and then I started to shimmy Suddenly there I was acting like little Timmy My words were grooving and doing the twist Moonwalking to the peepers I couldn’t resist There was stardust floating I swear from the start And yes I knew it when I heard the music that day This was the only woman who can rhumba my heart Oh, baby those tootsies slide forever dancing our...

Halloween without you  Somewhere up in the attic I have boxes with my various holiday junk in Halloween is one, got old witches, ghosts and a big plastic pumpkin I can put up the decorations, and it brings back memories from back  years  I see so clearly, man those days flew by, hard to choke back the tears Decorate the walls, don’t forget the windows and little things that hang On...

Never this big Life is good, I’m smiling like the Cheshire Cat  Content, satiated, happy with where things are at Warm thoughts inside, I’m grinning big from ear to ear I roll over elated, privileged to wake and see you here We tried so hard for what seemed like years Wasn’t easy peeling through the layers of fears Doubts are now under our feet as we dance a jig We’ve been in love before but...

Love letter from afar Sunsets swiped like money unguarded Can't derail the love train that we started Both have griped like shoppers on Black Friday I'm tired of hearing that today is not my day I'm in love with my best friend forever I'm never going to give up on my endeavor Christina knows and she glows and love grows It shows like a package wrapped with ribbons and bows I'm the luckiest man ali...

Ugh Galloping madly across the devils playground  Swooshing down the slide deep into the ground  Down where the fires burn both night and day A reversal of fortune because you’ll never play All of the glitter that made me dream of this place  Horrific images replayed daily I wish I could erase I’m enslaved by the dream that one day all will be well  Till then I’m trapped in thi...

A heart ages Who do I turn to, and what would I say? This is best kept inside Might be broke but I got pride See what can happen when your heart’s in play? Look for the signs that you’re headed straight A man looking for curves Surely gets what he deserves Remain steady even when it’s going great Deviations to your plan, make you go into a skid Upside down hanging by your belt Thinking about every...

Someday there’ll be laughter  Shots and pills , got nausea and shits Bombarded by a pain that never quits  Lying in the basement captivated by a cobweb in the rafter He keeps telling me loves me, smile someday there’ll be laughter Aches and disillusioned, radiate me till I glow The answers an hour away but I’m unable to go I fall asleep with nightmares about this mess and wonder what com...