I left my heart in bowling green, kentucky

shouldn’t i have forgotten? by now? you borrowed a piece of my heart — we were finishing college we had one year to go you left that summer for a job at a national park U never returned / / / i’m here waiting still waiting forever waiting for your return please return to Bowling

Thanks for the dance

i went to dances in high school i danced with anyone who said “yes” i went to local schools (girls at other schools did not know how shy i was during that time) then college happened — i never found the perfect partner then after college i visited dance clubs & country clubs with dance

Wait

my phone does not ring

a friend from the past once said someday when enough days go by my phone won’t ring he was talking about women would rather talk with someone younger We were talking like all guys do about girls we were dating he said we won’t look good forever I didn’t think much about that but years

Another Night Alone

I call women I once knew they don’t call back My luck has ended I’ve had too many birthdays Former girlfriends are looking for younger guys I sit in my apartment sipping grape wine eating cheese spread with crackers just waiting for someone to call

She said, Honey, You Have Style!

I was eating a BBQ sandwich when a youthful lady asked if she could join me of course I said she sat down, smiled and said, “Honey, you have style! you wear Harley-Davidson clothing” To be honest, I said I don’t own a Harley-Davidson bike She loved to talk and said “I can help you

It’s A Very “Blue” Night

I feel blue tonight I’m not the only one when days go bad I turn on music rather than call a friend (I may pull down a friend) give me a day or two I’ll be up I hope you understand some days everything goes wrong (no money to pay bills) this is one of

An Angel Sat Down And Talked With Me

I never saw her before I was eating alone and some friends sat down and talked they were the type of guys who laughed and told clean jokes we all ordered lunch when our food arrived one asked if he could say grace of course we said after an hour they left I was sitting

It’s Midnight & I’m Feeling the Blues

News came today not on television but from your best friend you didn’t want to deliver words saying you met someone you love more than you ever loved me I’m locked out of your life I know why you stopped answering calls & texts I’m sinking into the blues deep, deep, deep blues not doing

Our last evening together

I play back each word within my mind wondering what caused our relationship to crumble before my eyes Maybe it wasn’t words it may be someone new entered your life and you felt I wouldn’t understand and would only try to talk you out of it I sit alone tonight blaming myself In the days