Outa’ Bourbon Blues

I’m so blue,

Dunno what to do.

I’m outa bourbon

And without you.

Suns gonna shine,

Winds gonna blow,

We all know,

I’ll still be low.

Fella next door,

Say he gots enough beer

To bring us some cheer.

But beer dun't work

'round here.

Suds lack real gristle,

And leave me still
down in tha whistle.

Like a boat
that cain't float,
or a sieve
rustin' solid,
I dunno
what to do.

I’m so blue.

I’m outa bourbon

And still
Without you.

Two sung versions are also on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/lacey-schmidt/sets/outa-bourbon-blues Which one wins?

Sticky Valentine

Your hair

Wild splayed

Across the center console.

We run

Over half

Of Texas

Gone

With hope.

I would sink myself

To save you.

To feel

Forever

Might exist.

Because we forget

That the only thing

Real

Is right now.

Everything else

Is imaginary.

But there is no tomorrow.

Never was.

Grasp what you need

What you want

Is only todays' decoy.

Be who we are.

Potential

And joy.

Hair

Splayed

Over

The center

Console.

Wind

Rushing by.

This

Is how

We

Fly.

Love now.

Abandon

All will

Ye who go

Here,

Where

Right now

Is

Most

Real.

Be brave

Enough

To feel.

A poem dedicated to those heroic enough to coach and mentor others.

First Coach First

Hector, the Specter, Piña colada

You are man enough

To let a bunch of little girls

Make a sing-song rhyme

Of your name.

You are man enough

To stand on the third-base line,

Toes pointed in,

Arms out like a kite

Flapping like a bird,

Signing pint-sized kids

To relax and swing away.

You are man enough

To show what good leadership

Really looks like,

A soft-spoken smile well-heard.

You are man enough

To be humble 

and coach first base first,

because that is where kids

must learn to run

first.

You are man enough

To care only about teamwork

And sportsmanship.

Trusting that these make winning records,

and letting others take credit

for your leadership.

You are man enough

To shape coal into a softball diamond,

Encouraging more than one All-American

Girl All-star to bloom.

But most of all,

You are man enough

To inspire people.