If you do one good deed, your reward is to be set to do another and harder and better one. C. S. Lewis

The Little Sixty Watt Light

I told the old man
I didn't understand
his porch light
being on all day

A little sixty watt light
isn't that bright
compared
to the light of the day

And at best
even at night
it has just enough light
to be seen a block away

So he turned out the light
and its dark out at night
since the old man
moved away

The Hero

He floats above the mourners

amazed at the crowd

His words were never many

his voice was never loud

and the lives he touched

were by simple acts

only acts
that love
allowed

CRAVING

CRAVING
Copyright 2013 by Norris Trimm

Nothingness
lightless
silent
boundless
infinite
sameness
I awake
with a craving
 

OLD FRIENDS

OLD FRIENDS

Copyright 2013 by Norris Trimm

If I were twenty years younger
and you were twenty years plus
two birthday candles
would separate us

What's a few years
between old friends
that's all I'm
asking  you

You could roller skate
while I warm the bench
watch you do flips
while you watch me flinch

What's a few years
between old friends
that's all I'm
asking you

Reincarnation
that would be fine
still my teeth would be gone
and so would my mind

What's a few years
between old friends
that's all I'm
asking you


The Top

He sets it spinning

though it wobbles

but he spins

his little top

finally gets it
 making circles

and watches...
as it slowly
starts to stop

(it takes him a billion years but he has lots of time)

Even The Easy Road Has Potholes Copyright 2013 Norris Trimm

Even The Easy Road Has Potholes