The New Year's Bells

The New Year's Bells

© by Bud Lemire on Dec 19, 2019

The New Year' bells are ringing

What will the New Year be bringing

Good health, good luck, and lots of love

All good thoughts that I can think of

Happiness for family and friends of mine

And a wish for a really good time

Hopes of peace, wherever you'll be

Because this is the success and it's life's key

Unlock all the doors, see what's behind

Think good thoughts, with a healthy mind

Enjoy each moment, on a sunny day

Take time off from work, go off to play

On a rainy day, don't sulk in the gloom

Do something special, don't let it ruin

Make every moment count, for all it can be

Because life is so often cut short, in our destiny

Eat well, but don't eat too much

Enjoy a friend's light and gentle touch

The New Year's bells are ringing

What will the New Year be bringing

Whatever the New Year will bring, let's hope

it's a great start to a brand New Year. Keep

your vision focused, because it will be a 2020

year. You'll see things more clearly, you'll know

things. May the New Year bring you everything

you have been wanting and hoping for.

The Christmas Beat

The Christmas Beat

© by Bud Lemire on Dec 19, 2019

Christmas time was coming, thought little Tommy Plummer

All he thought about, was he'd like to be a drummer

Just like his idol, Ringo, whom one day he'd meet

Because this little boy, certainly had the beat

Every year that rolled around

Christmas day brought no sound

How was he to be a drummer without a drum

It's like being a hummer without a hum

His parents he knew, he could make them proud

They kept saying, a drum would be too loud

It had to be loud, that's what made it a drum

If it was a guitar, then it would be strum

Playing his favorite drum music, nothing did change

What's wrong with them, his parents sure are strange

He had to get through to them, make them see

Of the great drummer, with practice, he could be

He prayed every night, that he'd soon get his drum

Then before going to sleep, he'd spit out his gum

His thoughts always took him, to the greatest Star of all

“Ringo, Oh Ringo, I wish I could call”

The Delivery truck arrived, a big box was here

A packaged never ordered, his parents were in fear

Inside, was a very large drum

Off in the distance, there was a hum

It was already opened, they let him try it out

They knew he sounded great, there wasn't any doubt

A big car drove up, they recognized his face

It was Ringo, and the drum came to the wrong place

He heard Tommy play, and knew he had the beat

Ringo smiled, and then took a seat

He did take his drum, but the very next year

A drum in a large box, brought Christmas cheer

Tommy went on to be a hit with his drum

He started a band, and the beat had a strum

A Private Poem

A Private Poem

© by Bud Lemire

I write the words, to a private poem

I'd tell you more, but it must remain unknown

There is so much, that I could write

Due to privacy, it'll be kept out of sight

They say it protects, the one in regards

Yet I wonder, who's holding the cards

There's so much, that I want to say

But it's their rules, that I must play

Don't post my picture on the internet, or there will be trouble

If you post it on Facebook, it will be double

Please follow the rules, that privacy entails

Be the unknown, when all else fails

I personally think, privacy is taken too far

I think that person, should be memorialized like a star

To share their greatness, for others to see

Would make it known, of who they came to be

Don't take down the Residential Directories, people must be found

You aren't hiding them, there's always the wise bloodhound

There's always a paper trail, that is left behind

And where they are, that's who you'll find

An enhanced Drivers License with a star

Okay, now I know you've taken it too far

My current Drivers License, has all you need to know

I believe it's time, for this privacy thing to go

I've decided to go public with this privacy thing. I truly do

believe we have become a paranoid country with so many

rules of privacy. It's totally crazy. It is scaring people.

I refuse to be scared. I refuse to be private. I have

accepted some rules, not that I agree with them. So by

all means, whenever I can, I bring privacy to the public.

Because no matter how private you think you might be,

there is someone out there who knows all about you.

On The Threshold

On The Threshold

©by Bud Lemire on Dec 8, 2019

He was waiting, on the threshold of Heaven's Door

A place, that would take him to a distant shore

What lay on the other side, only God really knows

Soon he'll find out, and he'll have many hellos

Looking back on his life, it was like a song

It wasn't a short one, and it lasted quite long

He made his share of mistakes along the way

Yet he learned even more from every day

He did his best, made a living all his own

Sharing his love with his family, made it his home

Somehow things went wrong, his wife wanted out

For awhile there, it left him with some doubt

The sun would shine again, and this was to be true

He'd experience the feelings, of love anew

This love lasted a lifetime, and felt right

He beheld an amazing feeling, within the light

It was Magical, Spiritually it was known

This love he lived with, was deeply shown

He had no regrets, as he looked back

Only his final days, after the heart attack

But soon, he'd be on the other side of that door

The love that he knew, would be with him once more

The trials of love and life give us the experience we need

to value everything we go through. Many times we don't

understand them at the time. Many times it takes us our

entire lifetime to understand it all. Sometimes we never

understand until we are spirits gliding in the Heavenly

World. Then we look back and smile, and understand

that we needed each moment of love, to become the being

we were meant to be.