Don't Need Money Or Power

 

Don't Need Money Or Power

© by Bud Lemire on Jan 29, 2025

I don't need a lot of money, and I don't need any power

Just give me a good book, great music, and a shower

Great friends by my side, satisfies me

I never understood the rich, so I let it be

I've never had a lot of money, and I'm glad to say

I see the things the rich people, will never see any day

I don't need a lot of money, and I certainly don't need power

Nature is my friend, every bird, creature, and every flower

I don't like control, equality is my thing

A sunrise, sunset, and what each day will bring

Just a warm sunny day, at my favorite spot

Something cold to drink, when it's too hot

Too much money and too much power, isn't good for the soul

Why, there's something missing, it's like a deep dark hole

I'm more rich, because I have less

As long as I can get through, any mess

You guessed it, I'm for those who struggle to get by

They're the ones, who know life before they die

I'll admit, I've never been rich, and that's okay

I didn't have a hard life, but I struggled in my own way

Just enough money to get by, I enjoyed the little things

The love in my life, guided me as it pulled on my heart strings

The greatest power you'll ever have, is the love you share with

others. The friendship you give and receive from others. The help

you give to those who need it. Either by just visiting with them,

and showing compassion and understanding, or a good deed they

needed help with. You don't need a lot of money, and with all these

qualities, you already have all the power inside, when you have Love.

Mary, A Good Friend

 

Mary, A Good Friend

© by Bud Lemire on Jan 28, 2025

We first met in the park, when we were five years old

With the same last name, but all would later unfold

Were we related, would we ever know

Time would tell, but first we had to grow

The first LeMire Doctor in Escanaba, died tragically

His parents were a LeMire, and a Pinard, you see

My Grandparents, were a Lemire and Pinard too

Their connection to each other, was unknown to me and you

Over the years, we'd meet now and then

Stop for a chat, and ask “How you've been”

As we got older , it continued this way

Until we came to 2025, and that is today

We did find out, her LeMire lineage comes from Nicolet

If you pronounce the T, you're not French I bet

That's in the distant past, let's move ahead

I don't like seeing Doctors, it's something that I dread

I was pushed by a cousin, and by an Angel that I love

To be checked out for a cough, I was being watched from above

Mary was a distant cousin, but she was also a caring friend

She offered to drive me, until I was on the mend

Thank you Mary, my cousin and my friend

I appreciate your help, now this poem can end

Mary, thanks for giving me a hand when I needed it.

I appreciate the three days that you helped me out

when I needed it. Thanks for being a caring friend

and cousin.

Don't Change Anything

 

Don't Change Anything

© by Bud Lemire on Jan 7, 2025

God made people, to be as beautiful as they are

So many are much more beautiful, by far

You don't need botox in your lips, no way

It just makes you look like a freak, every day

You don't need to change anything, why get a tattoo

The body is much better looking, remaining the true you

Don't need to shave the eyebrows, I like how they look

If you can't paint very well, it makes you look like a kook

I'm into natural, just be as you're meant to be

Don't you see your own beauty, that is what I see

You don't need to change anything, for me

The beauty I behold in you, makes it the key

The body is perfect, accepting it is what you should do

You can't always undo your choices, once you go through

I go for personality, you don't need to change a thing

Let your character shine, that will give you a zing

Personality, and having a loving heart

Now that to me, is a work of art

Be happy and content, with how you were made

Don't change anything, you don't need an upgrade

After seeing some people with too much botox in their lips,

it got me thinking. So many people are concerned about

their looks, and trying to improve it, when they don't need to.

If only they could see the beauty they have, without changes.

That beauty that is the soul, that is shown in their personality.

No Failsafe?

 

No Failsafe?

© by Bud Lemire on Dec 23, 2024

I'm usually not political, except with close friends

Lately though, it seems the issue never ends

One after another, and it makes me wonder why

On Social Media, it's a topic that makes some people cry

I laugh at what's happening, and what will

I keep hoping, that this is just a drill

That maybe, they wanted to see what would happen anew

Whatever their plans would be, what is it they would do

Someone would step forward, and here's what they'd say

“He didn't win, he's going to jail, on this very day”

All the judges might help, but why didn't they have another plan

Something that was set in motion, before he even ran

Why he even was able to run, is beyond me

We need to make big changes, for that's the key

No felon, or man with money and power, should ever be

The President that people look up to, in this beautiful country

We should have had a failsafe, a long time ago

Did they people vote him in, really, I'd like to know

Or did the guy with all the money, buy every vote

“Were the people that gullible?” is my ending quote

Maybe I live in a fantasy, but this reality seems so farfetched.

As if it was set up. Even now as they get ready to take over

in 2025. It seems like nothing is running smoothly for them.

I have a feeling we have a long way to go, before we even

feel safe with the clowns running the show.

As The Computer World Changes

 

As The World Changes

© by Bud Lemire on Dec 8, 2024

It seems as the computer world changes, Windows 11 is controlled by AI

AI wants to do it their way, I'm telling you I'd rather not comply

We lost our freedom, as the world gets much worse

I wonder what is happening, in the greater universe

I will not write, what they want me to

I want to be free, to do what I want to do

AI wants to change my picture, what's up with that!

They posted a picture of me, I look like a blue rat

Some changes are good, but lately they've been bad

In this world that keeps on changing, it just makes me sad

If I can not write my own, or post my own picture there

Then what good is it, if I decided I wanted to share

I'm talking to this woman, but is she real or not

Could she be an AI, I wonder about that a lot

I guess it's back to in person, at least then I'll know

The person in front of me, is real because they show

I'll hold onto Windows 10, as long as I can

Because Windows 11, is just not who I am

If I have to change, because I'm forced to

I'll try my best to make, every that I post be true

As the world changes, there are good and bad that

happens. Controlling us is not what being free as

people is all about. We have come too far to agree

with that.

Hope In A Dark World

 

Hope In A Dark World

© by Bud Lemire on Nov 27, 2024

In a world which may seem dark

Be the one that is the spark

Shine like a star, on top of the Christmas Tree

Always try your best, in all things you will be

You can endure, and you will win

Even when your world will spin

Look deep inside, what do you like to do?

Get involved, in all things that feel true

Hope in a world, when things get turned around

Light in a world, where darkness is always found

Together with many, going through the exact same thing

Together in harmony, it's the same song that we sing

Keep yourself busy, so that the time will fly

No need to feel sorrow, no need for you to cry

I stick to nature, the wonders of life to be treasured and seen

The beauty of the Spring time, when colors turn to green

I listen to music, at every chance

I feel it, sometimes I'll even dance

Life is too short, to be lost and alone in the dark

Let hope in a dark world, be the brightest spark

With these changing times, many are feeling the darkness more.

Where there is darkness, there is light. Always seek to find that

light, and bask in it. Whether it be a Christmas Tree light, or a

light coming from outside your window on a dark night. Let it

be the sunshine, shining on a beautiful blue sky. You are not

alone. Many are in that very same darkness, and sometimes

we can come together, and be each others light. Life will

go on, and these dark times will gradually turn to gray,

and then back to brighter days for everyone.

Building A Play List

 

Building A Play List

© by Bud Lemire on Nov 27, 2024

I'm building a play list, that I can listen to

Of songs through the years, it's what I like to do

These songs are from 40's, 50's, and 60's too

The 70's through the 2000's, many songs you knew

They strike on a memory, in your life they are dear

Some hit a chord, that will make you shed a tear

I haven't heard that one, in a very long time

Great to hear again, I first heard it in my prime

I bet there are some, that you didn't know

The DJ's didn't play all of them, on the radio

My friend Basil, introduced me to many a group

That music today, warms my heart like a bowl of soup

It's great to hear them again, when I do

I bet these songs, do the same thing to you

Nostalgic to enjoy, and it takes me back there

Music in songs, is always so much fun to share

Sometimes a video is what you'd like to see

I can look back to, when we watched MTV

Now they are on YouTube, for you to watch there

There's so much to see, music will take you everywhere

Currently I'm putting together songs from the 70's.

But after I am done, it'll be back to the 60's and then

on to the 80's. It's fun to listen to these songs, and

explore new ones. I'm so happy there is so much

great music in this world through the years.