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.