My Hero

My hero is never to far gone

To hear me .

My hero inspires me with his loving eyes .

He does not have to talk .

He lets me talk .

When things get hard

It is easy to get help from him .

When I am with my hero ,

The day never gets old .

My hero never comes up short .

My hero learned to earn my trust no matter

How old he becomes .

He gives me the best of his time .

My dog is mine .

 

                      By Brock

 

She And I

The air you breath is inside me .

When you smile , I smile .

When you cry , I cry ,

And your tears leave my heart hurting .

We see everything through each other’s eyes

Laughing together , weeping together,

Praying together .

We thank God

For each other

For the love we share

And all beautiful things .

Everything we have makes our heart sing .

 

                                   By Brock

Run With A Smile

If you always wear a smile ,

You will never wear a frown .

You don’t need to be a clown .

When I run , I wish I could chase

My troubles away .

When I run and it is breezy ,

I try to run easy .

When I run and people pass me by

I try to wave and show them a smile .

We are all vulnerable

Because we are alive .

When I run ,where ever that may be  ,

I find a place for a while

Where  I can be just me ,

Where I can even feel a smile inside me .

I love my time when I run you see .

What happened in Boston

Will not stop me  .

 

                                 By Brock

Family Voices

We are family first

Life is the ultimate family team sport .

Nobody in the family sales anyone short !

We are family so we know each others voices .

The voices we hear almost every day

And we can hear the voices of our elders,

Who were here years ago  and those

Who were here yesterday .

We can talk morning noon or night

Even when we fish ,hunt or even run under the stars .

We can always hear the voices of family 

When ever !

We are all palpable by our family voices

Of the present and the past and how !

 

                                   By Brock

Me

My hair has more salt than pepper.

Progress is not where I have been

But where I’m going .

When my body hurts ,

I still finish the race .

I am not perfect just courage .

If I stand still , nothing goes fast .

I fear failure , the unknown and rejection .

Oh the weight that people put on me every day .

The more I have overcome in my life

The more I have achieved .

That’s just me .

 

                             By Brock

The New Normal

There were 2  explosions at the Boston marathon  .

A true American sporting event .

When something real bad happens

It is on every TV channel .

There is no reason to change channels this day .

You just sit there and cry .

How many times do we have to say why ?

Do we have to sleep with one eye closed

In America every night ?

A sporting event is to be a celebration

A holiday for you and me  from KC

to Tampa Bay, to Atlanta , to Oklahoma City ,

To Denver, to New Town ,to Boston .

The next new normal may be in your town ?

 

                                                 By Brock

Aunt Judy

One day I asked my child to go visit

Aunt Judy at the rest home .

The child said but she can not speak

All she does is sleep .

I said , her door is always open

And she is never alone .

My child said , she can not help

With my home work , she can not play

With me , we can not even sing together,

She can not cook cookies or anything .

She does not do anything for me .

 

After seeing Aunt Judy for a few days in a row ,

My child asked me why I went out to see

Old Aunt Judy its just one of your duties

Right dad ?

I said no it will never be a duty  to me for she  is family .

She did help me with my home work.

She and I had fun singing , we wrestled

In your grandma’s living room , we had fun in the dirt ,

We even went swimming .

She made cookies and special eggs for Easter .

She baby sat you ,

Because she loved you , me and your mother .

 

She would do anything for us ,

Because of love and because we are family .

I think of her as family and never as a duty .

Someday you will understand what I am saying .

 

                                                   By Brock 

 

I Pretended

I pretended as a kid

To be Casey Tibbs .

As I got older ,

I pretended to be Lou Brock .

I played ball the best I could

I even took a bat and hit the rocks .

I pretended to be coach John Wooden .

I pretend to be a coach even today .

I pretend to be an athlete

Even today at my age .

I run through the tape

With everything I have .

For real I am a finisher

I am a winner

That is true

That is what I try to be .

I don’t pretend that believe me .

 

                             By Brock

April Snow Storm

First the snow comes then the wind

And then the power is out then on in the dark.

After three days of snow there is a big

White pine tree in my front yard  .

There is a white dog wood but  not not here in South Dakota ,

But we have three dogs that have to get out

To color our  back yard snow !

There is no bowl of fruit to be found out back .

When there is 14 inches of  snow ,

There is so much snow I can not get the car out of the alley .

Along our drive way .

I push my bike down the alley

Then ride my bike down the street

And look to see how lovely things look to me

On my way to work .

When I get to work and then when a get home again ,

I move the heavy April snow

And hurt myself as I go .

14 inches of snow in 3 days in April will do that to me .

 

                                                             By Brock

 

The Whisper

I am the whisper you hear

Behind your back and behind your ears .

I can hear someone talk about me

About every day .

Someone is always questioning my abilities

Even after all my years .

You name it I have heard it ,

Morning noon and night .

Who would say that is right ?

What screws us all up most of our life

Is the picture in our heads of how people are to be .

Don’t you see I am me .

I choose not to give up on my dreams .

I need to keep a dry towel that is  just mine .

When I hear the whispers ,

I need to go fishing , hunting or running

For they are a religion of feelings

For God is always with me .

 

                               By Brock

The Dog

The dog is married to my wife .

He is always on her mind .

She will wait all day for her in the rain

Or in the darkness of night .

He is smarter than I .

Dogs do not see mistakes .

The dog always has her back .

The dog deposits all that he’s got .

When she is at her lowest  ,

The dog will not talk

Or ask for nothing in return .

He will just be there .

The dog is always hers .

She is never along ,

When she has her dog .

The dog can always find

What she is looking for .

She has her own big chair

When she is in it snoring

Or just to fart .

She is more than a dog .

She is kind a like me !

 

                By Brock

 

Look

A mirror is a reflection .

A window is an opening .

When you look into a mirror ,

You truly do not get to far.

When you look out of a window ,

You have so many possibilities .

When you look in a mirror ,

You see what is not right in your eyes .

When you look through a window ,

You will see more beautiful  things

Than just your dreams .

You will see what is going on

So go outside and make

Your self a great day

 

                  By Brock

Grandma’s Kiss

When ever she walked into a room ,

I knew she could pick me up  .

She was always as cool as a cucumber .

She was all heart .

Grandma had 2 eyes behind her head .

With grandma she would tell you

What is wrong and what is right .

With grandma I do not remember

Days with her ,

I remember memories

Like fishing with her .

The biggest thing I ever got from her

Was her hug no it was her ear .

When ever I got a kiss from grandma  ,

I knew everything would be all right .

Her kiss felt like a kiss from heaven .

Today I wish she was here .

 

                           By Brock

Breath

It takes one day

To get started .

You have to say

To yourself no .

It takes one second

One minute , one hour

One day at a time

To make it through the day .

You have to say

To yourself no .

You know you can make it

If you make small steps

And breath slow

And take deep breathes .

You have to believe  ,

That you can make it .

This is more than a dream .

It is a way to truly enjoy today .

 

                               By Brock