A Poem – Permission

Avoid eye contact-
Be somber-
Smile nicely when you wish-

Have a drink
Take a shot
Pull

Your music plays-
They climb a fence to see
A moment is

Your face is nothing-
Pressed to the floor-
Uncovered

The corner tastes so nice
We aren’t alone any longer-
They are back and speaking

Why let go-
we can’t forget to be-
Is to please

Please – we beg all
In every one of us and the more-
Don’t ever not be

If we give permission for you-
Than let me be-
To be given permission to us

To be exactly who we are today

copyright 2016 -M. Taggart

A Poem – We

The individual is gone-
A distinct adventure-
Watch – another cubicle erected

What’s wrong with dust?
First sunrise to show the rest-
Weathered, exhausted, satisfied-

Do we need to consult on words-
Patch the warriors mouths with more-
But then, they never were

What’s wrong with the hoe and wishing for rain?
The seeds show strength when growth continues-
Can we go back

It’s gray – We can see our breath
We are ahead of the morning

Mommy Don’t Take my Smile – A Poem

Don’t take my smile-
A baby tugged on a string-
Angry parents walk heavily-

A girl kissed a boy-
Vile symbols shook-
How could you-

A toddler finds heaven-
The mother scolds-
Heaven is not a thought

A boy kissed a boy-
Whispers never speak-
But these did

A child finds a storm-
The father doesn’t see-
Severe comes the night-

A woman finds her man-
Mud and Farm and life-
He isn’t enough

A man loves his wife-
Lying beneath the ground-
If ever again I can-

Mommy – Don’t take my smile

-Copyright 2016 -M. Taggart