Tell the Children the Truth

By Ryan Lessard

over doing it maybe

might even be
over doing it
writing so much down
might even be evidence
of an over active mind
probably not the worst
vice to display or become
this time of night or day
it doesn't seem to matter
when I grab the pen
going where the thoughts lead
the sound of a plane overhead
or cars navigating this little
neighborhood in randomsville, usa
guess I could be anywhere
but two generations ago
they came here
shoe city famous for fighters
every city has a story I just happened
to catch a ride on this one forty years ago
and for some reason I grew up happiest
when I wrote things down
remember the cabins in NH every summer
kept journals then must be what
drives me to today
pen overlooking any achy hand
pushing past the occasional cramp
stretch it out start again
keep it moving hand ready to jump
over the shiny white piece of string
that keeps these pages in place
it was staples in NH and the books
had blue covers...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ryan Lessard
• Release date: Feb 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311824165

Ryan Lessard

poet, writer & random thinkerfrom Brockton, MA

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Tales of Captain Cook

11-27-2015

watch the smoke drift upward

thinking of a smoke catcher

some twenty years ago

hard to believe

time flies forward

progression of course

and they still are a-changin'

the jester would laugh

if he knew how I juggle those

old lyrics in the head for years

still moving forward

got no one to pass it on to so

I put it here forever burned

into an unfadable page...

Just Decide

1-9-2016

can't just decide

to write stories

when all I get

are these smaller bursts

random thoughts

micro stories of places

and persons that may

or may not exist

somehow probably exactly

what I should do

and it's probably that easy too

standing in the kitchen

even though everyone

is in bed and there is no one

to talk to and it's okay

the next two days will be nothing

comparatively speaking

most likely take myself

way too serious at times

should know my place

I do not perform surgery

or build structures that need to be safe

I stack fruit and think a lot

have to decide each day

how I am going to approach it

each day doing better

than the previous

can just decide

to have a good day...

Multiplicity of Ideas

9-3-2015

when did it all start making sense again

the truth is I could probably figure it out to the minute

mind always distracted most of the time

is changing quickly whether by desire or because of the

disturbed nature of going against the grain

the change won't come while doing the same old thing a

multiplicity of ideas surprise the day

of normalcy becomes instantly different

things appear more important

is this a moment of clarity

produced by the mind turning down the noise

but hearing every word wonderful

when surprised at the strength of

the self taught to unlearn and release the

mind that's been molded since grade one it

is probably even earlier now late in the mind

quieted itself down and now I can see

the thoughts slow to a crawl over the

multiplicity of ideas in and out

of the mind sitting still sifting through

things that matter and those that don't and thought

disappears quietly into the darkness of tonight...

Sinking State

5-5-2015

some might call it

end times or

the breakdown of society

it is also an opportunity

to see the destructive nature

of the state

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