Lonesome Feeling _ new March poem 2019

Lonesome Feeling 

How can I make this lonesome feeling

Go away like a shadow on the ceiling

I want to feel normal again

Like it’s morning about a half past ten

And we got all day together 

Every time I said I love you 

I meant forever and ever 

John Conte

mystrawhat.com

March 24, 2019

*Dedicated to Parker Bean Conte

May 2003 - March 20, 2019

Never Again _ new poem March 2019

Never Again

It’s not 

“I promise God,

I’ll never drink that much again.”

It’s the reality of your 15 almost 16

Year old beloved Lhasa Apso Parker Bean

Will not be there at your legs while sleep,

You’re not waking up to him ready to go

In cold, rain, sleet, dark, frigid, blinding snow.

He’s gone and nothing’s gonna bring him back.

Never again will he be waiting at the door for you

When you come home from whatever stole you.

Never again will you walk sidewalks together.

Never again. Until the end. Until the end.

This is the end. This is the end, my friend.

My heart is drenched in wine.

You’ll be on my mind.

Forever 

John Conte

March 23, 2019

MyStrawHat.com

*Dedicated to Parker Bean Conte

May 2003 - March 20, 2019