Old School

Old School
By joeys guy



I remember lessons from the old school

It was a code an unwritten rule




As a male I would get to my feet

To give the elderly or a woman the seat




When taking a girl out for a day

As the guy I would always pay




Music was understood and had meaning

A lot of songs today sounds like screaming




Entertainers wore costumes or dressed in clothes

Today so much body they expose




You didn’t always have to lock doors

No fences had to protect stores




As a young kid I played outside

Strangers didn’t bother us, we didn’t have to hide




We would hangout till late hours of night

When older we hung out even till daylight




Women could sit outside late and talk

It was safe to take a late night walk




Any time was safe to go stroll in the park

Try doing that now in the dark




People now wear pants down almost to the knees

It’s ugly, pick them up please




What happened to those good old days

Time passes and kids go through a craze

　

Empty Places

Empty Places
By Joeysguy

For many years I lived in a full house

Between kids, dogs, and my spouse




My wife and dogs are now gone

My kids have all moved on




I didn’t think I would ever lose my wife

Never thought about emptiness in my life




In the closets are empty hangers that I see

They can bring out the sadness that’s in me




Those hangers held the clothes of my wife

The clothes given away, now in someone else’s life




In restaurants I wait to be seated

Then the number one is repeated


In the seats across from me

Is the empty space that I see




One empty side of the bed

The pillow still there that held her head




The smallest thing with the largest space

It’s my heart the most empty place

Michael

Michael
By Joeysguy




As a young boy I was built like a ball

Then at age 16 I grew to over 6 foot tall




Never finishing high school, I went to work

To help my mother, I worked as a clerk




I met the girl who would be in my life

Kiss me, love me and be my wife




From that first day that I lost my wife

It’s taken so much from my life




Some of my poems might be a little long

Some words I might have spelled wrong




I don’t think of myself as a poet

I don’t understand poems, I know it




Reading a poem and trying to understand

It’s hard for me, it’s much a demand




My poems come from my head and my heart

The love for my wife does stand apart




I read and post my poems for people to see

To tell of the feelings that are in me




My poems are fact and true

I appreciate your listening and I thank you




　

　

　

　

　

　

A Letter to my Wife, Dear Joey

A Letter to my Wife, Dear Joey

By Joeysguy

I lived with my mother for part of my life

Then I married and you became my wife

We both repeated the words I do

My promise to always love you

With the wedding band and saying I Do

My heart and soul I gave to you

On the finger of your left hand

You wore a white gold band

I would trade all my future days

For just one more chance of our yesterdays

My love now for you feels like so much more

I’m sorry I didn’t know it before

Looking at your pictures your beautiful face

All those loving words that I misplaced

For many years I knew what life was to be

Now I don’t, since its only me

I’m getting older and have a fear

That I may forget for whom I care

Our 51^st anniversary is coming soon

Look for a note inside the balloon

 

I loved you then, I love you now, I’ll love you tomorrow

I write this with tears and sorrow

Till the end of days

With Love always

　

It's in the Eyes

It’s in the Eyes

By Joeysguy

We can see different feelings in someone’s eyes

The pain and tears when a loved one dies

What’s to follow

Is sadness and sorrow

Not far behind are the fears

To go on alone for the following years

It takes time before we see happy eyes

A smile or laugh could be the mouth lies

Prints of LOve

Prints of Love

By (Joeysguy) Michael A Gelb

Loving someone from the start

Leaves an imprint in your heart

That imprint of someone you love

In your mind of someone who’s now up above

Maybe something that they left behind

Brings back memories in your mind

That someone who passed and left a mark

An imprint we can even see in the dark

Maybe just something we found

It might just be a foot print on the ground

The memories of time that has passed by

It might make you tear up and even cry

Just a hand print on a wall

Might be a thought that you recall

From your memories of a time you knew

They always have meaning to you

Looking at a picture of your love and you

Leaving an imprint of that day you said I do

Could some imprints be from above

As a kiss to someone they love

Yes It's Love

Yes It’s Love

By Michael A Gelb (Joeysguy)

When you can’t take your eyes off of someone

Did their face glow like the sun

On the first time that your hands did touch

Did your body tingle and you felt that inner rush

After that first time that you kissed

That separation, that feeling of something missed

That special someone is always in your mind

You don’t want to leave them far behind

Every time that person is around

Do you feel your heart pound

Your heart races so very fast

It’s a feeling that you want to last

For that person you want to do so much

To keep close and always in touch

The time comes to let them go

You release them ever so slow

You tried to protect them from any harm

They die and slip away from your arm

You want to be with them in that other life

This could have been your husband or your wife

With that person now in the heaven above

Your feelings still, yes it’s love