Robert Sheridan Poems

At first fog and mirrors - nothing reflected
At first emotions didn't run deep -shallow at best
At first - was looking for someone to make me complete
At first some doubt - led to much confusion
...

She gives me everything
And tenderly she whispers
I'm sorry if I caused you pain
Somehow nothing is missed...
...

Nothing in common - uncommon
Wasted affection - it's the little things
Appear to be listening - falls on deaf ears
Think by the inch - talk by the yard
...

To one thing constant - murmured
One foot in the sand - one in quicksand
Ups & downs in life - refractured
Expressionless - know how to cry
...

First an acquaintance
Then goods friends
Get to the
point – unhinge my
...

Tempered by scant hope,
nothing more than one –
dimensional intrusiveness, it’s
meritless at best – not
...

There was an Old Man from Ghana
Who liked to sit on his veranda
But his derriere got sore, was quite mythed
So his wife said, “Go see a proctologist! ”
...

Silvery creature brushed with brown
Strived to surpass man 'cause it couldn't drown
Not a minority group that could be stereotyped
Swam with muskrats & snapping turtles - knew its place.
...

Vanquished - consumed by regrets/regrettable
Shake hands with icy fingers - stay lit/belittled
Lead in hot irons - scorched by more fires/tangibles
Life flickered out – light of their face/dispersed
...

Digging the body of the adulterer
Addition saved me from the humility
My parts offered me repentance
An inconvenience of violins;
...