COCKEYED OPTIMIST

while reading, I do that-read, 

"cockeyed optimist" jumped off

the page and slapped me

right across the kisser.

I know what cockeyed means.

I know what optimist is.

how does a cockeyed optimist

differ from a cockeyed optimist?

in an optimist is cockeyed,

does not speak well for that optimist.

one may even think:

much less than a happy-go-lucky optimist.

pessimists have it all over optimists.

pessimist: always expecting worst; rarely happens.

optimist: always expecting best; rarely happens. 

have betrayed innocence, again.

and such is a roving wolf

should enter and call for justice. 

negotiating with stoic life form

not expecting great conversation

such subterfuge with such ilk 

in retrospect, not brightest of ideas

we who control our natures

control our own destinies. 

words: we suffer our words;

and to what end?

more one thinks one knows,

more one thinks of all

one will never know.

and one worries, somehow it shows

and soon everyone will know

all that one will never know.

but, hell, one never knows, does one?

last line was added for flavor.

a bit of bittersweet goes a long ways

keeping one's attitude in check.

of this, one is most certain.

scent of lavender held heavy

remembrance of days gone by

gone but never forgotten

have felt vigorous, but

as age insists, no longer

remember just when.

have lost touch with vigorous

and a great many other

grand things stole by time;

as I succumb to age, as do we all.

although, some make this trip

much better than others.

me? will go down screaming.

let us now consider astrophysics
and how t his pertains to certain
claustrophobic incidents, with
weight of hell suddenly becoming
especially hectic.

and all those misconceptions 
lingering just off camera, 
ready to excite humanity into death spiral.

later, some newfangled genius 
come along, analyzing our wreckage
with free-for-all soon to ensue,
picking though our debris
for whatever treasures lie waiting.