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“a guy like me” & other poems

July 7, 2015 Cody S. Decker Poetry 0

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By Cody S Decker

 

a guy like me

from a tiny rural town

in the southernmost depths

of Kentucky

 

a guy like me

who was raised

to enjoy the simple life

in a world

that seemed untouched

by the news outside

the county line

though not unnoticed

 

a guy like me

who speaks with

a slight draw

and still says

ma’am

 

a guy like me

who watched

The Dukes of Hazzard

as a kid

and enjoyed it

 

a guy like me

who has a gun

in every room

of my house

and knows how

to use them

 

a guy like me

who despises

the news and

shies away

from opinions

on social issues

 

a guy like me

who only had two

maybe three

gay people

in my graduating class

only a handful

of anyone other

than white

 

a guy like me

who was in complete

culture shock

when I moved away

from my small

rural town and wanted

to move back

at first

 

you’d think

a guy like me

would be against

a man marrying

a man

or a woman marrying

a woman

 

you’d probably bet

that I wasn’t happy today

for all of the people

who’ve been waiting

for nothing more

than to marry the person

they love

 

I bet you’d say

I was crazy

if a guy like me

said that a lot of the people

who can now legally love another

deserved it far before

most of the ones

who’ve taken it for granted

before them

years upon years

upon years

ringing wedding bells one day

and waving divorce papers the next

 

you may wonder why

a guy like me

a stereotypical

gun lovin’

beer drinkin’

good ole southern boy

isn’t fearin’ for his life

because the gays

have rights

 

well…

for a guy like me

it’s not where you’re from

it’s not from some book

with texts twisted in favor

it’s not what you hear

spewing from right and left

that makes a man accept

what he may not embrace

 

it’s as simple as understanding

that no two people

are the same

and we’re really not

all that different

 

On a Roll

Today could be my last
Today could be your last
Who knows?
Not me.
Not you.
I’d like to say
I live each day
With that in mind

But I don’t
I’d like to say
I notice the small things
More so
Than wishing for more
But that’s rare
I’d like to change
I need to change

I realize
It’s going to take time
To get better
It’ll take more than wishing
And hoping

I’ve gotta start at the bottom
And work my way up
Gotta start in the back
And work towards the front

With that in mind
I’ve realized this morning
After numerous wishes
And endless hoping
That life’s too short
For cheap toilet paper

 

 

But the Night

There’s something about the night

the wind blows smoother

the air smells softer

everything and everyone seems

to move slower

 

the soft glow

of a front porch light

knows what it needs to show

just enough light

so they know I’m here

just enough dark

past the light’s furthest reach

to keep them away

 

the moths

the spiders

the crickets

come to life

and the aloneness

doesn’t press as hard

 

when I’m out there

with nothing to do

but think

or drink

usually both

it eases my bones

and calms my mind

to know

there’s nothing between

me and my thoughts

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