This Wonder

This Wonder

I look up at the stars and wonder!
I wonder if the universe is benevolent.
I wonder about others looking into the stars in wonder.
I wonder about my small corner of this vastness.
I wonder what it is all here for.
I wonder what I am here for.
I wonder at so much wonder.
I experience it as love.
I love this experience.
I love this wonder.

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, December 20, 2022

Sleepy Swede (Daydream Believer Parody)

Sleepy Swede 
(Daydream Believer Parody)

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings
The Pee-o'clock alarm would never ring
But I need to go and I rise
Shake the drool out of my eyes
The wood floor’s cold and it’s slippery

Cheer up sleepy Swede
Oh, what can it mean to a
Hound Dog believer and a
Retriever king?

You once smelled of me
As we all sleep in the bed
Now you know how smelly I can be
Oh, our good time starts and ends
Without all I want to spend
But how much, Swede-y, do we really need?

Cheer up sleepy Swede
Oh, what can it mean to a
Hound Dog believer and a
Retriever king?

Cheer up sleepy Swede
Oh, what can it mean to a
Hound Dog believer and a
Retriever king?

Cheer up sleepy Swede
Oh, what can it mean to a
Hound Dog believer and a
Retriever king?

Cheer up sleepy Swede
Oh, what can it mean to a
Hound Dog believer and a
Retriever king?

Cheer up sleepy Swede

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom December 14, 2022

Follow

Follow

I raise my eyes
Toward the western sky
I follow the sunset
Where it goes
Where it goes
I follow

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, December 1, 2022

Thinking

Thinking

I was thinking
Just the other day
I had a thought
Or so I think I did

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, December 1, 2022

This Is Love

This Is Love

I am covered
in the dust of my teacher
I follow so closely 
his footsteps that the very 
dust his feet stir up 
lands on my head hands feet
every bit of me

He is my all
I love him intimately
I don’t know how
Intimately he knows me
Intimately I know him
I am drawn to him
Thirsty for drink

The truth is
overwhelming
I can not bear
his love
so great
I die in 
his arms

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, October 4, 2022

Yellow Dogbedder

Yellow Dogbedder 
(Parody of Pearl Jam, Yellow Ledbetter)

Unawakened 
Once a pup,  on a dogbed laid
Then you said, I don’t wanna leave him again.
Once I took him, on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand, I don’t twanna leave it again

On a weekend
Wanna wish it all away, yeah
And they called and I said that I want what I said
And that I’ll call out again
And the reason oughta leave him calm, I know
I said, I don’t want to know whether I’m the puppy or the bed

Oh, yeah
Can you see them?
Out on the porch
Yeah, but they don’t pet me
I see them
‘Round the front way, yeah
And I know and I know
I just wanna stay
Makes me cry

I see
I don’t know, there’s something else
I wanna run it all away
I said
I don’t, I don’t know whether I was the puppy or the bed

Oh, yeah
Can you see them?
Out on the porch
Yeah, but they don’t pet me
I see them
‘Round the front way, yeah
And I know Know
I don’t wanna stay at all

I don’t wanna stay
I don’t wanna stay
I don’t wanna stay, I don’t
Sit
Yeah

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, October 3, 2022

Thank You for the Gift

Thank You for the Gift

Thank You for the gift 
of another day
Another day for me
Another day for you
Another day for us
Another day for we
A gift is undeserved
Open a grateful heart
Receive it 
And experience the difference
the gift and gratefulness bring

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, September 2, 2022

WOMAN

Woman

Woman
Wooo-man!
Where is my fruit
That doesn’t suit
Me well.

Karen
Kaaa-ren!
She’s not one of those
She wears different clothes
She has short
Hair

Jane get me off this crazy thing
Called love.

(Leave the candle burning.)

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, August 24, 2022

In the fashion of Mike Myers in So I Married an Axe Murderer, why Alan Arken did NOT get any billing in the credits and otherwise is beyond my comprehension.

People Let Me Tell You ‘Bout My Best Friend (Parody for Swede)

People Let Me Tell You ‘Bout My Best Friend (Parody for Swede)

People let me tell you 'bout my best friend, 
He's a warm hearted CANINE who'll love me till the end. 
People let me tell you bout my best friend, 
He's a one boy cuddly toy, my up, my down, my pride and joy. 

People let me tell you 'bout him he's so much fun 
Whether we're talkin' man to man or whether we're talking DOG to DOG. 
Cause he's my best friend. 
Yeah he's my best friend. 
(scat finish). 

source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/thecourtshipofeddiesfatherlyrics.html

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, August 24, 2022

From the TV Series, The Courtship of Eddie's Father theme song. Aired from 1969-1972 starring Bill Bixby (Eddie's Father, Tom Corbett) and Brandon Cruz (Eddie Corbett). Written and performed by Nilsson.

The Difference Between Cats and Dogs

The Difference Between Cats and Dogs

Here is how a dog
Rewards his owner for feeding them
He comes, tail wagging, for a rub
Behind the ears
And a scratch under his chin

Here is how a cat
Rewards her owner for feeding them
They meow at the door
To be let out once more
Only to be let in again
With a meow
And a scratch at the door

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, July 31, 2022