Hey Jude Parody

Hey Jude, please make it bad
Take a sad song and make it sadder
Remember to keep her out of your heart
Then you can start to make it sadder

Hey Jude, please be afraid
You were made to go out and lose her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it sadder

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, remain
Just carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Hey Jude, you've let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to keep her out of your heart
Then you can start to make it sadder

So let it out don't let it in, hey Jude, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that you're a fool, hey Jude, be cool
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah yeah

Hey Jude, please make it bad
Take a sad song and make it sadder
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you'll begin to make it
Sadder sadder sadder sadder sadder sadder, oh

Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom and Daniel Quintillian, February 3, 2022

A Tribute to Meatloaf

(To the tune of Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Baby baby let me sleep on it) by Meatloaf.)

A Tribute to Meatloaf

Now We’re Running Like Forever 
Til the End of the Night
Running both together
It’s a hell of a fight
Running like forever
Til the end of the night
Holding to each other
And we’re oh so tight
Loving one another
It’s a hell of a sight
Coming back together 
And it feels so right
Again!

Repeat

And now I’ll love you
Til the end of time
And now I’m praying 
For the end of time
Waiting for
Hoping for 
Just can’t wait until 
The End of Time

But I won’t do that
Cause it must have been
When you were
Kissing me
You took the words
Right out of my mouth

Copyright Timothy E. Wahlstrom  January 31, 2022

The Interrelatedness of Everything

Everything and everyone is interrelated
What affects one affects all
I see it in my neighborhood
I see it in nature
I see it in climate change
I see it in pollution
I see it in corporate greed
I see it in poverty
I see it in wealth
I see it in life
I see it in death
I feel it in the air
I feel it in my body
It tears at my soul.

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, January 17, 2022

No One Stands Alone

No One Stands Alone
We Are With You
We Are For You
We Will Not Leave You
We Will Not Give You Over
To Your Fears
To Your Desires
To Your Pain
To The Fires
We Are With You
No One Stands Alone

 © Timothy E. Wahlstrom, January 9, 2022

We are a Group Project

We are a Group Project

 When I admit to God and others
 that I do not know what I am doing
We are a group project.

When I share my fears 
 with God and others
We are a group project.

When I find comfort
 in the embrace of a lover
We are a group project.

When I share my hurts
 with God and others
We are a group project.

When I find myself
 not alone but
 with God and others
We are a group project.

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, January 6, 2022

The Be List

Be Kind
Be Gentle
Be Generous
Be Appreciative
Be Present
Be Withness
Be With Family
Be With Friends
Be With People
Be With Animals
Be With Nature
Be With the Presence
Be Love
Be Light
Be Quiet
Be a Human Being
Be Reading
Be Come
Be Fit
Be Well
Be Healthy
Be My Best Me.

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, January 1, 2022

Complexity

Complexity

We are complex creations 
not simple machines
we invented them
we re-invent
ourselves
we created
the screw
the inclined plane
the wheel
we screw
in wheeled vehicles
on inclined planes
and airplanes
and in
space

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, December 27, 2021

Past Reality

Past Reality

When a rose opens to the world
And Spring air fills my lungs
It gives new meaning to my life
And I see the world past its reality

@ Timothy E. Wahlstrom 1978 
First published in Reflections, 
Tabb High School literary magazine.

Suffering

Suffering

Suffering is emptying
out the soul
so that
there is room
for love
for Christ
for God

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, December 26, 2021

Welcome Christmas

Welcome Christmas
Welcome Christmas 
fill my heart 
with joy 
and gladness
take away 
my sadness
replace it with
your grace
mercy 
and love

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, December 25, 2021