Jon Roggie : Writing

Takes me

Takes me

A Poem by Jon Roggie


Call I am unable to resist.Makes me fidget.Flows through my blood.Only price I pay is honesty.So, I will pay.
Familiar road

Familiar road

A Poem by Jon Roggie


Each step is clear.Walking in my own steps.Add a new one, now and again.Not by choice.Each time, I get drawn closer.I see the print of those gone by, ..
Wistful

Wistful

A Poem by Jon Roggie


Taking a moment.Just sitting. Not entirely true.Still, I try to steal this moment in time.Simple moment, Odors of food wafting through the air. Music ..
Reasons

Reasons

A Poem by Jon Roggie


Not for me, for you.I can only give a glimpse.Be it the flare of the sun, or the darkness of the moon.Those thoughts come from me.I become responsible..
Fishing

Fishing

A Poem by Jon Roggie


Never tried?Even a moment?Makes it hard to understand the hours.Waiting for the one second.Struggle ensues.Fight to bring it in.Finally, caught.Time t..
Each word takes a toll

Each word takes a toll

A Poem by Jon Roggie


Still I must write.Just to stay shiny.Let them free, hoping it is not Pandora's chest.Silence is for those at peace, or maybe the guilty.I do not meet..
For the Princess, and the Pixie.

For the Princess, and the Pixie.

A Poem by Jon Roggie


Images of joy, they are a bit hard to reach.The two of you help.Remind me to try.Try, I will.
You left on the same day.

You left on the same day.

A Poem by Jon Roggie


I missed it.Stuck in my own grief, I missed you.Same day.All I can hope, her wizened hand, held your young one.Walk on together.
I was trying to accept

I was trying to accept

A Poem by Jon Roggie


I think you are evil.I keep trying to take a certain note.Still, you keep testing.Isn't there enough?Natural course my a*s!Once, again, all I can do i..
Still another...

Still another...

A Poem by Jon Roggie


I was just trying to come back, but again?I've only had a few days, this time a young one?Are we only Job, a toy to prove a point?Damn you!And you exp..