Man vs. Gods

man vs. gods

colossal conflict begins
the war has been breached
humans, the down-trotten
all mighty power unleashed
A windstorm of death
blows across the land
lifeless bodies abandoned
in the hot arid sand
men die, in revolt
gods laugh
at crossbow & bolt
more men join the armies
more die in the fight
deities turn sadistic
heretics impaled on sight
earthquake & tsunami
tornado & flood
mountains start to topple
as the fields turn to mud
world at war
the conflict grows
human population
at all time lows
instinct to survive
forced underground
without their believers
no gods can be crowned
years without worship
legend turns to myth
vanity has no sustenance
ideals begin to drift
starving and pathetic
man turns toward the sun
greeted by a lone demi-god
a bold new era has begun
a co-existence is needed
co-dependency is the prize
with the promise of peace
new temples soon rise

jimbo 9-11-09

�mental elf: 2009
�All copyrights remains with the author

Modern Day Elf

Modern Day Elf

I'm a modern day elf
been banished from the trees
exiled by my elders
for modern-primative beliefs
I know that I know it all
I'm quite possibly never wrong
I write down my experiences
then turn them into song

I'm a modern day elf
A tone-deaf bard aswell
two high for the city
four low for the trail
belligerent and untactful
I shoot from the hip
my Samuel Smith's is warm now
please let me pause for a sip

I'm a modern day elf
and Mental just the same
embrace the chaotic lifestyle
to me it's just a game
my mouth can conjure foulness
yet, speak not with forked tongue
all the while i still and wait
for my story to be sung

Jimbo
09-10-08

�mental elf: 2008
�All copyrights remains with the author

My Own Unwanted Guest

My Own Unwanted Guest

Day dreaming some hate
It's not what I want
But what I want
Will have to wait
I look around for you
You are nowhere near
I give up on my quest
Acting as though I do not care
My facade is all that I have
In it I do believe
Nobody understands
Why it is that I grieve
If I could I would explain it
Give the world my bitter reason
I'd love to sit and chat
But it seems I'm better off leaving
I clearly don't think correctly
An urgent need to be depressed
I drown my demons in alcohol
Turning into my own unwanted guest

Jimbo
12-20-05

Emotional Baggage

Emotional Baggage

I feel so numb
From where I've been
Haven't felt so low
In God knows when
Mentally exhausted
Completely spent
I travel uphill
With ill-intent
Emotional baggage
I wear on my sleeve
Too late to care
Too tired to grieve
Eight years together
Straight down the drain
Four years of love
Four years of pain

jimbo
1-10-06

A Year After

A Year After 

Autumn @ Cunningham Park, St. Johns Hospital in background

 May 22nd, 20012 marked the one year anniversary of the single most worst day of my life.  If you follow any sort of national news, you no doubt would have heard about the tornado that ripped threw Joplin, Mo. on that date in 2011.  That was the day my ten year old daughter and her mother were picked up while inside their car & thrown a city block onto what was left the Pepsi building (My daughter was ejected from the car after a few rolls and thrown another estimated thirty feet). 
After a sixteen day stay in the hospital, 5 surgeries and a ton of peoples well wishes, donations and help, she finally started to re-live life.  This story is mainly about her.  But I also want to take a little bit of the time to talk about a few other things.  We will get to them later. 
Autumn was ten when she was in the tornado.  She was covered head to toe in cuts and bruises.  This has all been documented in my first blog "My Survivor".  Since then she has rebounded unlike anything I could ever have hoped for.  Her scars are smoothing out and her leg is starting to have a somewhat normal texture.  Her leg will never look normal, the amount of meat and skin loss prevents that, but compared to what it looked like, it looks wonderful.  If you remember, her leg had a chunk of meat removed all the way to the muscle.