Maxwell Ryder > Writing | WritersCafe.org | The Online Writing Community

I worked all my life To wed, love my wife, Raise a child, Cultivate my flower bed; Build a home, Just to get a fine Piece of real estate: My gr..

Long drawn, bleary-eyed Rasputins Walk up and down the street, Sit outside cathedrals and churches, Yawning at their lack of dreams, Waiting for t..

Goal-less doesn't equal soulless, That's not how I'm dressed I put pants on, one leg at a time Just like you do; I just don't do it to impress.

The shedding of another year, Their cries Fall on deaf ears; Beauty litters the pavement In Summer's tears.

Written Aug 19, 2014

If only I hadn't If only I didn't If only I won't commit the wouldn't haves, but can't because it's just what is, an impulsive act of my futu..

Poem written in Aug 2016

we're on top of the world we're on top of things we're on top we've hit rock bottom we've bottomed out we're on bottom life's a grind, but ..

Poem on inspiration I wrote six years ago. My how time flies!

Written June 19, 2016