Don Miguel Explores Being

To be.
The beginning
Of being is to stop
Being who you think you are and
Just be.

Don Miguel Explores His Pain

It's my
Duty and my
Responsibility
To try to salvage our marriage,
Something.


I miss
My children so
Terribly that it tears
At the heart and fiber of my
Being.


Dragon
In my blood kept
In check there by the meds,
Asleep. Waiting to wake and wreck
Havoc.


My ghosts
Are difficult
To exorcise from me
For they reside deep within my
Being.

Don Miguel Explores Prayer

God, don't
Let my prayer be
Empty or rambling or
Heartless or anything but pure and
Simple.


Forgive
Us our trespasses
As we forgive those who
Trespass against us. I'm working
On it.

Don Miguel Explores Life and Living

Life is
Short; so work hard,
Play hard, love hard. Dive right
In; head, ass, and all con gusto!
Live well!


It isn't
Just about living
It's also about living
With yourself and your decisions.
That's life.


Wonder
If my neighbors
Are aware of the poet
Who lives right next door
To them?

Don Miguel Explores Peace and Quiet

Incense
Smoke curls upward
Climbing the sunlight via
Front room windows, permeating
The space.

Don Miguel Explores God And Jesus

For me,
For my sins - He
Was nailed to a cross
Like a common criminal. Just
For me.


Forget
What you think you
Know. Simply place your trust
In God. Just let it go and
Let God.

Don Miguel Seeking Enlightenment

Seeking
Enlightenment
Which still eludes me.
Perhaps someone, somewhere, sometime
To come.

Don Miguel Explores His Plight in Life

Resigned
To being a
Monetarily poor
Man, my wealth is elswhere, not
Money.


I long
To laugh again as
I used to when I was
A younger man. I wonder what
Happened.


Do not
Forget how you
Found me. Remember where
And with whom. Remember and don't
Forget.


Nine months
To get out of
The womb. Then the rest of
My life trying to get back in.
My due.


I am
So utterly
Alone even in the
Company of many, wholly
Alone.


Because
I feel guilty
Doesn't make me guilty
Of how and why I love the ones
I do.

Don Miguel Explores Work and Professional Issues

A job
Is a job is
A job is a job. Some
Are better than others and some
Aren't.


Locked up
In here at work,
Just like the inmates. We're
Behind bars and wire, gates and walls,
Locked up.




Free food,
Free parking and
Fifteen minutes from
The house, no families; what's not
To love?


The "s"
In sergeant, in
TDCJ, stands for solution
To all of my prison issues,
Problems.

Don Miguel Explores His Illicit Desires

No young
Single women
Or unwed mothers! I
Want older married women to
Play with!


Leave it
Alone, the porn isn't
Going anywhere. It will
Still be there. Don't you worry about
It any.


Tell me
How soft my lips
Are as we enjoy kisses
Snatched in the elevator
At work!


Just take
The job out of
Blowjob and delight in
The sensual pleasures for both
Of us.



Just keep
Your mind on the
Money and the money
On your mind and make it happen,
Simple.


Hungry
But not for food.
Will you satisfy my
Appetites, my desires, give me
My fill?


Share and
Share alike; sadly,
I'll not experience
The pleasures of being a shared
Husband.

Don Miguel Explores Rearing His Daughters

Nothing
I do to you
Will be as hard as life,
Love and the world will be to you
Later.


My girl's
Acting up may
Be God's way of making
It easier for me to let
Them go.

Don Miguel Explores Religion

Trust in
God, but question
Religion. Perfect church
Governed by imperfect men.
Have faith.


Better
Spiritual
Than religious and closer
To God and my brothers and my
Sisters.



Every
Saint has a past,
Every sinner has a
Future. There may be some hope for
Me yet.

Don Miguel Explores Attitudes

Simple
Attitude, the
Difference between an
Adventure or adversity.
Yee-haw!


Seems we
Always want what
We are unable to have.
Want what you already have, not what
You don't.

Don Miguel Explores Himself

Why do
I do the things
I do the way I do
For the reasons I do them - why?
I ask.


I care.
Just because I
Seemingly don't give a
Shit or a damn doesn't mean I do
Not care!


I sit
And contemplate
My life's current cause and
Station and what truly matters
To me.


Filling
Voids with porn leaves
Me feeling empty deep
Inside. A temporary release
From what?


I need
New friends, to get
Out more, to grow out of
My comfort zone and learn and to
Live life.


I need
To stop beating
Myself up over my past,
Myself, and everything else I'm
Packing.


I am
Contagious with
A certain zest for life,
Love; passionate for living and
Loving!

Don Miguel Explores His Relationships With Women

Spooning.
My front to your
Back, my hand cupping your
Breast and arms wrapped close around.
We sleep.


Golden
Sunshine through our
Window, bathing us in
Bed as we love away another
Morning.


I know
No other way
Except married to you,
Now and forever, together
In love.


You are
My one pleasure
In this life. My only
True happiness and luxury.
Our love.


You don't
Want me to get
Bored so open your eyes and
Ears and use your imagination.
Open up!


Wife and
Ex wife will tell
You I make the best of
Friends but the worst of husbands. Go
Figure.


A good
Former spouse is
A good friend; can be, has
To be, should be, after all the
Marriage.


Nice to
Know you'll answer
When my love comes calling.
Most times anyway, when you're in the
Right mood.

Don Miguel Explores Zen

Peaceful,
Pure and simple
And basic as breathing.
Be here now, clear, human, serene.
So zen.


Just breathe,
Just be, just you,
Just me. Being here and
Being now. We're together with
It all

Don Miguel Explores His Dislikes

Weddings
And funerals,
Two gatherings I don't
Like attending or taking a
Part of.

Don Miguel Explores Death and Dying

We all
Must die, so live
Well and die well or live
Poorly and die poorly. The choice
Is ours.


Few men
Know what's going
To kill them. I have a
Pretty good idea about
My end.


Dying
Is very much part
Of my living, only
Ending my existence for here
And now.

Don Miguel Explores Love and Loving

What is
Love? Don't ask me.
I'll only love as best as
I am able. Sometimes well, sometimes
Not well.


Love kills
Slowly because
I do not let go, still
Loving every woman I've been
With - still.


Age is
Just a number
And sexiness doesn't have
An expiration date. It's good
Always.