Suffering is my lifelong friend;
Happiness is far too fleeting.
Here from the start, until the end,
Suffering is my lifelong friend.
In spite of efforts to pretend,
As long as my heart keeps beating
Suffering is my lifelong friend;
Happiness is far too fleeting.
– SR Romney 2025
I tried to be a painter, but the color didn't match.
Tried to be a gardener, but couldn't till the soil.
I thought I could do baseball, but I don't know how to catch.
Maybe I'll be a wage slave, though I don't care for toil.
What if I was a prophet, weaving futures out of dream?
Or what if I'm a genius, but I'm too dumb to know it?
I guess I'll keep on churning, turning wordplay into cream.
Since language is my forte, I guess I'll be a poet.
– SR Romney 2025
I am courting Death
With a bouquet of flowers
Vibrant and vivid
I'm not sure when we will meet
I hope he enjoys the gift
– SR Romney 2025
Life is an abstraction
A distinct note in a swirling symphony
Ringing true, defiant
Forming part of the discordant melody
Played for our measured time
Before returning to untapped potential
To burst forth once again
When it is time for the next piece to be heard
– SR Romney 2025
Summer Love.
We wonder of full-time adventures,
Finding friends,
Embracing loved ones,
Craving running free.
Happily dreaming of memories.
Warm memories of dreams:
Happy, free, running.
Craving one's love's embrace.
Friends finding adventure.
Times full of wonder.
We love summer.
– SR Romney 2024
Humans are porcelain
Fractured by hardship and strife
Just like kintsugi
Our flaws, cracks, scars, and damage
Make our true selves shine like gold
– SR Romney
One of the hardest things to learn
Is how to unconditionally love;
It starts with loving yourself.
You know what you hate about yourself ;
You've had a whole lifetime to learn
To build a wall hiding all there is to love.
But love is greatest as unconditional love
And you always put harsh conditions on yourself.
Those conditions make it hard to truly learn.
If you want to be happy and healthy in life, learn to love yourself.
SR Romney 2024
I'm sorry for the thing
I think I did to you
I don't know if I did it
But my brain says it's true
If I could go back in time
I think I'd think it through
And I probably wouldn't do it
At least, I hope that's true
SR Romney 2024
Why do you have to go to work?
Can't you stay home and play?
The time you have to go to work
Is my least favorite time of day.
Why do you have to go to sleep?
Can't you stay up and play?
I don't know why night is for sleep;
It's more comfy in the day.
Why do you have to close the door?
Open it up and play!
My litter box doesn't have a door;
It's much more friendly that way.
Why don't we curl up on the couch?
I'm tired from all the play.
Sure, let's lay down on the couch;
I wouldn't have it any other way.
SR Romney 2024
A crispy fried egg
Cooking in a skull shaped pan
Ideas sizzling
Better keep an eye on it
Or else the brain will get burnt
SR Romney 2024
Shame on The Universe 