Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Waiting

The second snow is finally here
another semester is almost gone
another group of students
will be faded away
like the first snow
Yet, another one
will soon be here
bringing a new sunrise
waiting for a new sunset
waiting for a new rainbow
hiding away in this pill hill
waiting for another chance
to claim an old fame
waiting....and waiting....
forever waiting....

B. John
St. Johnsbury, VT
December 13, 2011 @ 6:27pm

Thursday, December 1, 2011

To live forever

When the sky is dark
the trees are naked
the birds are gone
the flowers no more
the deers walk slowly
behind my wife's shed
sneeking into her black lab's pen
taking his food without his permission
Tonight the moon is bright
the gentle wind comes through the basement window
Even the mices are gone
They have not been here for days
the sticky rice left for them
has not been touched
the furnace keeps on humming
like the birds...oh, the robins
In the Spring time
Just a few more seconds,
a few more hours,
a few more days,
a few more months,
and a few more darkness
Life will come alive again
As if all will have no end

B. John
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
December 1, 2011 @ 8:32pm

What can you do, a Harvard man?

What can you do, a Harvard man
Your life is only $138,696.26
It is across the river
Where the water current is high
and the sky is blue
Underneath this window pane
The fire that keeps on flaming
burning inside your soul
Nothing can stop it
But, you're a Harvard man
You can do it
They have trained you
to find a way
to seek for a day
to liberate this fire
to pay off this debt of yours
Go ahead you Harvard man
See if you can come up with $138,696.26
to buy your soul, your life
and your happiness
to create much success
to discover a new life
to study the USMLEs
to do your residency program
no long will you be alarmed
of a starnger coming to your house
in the middle of the night
to invade your spirit
to take over your dignity
You can live happily
You can really be a Harvard man
you are today, yesterday and tomorrow
See what you can do?
To pay back some of the money
the Keybank paid for you
to become the first Kmhmu-Lao-American
medical doctor in the USA
See what you Harvard man can do?

B. John
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
December 1, 2011 @ 8:18pm