Poetry by Tim Windisch Tim Windisch

Congratulations Emma!

See your future, see your dreams

Days you’ve dreamt of under many moon beams

The goals you set, all those you’ve met

And the best part, the fun hasn’t even begun yet

Be your future, live your dreams

A sparkling road stretched out before you gleams

You drive the car, and you’re the star

It’s your chance to show who you are

Live your future, realize your dreams

It’s maybe not as easy as it seems

Nothing worth it though, ever’s easy y’ know

Just roll with the punches as you go

See your future, see your dreams

Sweet dreams under many moonbeams

It’s time for you to start, then and now move apart

Take your knowledge keep your memories in your heart

Live your future, realize your dreams

We are all so proud, our love and hope teems

I wish you success and smiles, strength for life’s trials

And memories of these days to help you through the miles

Congratulations Emma!

Great Uncle Tim Windisch

06/01/2024

Again tonight

I’m troubled and I’m blue, my head spins so it’s hard to
think

Had a grasp on a feeling but it was gone like that, in a
blink

Heart break, shatter, and crash, it’s spread in pieces on
the floor

Send a message while I take another look, no you can’t no
more

Did you miss a signal, make a wrong turn, sure you heard
right

Then tell me friend then why are you laying here alone again tonight

Need a little to get by you just would never believe what
happened

Watch the green bills flying through the air looks like bird
wings flapping

Maybe tomorrow things will clear cause you know I want to be at your side

Heard every line before, and like before he finally killed
the lights and cried

Slam your head against the wall, climb in bed and hold your pillows tight

Tell yourself can’t do no more for the umpteenth time as you lay alone again tonight

When will you finally see yourself waking up with an ear-to-ear grin

And tell me what time does the rest of my life happily ever
after begin

I really really do, I mean every word I say, hear me I love
you more

Echo’s throughout my dreams till I jump up and fall onto the floor

Too many promises, too many I’m sorry’s, not enough kisses goodnight

Worst of all can’t clear the thought how nice it’d be as I
lay alone again tonight

Don’t know that I’ll ever clear that thought as I lay alone
again tonight

Tim Windisch

05/26/2024

The Key

Every time I stub my toe, or bite my lip while I’m chewing

Pain sprints down my back and stops whatever I’m doing

But it’s nothing like the pain of the memories of those I
lost

Or the heartaches I’ve been through, man they exacted such a cost

So, I gather the worst of the worst and do my best to hide
them away

Write about surviving the storm, and relaxing while enjoying a sunny day

But then the clouds roll back across my sky and blot out the sun

I tremble and quake cause my neat little storage plan has
become undone

And the sparks and the chaos bounce off the inside of my
aching brain

I lose control,  I’m
Choo-Choo Charley driving my very own crazy train

Hold my fears and wring out a glimmer of some of that
everlasting hope

Mama sit beside me, be my blanket; keep me warm baby help me to cope

Shoot that pain in the ass and put a full tank of your
loving touch across me

Make me whole, chase the blues; you know my future is locked but babe you got the key

I said my problems get ahold of me; seems I cannot wrest
myself free

Like Houdini hanging upside down locked in a box in a lake, no sweat babe, you got the key

Tim Windisch

05/25/2024

One minute

One minute I’m happy, the next I want to die

I’m nothing but confused, drop my head and cry

So are we climbing a mountain, wishing, throwing coins in a fountain ?

They were all I had left, see I ain’t very good at accounting

Money drops by sometime, but it’s gone before the bells
chime

In and out and I can barely make ends meet it’s such a crime

But it doesn’t do the trick for me, the things I want most
are free

And every time I get closer to my dreams they takeoff where I can’t see

Hear tell they intended to be here this day, but ran into
difficulties along the way

Wish I knew why every time they get near they just never
seem to want to stay

One minute I’m happy, the next I want to die

I’m just not too enthused, really don’t want to try

The finish line is not really where I’m heading, I think I know the way, but I keep on forgetting

Dreams get me twisted, maybe things I should’ve resisted
wake up alone sweating in my bedding

 One minute I’m happy the next I want to die,

Feeling lost but still there’s a twinkle in my eye

Not a tear of pain, but a memory of the thing, takes me from the depths of hell and makes me want to sing

The dream of tomorrows not wasted, loving desires meant to be tasted, wrapped in a golden ring

One minute I’m happy, and even though I might want to die

I’m too head over heels crazy for the dream and I got to try

Yeah I’m too crazy for that dream and I gotta try

Tim Windisch

05/25/2024

For Sloan

Memories spark my keyboard, bringing days of flat noses and scrapbooks with pressed roses

So long ago, so far away my Lord! We drove two-hundred-dollar cars, yet tried dressing tight in the bars

Try and make an impression, give it a shot, she looks pretty don’t you think, why don’t you buy her another drink

Hope she ain’t looking to close in the lot, that junker don’t
match your wealth, damn, looks like you’re going home by yourself

Next day we laughed about it shooting darts, enjoy the sun on the flat rocks at Lannon, sometimes we’d see pretty girls tanning

Now all these years later I dream pieces and parts, I see us
one time crashing out at Liz, a mattress dragged out couldn’t deal with this

Drunken college boys trying to act like men, somewhere we weren’t even allowed, sunshine found us passing through a bewildered crowd

Only in my mind do I go back there again, landscapes change but what remains, friends and love through life’s joys and pains

Memories spark my keyboard, flood my cortex with scenes, concert t shirt and tight blue jeans

And once again I’m left floored, all the players played
their part, some caressing some tearing at my heart

But it’s a tale that I don’t mind telling, be they good or
bad they’re days that shaped, some held me close and some I escaped

After all the cheers and yelling, and those memories playing in my mind, dreaming on to see what else I find

Tim Windisch

05/23/2024

They say

They say you’re a pretty good writer, I was hoping maybe you could help me sir

I just want to hold my baby tighter, but I don’t hear back
no matter what I text her

So pen me something that sounds clever, try to convince her that I’m worth the time

Please don’t say it’s a worthless endeavor, let her know
falling in love with me ain’t a crime

They say you’re a pretty good writer, so please can you put something together for me quick

See I have to assuage her man I ain’t no fighter, I can only
beat the competition with something sick

Ain’t too good looking, ain’t got very much bread, she means the world to me but how do I say

But listen if I win her affection with what you said, you
can have my car and half my pay

They say you’re a pretty good writer, I really hope you can
do something for me

He smiled and he pulled out his lighter, sparked a flame
said keep your money this is free

If you really want to tell her how you feel, look into her
eyes and let look in your soul

Hold nothing back and just keep it real, I tell you friend
it’s only way to reach your goal

Tim Windisch

05/22/2024