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In Solemn Silence

Posted on: January 25, 2026 - Matthew Rodriguez
Post Tags: poems
In Solemn Silence

I put my hand on her shoulder. What if she really doesn’t need me as much as I think she does? She continues washing without looking at me. She was here long before me and hopefully long after I’m gone, I continue to myself. I walk away and continue about…

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Best of My Love: A Poem

Posted on: January 17, 2026 - Matthew Rodriguez
Best of My Love: A Poem

I gave her the best of my love, but she didn’t see it. So, I waited, tried to let her know what I meant, then waited some more, but nothing happened. So, I had to turn around and give myself the best of my love. Solitude, I realized, had been…

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Steady Hands

Posted on: January 15, 2026January 16, 2026 - Matthew Rodriguez
Steady Hands

The privilege of having steady hands is chronically underrated, along with the privilege of having a clear mind. Free from the fog of substance. To be high on the energy of life itself is a gift gifted by God himself.

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Freedom

Posted on: January 13, 2026January 16, 2026 - Matthew Rodriguez
Freedom

I like to drink, I like to smoke, I like dreaming about things that never happen when I’m perfectly sober. Life isn’t a checklist of achievements, but just a set of milliseconds meant to be experienced. I like being alone with my dog listening to John Mayer sipping on a…

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2026: New Year

Posted on: January 2, 2026 - Matthew Rodriguez
Post Tags: poems
2026: New Year

The last of 25 is gone now, the time for 26 is here. The year of the lock-in and quantum leaps. A new hope has arrived, old friends are back and finally working synergistically. The fire is burning now, no longer just embers. Carpe Diem is here…

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The One’s That Care

Posted on: November 15, 2025December 15, 2025 - Matthew Rodriguez
Post Tags: poems
The One’s That Care

There are billions of us on our planet, but only a handful, maybe only one other, who cares whether we wake up in the morning or die in a car accident; Whether we made it to our destination, and the time they should expect our return to share a warm…

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75th

Posted on: November 10, 2025December 15, 2025 - Matthew Rodriguez
Post Tags: poems
75th

Old man’s birthday, would be 75 today. Wish I could sing him Happy Birthday how we used to around the round table with the cake, candles, and ice-cream. Watch a movie in the small living room next to the laundry, but now I live in the times I write about…

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Shire

Posted on: November 9, 2025December 15, 2025 - Matthew Rodriguez
Post Tags: poems
Shire

We were already in the Shire all along. We were already in the Samurai village Algren went back to. Life was already the best it could have ever been. Right there and nowhere else.

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Bugs and Critters

Posted on: November 5, 2025December 24, 2025 - Matthew Rodriguez
Post Tags: poems
Bugs and Critters

Bugs and critters again, full moon, partially clear skies under a streetlight. I used to dream about getting on a rocket ship to sail the night sky amongst the stars, but it is pleasant enough to look at the night sky from down here in the mountains. One of the…

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The Mountain

Posted on: November 5, 2025December 15, 2025 - Matthew Rodriguez
Post Tags: poems
The Mountain

I want to hike up the mountain in the dead of the misty fog and find you there amongst the trees and the dirt road close to the tower. Way up there, find you close to the sky where you really are. Where you really are is always in my…

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