Gentleman

As she walked by him she couldn’t help but smile at his son 

An adorable little person, impressionable and carefree 

Then she heard his comment 

Something about her becoming his stepmother 

And then, she understood

This is is why so many men are single 

They just don’t know how to act 

They just don’t know how to talk to women 

It’s almost as if guys nowadays enjoy complaining 

About not being able to find a nice girl 

Because let’s be honest 

What kind of girl do you expect to find 

When you can’t even talk to her nicely 

Good looks can only go so far 

It’s about buenos modales–good manners 

That so many seem to lack these days 

Like those guys that just say hello in an authoritative way 

Because they want to make sure that you catch their drift 

As if there were any doubts 

But will they ever understand?

That the age old adage is true 

It pays to be nice 

Geez louise gentlemen 

Can we please be clear that it’s all in the schmoozing

Harry and Sally almost didn’t work out 

Because when they first met there was too much going on 

Too much arguing and not enough lovin’ 

So try to understand 

This is why she turns her head and keeps going 

-Bionica

The Storm

Her moods changed with the weather 

Or perhaps they changed with the weatherman’s thoughts 

Yes, that definitely seems to be more accurate 

Think of a cloud that’s upset–no think of the sky 

That is hurt by the things it sees 

How sometimes people do things that are unkind 

How sometimes people do things that are hurtful to the earth 

And so the sky gets really upset 

Really angry and decides it’s going to turn things upside down 

Yup, the tides are rising, the storms a comin’ 

Hail hitting the pavement the way the baseballs hit the bat and then the ground 

HARD!!!

That’s how she got when she got angry 

For any little thing

Just as the sky might get angry and take it out on everyone 

Even the farmers that were trying to rebuild the forests 

Trying to give new life to the trees 

Everyone got it regardless of reason 

No one could understand why 

So it was a thing 

And as with many things, others learned to deal 

How do you deal with the storm?

You find shelter until it passed

That’s how it was with her 

Sometimes you would have to stay away for more than a day 

Sadly, it seemed like the storms were more frequent 

The patience (if there ever was any) was less

Like the contractions of a mother that is about to give birth 

It took less and less to make her storm 

It wasn’t right

It just got worse 

The time was coming

To leave the storm and find the sunshine…

-Bionica

Just Don't

To the man that just asked her to work for free

Please know that her time is just as valuable as yours 

If for some reason you need something it’s ok to ask for a favor 

But don’t think that people are going to want to stand out in the cold 

Just because 

Everyone is worthy 

Everyone gives time that is worth something 

Don’t try to pull a fast one and take advantage

That just makes you a person that makes jerky moves

With douchey tendencies 

And no one likes a douche!

-Bionica 

It is...

As human beings, we make mistakes everyday 

It’s normal

Sometimes we know that we shouldn’t do something and yet 

We do it anyway 

It’s as if such an action glows bright like a DO NOT PRESS button 

Just asking to be pressed

It’s normal 

I guess life is about learning to have self control 

Learning to keep from doing certain things out of better judgement

It’s not always easy 

It’s normal 

We all go through it 

But then there are people 

People that change their paths 

And somehow experience amnesia 

It’s as if all of their previous mistakes 

Have been suddenly erased by their current good deeds 

It’s annoying 

Life isn’t about the ego 

It’s about learning to live regardless of the ego 

It’s about learning to live and let live 

It’s about being kind 

Life isn’t about being judgmental 

But some people make it their business to do so 

It’s annoying 

It’s about owning up to your actions good or bad 

It’s about being honest and moving forward with better intentions 

Life is not about making others feel shame about the mistakes they have done

It’s not about making others feel shame about the mistakes they continue to do 

Life is about helping others learn to move forward, without committing the same mistakes 

It’s about helping them understand that it’s not the best 

It’s about helping them understand that it’s not easy, but not impossible 

Life goes around full circle 

Life is learning to put more good than bad out there 

Because it just better 

It’s kind 

-Bionica 

But for Fake

There are times to which she must admit 

The fabrication of an imaginary boyfriend 

For the sole use of deterring an unwanted suitor 

Wow fancy right?

But it’s the truth 

There are times that it seems as if a woman’s word 

Just isn’t enough, something that she cannot quite grasp

Because how many no’s must a person hear to get the point?

And if the persistence continues after knowing about the “supposed boyfriend”

It honestly becomes disrespectful and annoying 

It’s understandable that we all feel what we feel 

Some feelings stronger than others 

But when certain things are not reciprocated if you keep on, 

You become a borderline harasser 

Just take a no, be a friend and keep hoping that she will change her mind 

Or breakup with the inexistent boyfriend and say “Hey you wanna go out?”

-Bionica

The Drive

It was an interesting car ride

One in which she asked questions to make conversation 

But he didn’t really seem too interested in replying to 

Maybe he had something else on his mind 

He wanted to know more about her

Specifically, why she was still single 

An age old question that she knew the answer to 

Yet she couldn’t really answer 

So she gave him a line 

The one that goes ‘I just haven’t made a connection with someone yet’ 

It’s pretty believable 

It makes sense and is logical 

But the real answer, she just wasn’t ready 

She just wasn’t ready to give in and give out 

To her a relationship meant giving parts of yourself 

That you just couldn’t get back 

It meant making memories that you could look back on 

And no longer care for the person that shared such moments with you 

She had to take a moment to breathe 

Did she want to continue building up knowing that the next brick laid 

Would be shared with someone different 

It was just too much for her at the moment 

But that was ok 

She knew she needed time to heal 

And when he leaned in 

She moved back 

She just wasn’t ready to give up more of herself 

Did he understand?

She couldn’t say 

But for some reason he wasn’t scared off

He wanted to stay…

-Bionica

Differences

It’s not that she didn’t like it

She very much enjoyed following the different stories

The one’s that showed fabulous fashion & jewelry 

The one’s that showed videos of of pets and their happy stories 

With their adoptive parents 

It’s just that she didn’t like what it was becoming 

What it became 

How people became 

All of a sudden obsessed with becoming an insta celebrity 

It was all about the followers and not about the content 

Somehow a person’s validity was now determined by the amount 

Of followers they had 

Regardless of knowledge or talent 

And then it made her sad 

Because so many amazing people were being overlooked 

Due to the fact that there wasn’t a K or an M after their amount of followers

She didn’t understand 

The current generation had lost out on so many things 

Granted, she very much enjoyed being able to track down 

Her Ipsy bag and know the exact date of it’s arrival 

But she also enjoyed being surprised the same way that 

Her 9 year old self would be surprised upon opening the mailbox

And finding her monthly subscription to The Baby-Sitters Club 

Because that Ann M. Martin made her feel like she too was Claudia 

She very much enjoys receiving a quick reply from someone 

Halfway around the world that’s in a different time zone

But she also enjoyed receiving letters from her penpal the way she did 

When she was in school 

It’s as if the world is losing human contact 

People can no longer talk to each other face to face 

Everything has to be done via a brightly lit screen in which 

some may misspell words and somehow others understand 

She appreciates being able to meet up and talk over snacks

And read under a lamp 

But kids now a days will never understand what it was like 

To have to read under a night light because the book was too good 

Put down 

Now all they have to do is bring out their phone and keep messaging 

Instead of going to sleep 

She feels that the commodity of technology has turned us into a somewhat 

Lazy bunch that prefers to ask Siri or Alexa for the answers instead of actually flipping 

The pages to the back of the book… 

It’s fine & dandy and great to enjoy certain things

But others are just lost in time 

And they’re important things like values and appreciation, 

Love & a certain zeal because nothing will ever compare to finding out that 

Your song is number one because it made it on MTV’s hottest videos 

Sorry YouTube, it’s just not the same 

Reading the article you wrote on a handheld magazine that gets delivered 

will always hold a certain pizazz because of the wait and excitement 

That cannot be delivered instantly 

It’s just not the same

-Bionica