Matthew Lyle Landsman

I took a thousand miles of dirt road,

left a hundred crying eyes behind.

Found ninety ways to mess things up,

and eighty pretty ladies to steal my heart blind.

I saw seventy turns in a poker straight highway,

got lost on number sixty-nine every chance I could.

I found sixty acres of bliss filled woods,

and spent fifty of someone else’s hard-earned dollars

just because I could.

When I turned forty, I was spending time

With a special someone who was barely thirty…

but on that day, I nearly lost my Mom

and it brought me back down to earth.

I laid down twenty made-up tales

to get smiles from a ten-year old’s face.

I got fifteen minutes of fleeting fame

when I had barely earned a quick ten.

I spent my last nickel

for two minutes of your time,

and a penny for your thoughts,
but luckily you were the one…

It’s all a game of numbers,

but I found love

when I least counted on it most.

Matthew Lyle Landsman

July 9th, 2008