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21 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, life, relationships
From far away
it seems okay
but up close it’s
a big old mess
Lives of others seem
from far away
much more perfect
than is true
From afar they appear
beautifully put together
something to be
envied
Closer inspection reveals
true brush strokes
mashed together
and messy
Even closer looks
become blurs of
noise and color
and truth
Perfect from afar
others lives but
up close just a
full on Monet
20 Dec 2013 3 Comments
in December 2013, poetry Tags: future, life, past, present, time
Staying only a while
short brief fleeting
here then gone
forever moving
Past long gone
future not arrived
present counted in
only seconds
Each one small
gone in a blink
wasted on so much
frivolity
Once gone
never to return
lost in the sea
of what was
attend to the
here and now
before it is
lost and forgotten
Once gone it
can never be
repeated
time
19 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: help, life, pain
Unable to help
or make things better
sometimes there’s just
nothing
Pain so great
depression so real
unable to stop
the way you feel
Try to help
there to listen
the wall is too high
something is missing
No sound
but the weight
is deafening
Unable to stop
the inevitable train
when at last
she gives in to pain
18 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: holidays, life, stress
Rushing to and fro
unsure which way to go
always running this time of year
looking for Christmas cheer
Take some time slow it down
before smiles become frowns
stress isn’t healthy it’s true
rushing is no good for you
17 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: happiness, happy, magic
Not what you think
no terror involved
no pain or anger
screams of the happy
Like a boiling pot
not of toil or trouble
or any witches brew
just happy bubbles
Like happy magic
constantly heard
it never stops
this happy
Today tomorrow
same it will be
thrilling ecstatic
inside screams
Maybe they spill out
for all to hear
but I won’t care
happy screams here
16 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: life, loss, love, wishes
I wish I had known
you better when
I was very young
I wish I had gotten
to spend more time
with you when I
was a little girl
I wish I had learned
more about you
over the years
I wish you had
been more a part
of my children’s
lives
I wish there was
more time to spend
with you now
One wish came true
in that you loved
me and I loved you
15 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: death, dying, loss, unexpected
Out of the blue
shock to the system
here then gone
unexpected losing you
Phone call
just the other day
all seemed fine
unsure what to say
Christmas card
received this week
written by you
can hardly speak
Long life
still it hurts
to let you go
today
Here no more
in a blink
gone from me
unexpected
14 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: future, life, living, past, time
Past is gone
future not yet here
there is only
now
Memories no regrets
over what was
now is all
we have
Tomorrow awaits
but is not
reside only in
the now
This moment
nothing more
live in this
now
Shake off
the past
do not worry
for the future
Now today
this instant
now is all the
time we have
13 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: choices, life, selfish
Rushing to and fro
unsure what day it is
online and to stores we go
seeking gifts to buy
Nonstop action so it seems
barely stopping
even to notice
those in need
Concerned with our lives
lists with our family
our friends only
charity found nowhere
Too busy for homeless
hopeless helpless creatures
who fill out town
and streets
Worried only about us
what we need to do
to get to give
so selfish
Going here and there
walking right be them
lost as we are
in a holidaze
12 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: choices, choose, life
Last straw
bridges burned
choices made
all done
Warned once
then twice
never listened
paid price
Road end
no turns
one way
lessons learned
Sent away
no choice
you decided
this course
Last straw
last bend
done now
the end
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