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
Rushing
18 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: holidays, life, stress
Wish
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
Now
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
Holidaze
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
Last
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
Choose
08 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in December 2013, poetry Tags: choices, choose, life, relationships
Choose to accept less
to be treated badly
because it’s too scary
to be alone
Choose to stay
in a bad relationship
because you think
you can’t do better
Choose to take
the pain
because you feel
you deserve it
Choose to believe
all people act this way
so there’s no reason
to look for more
Choose the situation
you’re in
or choose differently
but you choose
Pain
02 Dec 2013 3 Comments
in December 2013, poetry Tags: emotions, life, pain
Ever there
from where
I know not
never leaving
pain
Easing now
and then
I know not
why
pain
Waking sleeping
no difference
the cause
I know not
pain
less more
always present
how long
I know not
pain
Fair
30 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in August 2013, poetry Tags: equal, fairness, lies, life
Life is not fair
all are not even
no mortal can make it fair
that is just a lie
Mortals who pretend
to be gods
mouth words about
life being fair for all
Yet they cannot
make people smarter
keep them from dying
make them all wealthy
They cannot change
behaviors
karma
fate
Life cannot be
made fair for all
anyone who claims it can
is lying
Splendor
19 Aug 2013 3 Comments
in August 2013, poetry Tags: grief, joy, life, loss, love
This talk of splendor in the grass
glory in the flower
grieving not
joy in what remains
so long have I waited
to allow it to be so
finally to let go
but joy I do not know
Grieving not
have I mastered
regret is not
part of me
Joy in what remains
in the life that is
or in the memory of what was
there is no joy in what was
Certainly there was not
splendor in the grass
nor glory in the flower
no joy in what remains
Go
11 Aug 2013 1 Comment
in August 2013, poetry Tags: life, memories
The memories they linger
no matter how long it’s been
is it as hard as it seems
to make them go
Why do they stay
are the feelings still there
is it that the love refuses
to go
Or is it something else
guilt perhaps
and the unforgiven
who won’t go
Always in the mind
the first memories awake
or asleep
why don’t they go
Will they stay forever
is there no way to be free
still here
please go
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