Gleam Midst Gloom
What a quiz-filled existence!
Blunt surprises form essence;
Flowers full-bloom yesterday,
Fade and fall and mix the mud today...!
Kith and kin sweet-tasting once,
Turn bitter and cause nuisance;
Glamour gone face flits and flips,
Stiffness surrounds nerves and bones; pain grips;
Wealth is spent in waning health,
Secrets shared often in stealth;
Riddles in internal bounce,
Restlessness, often, patience renounce...!
I take things, yet, lightly... yes,
Why should live in ceaseless stress?
I've designed my pretty tomb,
My coffin looks like my mother's womb...!
20 March 2022
LIND30 Rhyme Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke
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