Hello, Aficionados: Color Me Forgiven

If you are reading my poem
For rhyme and meter, you
May turn the page for my age
Wants to tell you a tale of
Raising children, falling on toys,
Diseases and broken bones,
Nights of fear and
Days of joy.
Of loss of a husband and
Middle class money,
Too much for stretching,
Too little to spend;
Of in-laws in-loves and
Millions of out-laws.

I will tell you of surgeries,
Heart stuff and stents
Learning mechanics to fix
Old cars that wouldn’t start and bent;
Sewing machines and mending jeans;

Strong thread that ran through
The silken colors of love,
That came down freely from above.

But if you yearn for rhyme and meter,
Move on, change these lines and
Color me forgiven.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 4/30/2019 12:07:00 PM
If it doesn't rhyme...it's not a crime...if it doesn't swing...no big thing...if there is no meter...the beauty is in the eye of the reader...great verse Sunlite...happy endings...^WW^
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Date: 4/28/2019 4:43:00 PM
I do not mind if a poem has no meter if it is written as well as this one is! Anyway, it flowed well and that is what mattered, and it was very REAL, which means for me, relatable!!
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Date: 4/27/2019 12:56:00 AM
This is good stuff, Sunlite... excellent wordplay matched by some warm, some poignant and some sad musings, all very well expressed.
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Date: 4/26/2019 6:16:00 PM
Some of the best poetry comes without rhyme or meter; write!
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Date: 4/25/2019 4:20:00 PM
staying on this page for more doses of precious milestones... splendid read, ML.. huggs
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