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Inflation

Inflation
What’s going to become of us my dear
The cost of living’s filling me with fear
No using the cooker, it costs too much
Can’t heat our rooms up as we’ll become bust.

It’s not how I desired that we should live
How has life on earth come to such as this 
Food is essential not just for pleasure
So is a warm home in the cold weather.

We're approaching the winter of our days
I had hoped we’d be well blessed for always
They do say that love keeps one warm and snug
Cold and hunger’s no recipe for love.

I vowed to love you for better or worse
But who can survive with an empty purse
We must endeavour to tighten our belts
Abstaining same as most everyone else.

I'm so lost for words of comfort sweetheart
If I could I'd stop things falling apart
They say the price we pay for love is grief
Inflation is thief of one's sleep relief.

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10th  March 2023

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Jim Slaughter Date: 3/19/2023 12:43:00 PM Us single folks feel the strain, as well, Belle. A very a propos piece for the times. Login to Reply

Panagiota Romios Date: 3/16/2023 11:52:00 AM And this should be a POTD… It is for me. Pangie. Xo Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 3/18/2023 3:36:00 PM Thank you Pangie, your words mean a lot truly… Belle

Panagiota Romios Date: 3/16/2023 11:50:00 AM Hi Belle! Of course this is headed for favoritesville! Hats off to you for writing about the real world with such poetic finesse.! I add…a bouquet of fresh roses , as well. One of the best poems I ever read here. And to make our lives worse, dreaming up new diseases. Heaven help us Pangie xo Login to Reply

Gershon Wolf Date: 3/12/2023 8:30:00 PM Inflation is a 'thief!' Truer words never spoken, Belle. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 3/15/2023 3:52:00 PM Thank you Gershon ~ Belle

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 3/11/2023 7:55:00 AM A sad statement on the state of things Belle. I find it ridiculous that eggs are $8/carton. Thankfully, I live in a rural area now and family and neighbors have chickens and vegetable gardens! Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 3/15/2023 3:51:00 PM Thank you Linda, folk are really struggling with the increasing costs, when will it stop, thank goodness for your neighbours… Belle

Peter Rees Date: 3/10/2023 8:11:00 AM Oh dear, this comment on the current worsening situation for millions of people, not just in the UK, seems to really come from the heart. Even a loving couple, together for many years, can find life and their relationship strained when it all becomes a real struggle. Your words will be echoing the near desperation felt by so many. Very well written, timely and apt. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 3/10/2023 8:34:00 AM Thank you for your review Peter, I hear so many tales of woe concerning the ever increasing cost of living, I have my own fears too. What is the world coming too when folk are afraid to heat their homes and struggle to make ends meet. One can only hope things get better… Belle

Sotto Poet Date: 3/10/2023 6:01:00 AM A tremendous sense of commitment, despite the rising costs of living and the precarious state of the economy that we are all invested in. Your final two lines express everything well. This a fave for me Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 3/10/2023 7:54:00 AM Thank you Sotto, I was thinking of the struggles some will be going through with the increased cost of living, and was inspired to write of the hardship. I appreciate your kind comments… Belle