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Superstition

I have never been illogical enough to believe
that a groundhog seeing its shadow will make me grieve
thinking there will be more Winter days anticipated.
Or that Friday the 13th and black cats mean I'm ill-fated
Such ancient superstitious notions are overrated.

Believing in superstitious things is a malady
I'll keep holding on to a sense of rationality
Superstitiously is not the way I live my life.

I don't worry about stepping on a sidewalk crack
It won't result in breaking my mother's back
In the Bible, there was handwriting on the wall
foreshadowing tragedy, but on me a ladder won't fall
if I walk beneath it. It doesn't mean I'm cursed at all.

Believing in superstitious things is something I dismiss
I don't buy into the thought that things will go amiss
Superstitiously is not the way I live my life.

It's just an old-time sideshow barker's trick to think
things will disappear before your eyes when you blink.
I don't accept hocus pocus performed by a magician
Don't fall for the acts they create as an apparition.
I'm not of the conviction to give credit to superstition.

Those eerie beliefs will never have a hold on me
Poe's ravens may live forever more in infamy
but superstitiously is not the way I live my life.

I've never been a superstitious person. Not at all.
A mirror is just a piece of glass hanging on a wall.
If I break it, I've no fear of bad luck coming my way.
Not for seven years nor for a single hour or day.
I'm not superstitious, and there's nothing more to say.

Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2025

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Jim Healey Date: 4/17/2025 9:28:00 AM I am usually not a superstitious person - I'm just a little stitious. HA! Congratulations, Lin. I really enjoyed this poem. Take care. Jim Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/17/2025 2:07:00 PM Is a little superstitious being like a little pregnant? lol Thanks, Jim.

Karen Jones Date: 4/16/2025 11:27:00 PM Lin your win in my contest is no surprise as your poem was a refreshing no nonsense write with a melodic delivery! Enjoyed the rhymes and the common sense tone. And the song like your poem makes sense! “I don't worry about stepping on a sidewalk crack It won't result in breaking my mother's back” so glad this is true or the world would be full of crippled moms! lol Have a nice day and thanks for sharing! Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/17/2025 2:07:00 PM Thank you so very much for giving my poem a place on your list, Karen. I appreciate that. lol at your sense of humor.

Duke Beaufort Date: 4/9/2025 11:14:00 AM Lin, I'm with you on this! You express it really well and with humor too. It is amazing how much culture revolves around it....We're not in control of everything by any means, and I wonder if that's the appeal of this type of thinking. The evil spirits we need to ward off are easy to see if one just looks at many (not all) of the elected among us. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/9/2025 12:07:00 PM So, Duke should I make one of those VooDoo dolls and put a pin through its red tie? lol I'd love to if I believed in such stuff. thanks for the read.

CayCay Jennings Date: 4/4/2025 3:15:00 PM Very well written, enjoyable and impressive poem. I know there's karma, but superstition is not something I have, other than being afraid of hurting my mother when I was 3/4 by stepping on cracks. If you can live in New Orleans and not succumb to superstition, it'll never get cha. CayCay Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/4/2025 3:27:00 PM lol oh gosh, New Orleans takes a bad rap for superstitions and that dark voodoo stuff. I'm not discounting it, but it's not happening here like tourists believe... AND there is so much more to the city than Bourbon St. and Mardi Gras. You know because you've visited. Thanks, CayCay

Daniel Henry Rodgers Date: 4/3/2025 5:28:00 AM Dear Lin, AAhhhh the refreshing breath of clarity and a bold stand against the weight of superstition and fear. I truly love the humor and reason scripted into your lines almost like a gentle rebellion, a celebration of freedom from old myths. Life is so much richer when we accept it with open eyes and a grounded heart. A gem! Spring Blessings, My Dear Lin, Daniel Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/3/2025 5:46:00 AM 'a gentle rebellion...' I had to think about those words for a moment, Daniel. ;-) I've never given credence to superstition. Thank you for reading me this morning and leaving your thoughts.

Michael Tor Date: 4/2/2025 5:27:00 PM I'm with you Lin but my years of studying the occult and UFO's and Cryptids, has brought incredible truths that I'd be hesitant to share. There are things in the world that you need to see for yourself to believe and no one can convince you otherwise because they are so far fetched in ones mind that will shock you to the core. Demons and dark principalities exist believe me you. I loved how you confidently put down superstition. You wonder where all these tales were woven. Hugs... Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/3/2025 5:43:00 AM They are only too willing to show up. Lesson learned, Michael. I have stories, but they're best not told. Michael Tor Date: 4/2/2025 9:58:00 PM Your so right, at the time I did not know this in my research and I found out very quickly. We were at my brothers house having a fire outside in his patio. Twelve or fifteen of us enjoying the festivities... It was a beautiful clear night. I had learned from research how to interact with them. Not knowing the power and truth to what I was doing. When I asked for one to appear in front of everyone. For the most part they were skeptics, that is until a UFO showed up above us. We filmed it and everyone was shocked and became believers. After that incident, I walked away from my research and asked for God's protection and he has protected me, never wanting to open Pandora's box again... Lin Lane Date: 4/2/2025 7:34:00 PM I’m very well aware of the existence of demons, Michael. They are not a superstition. Studying the occult only opens the door for them to enter and find their way to us.

Tom Cunningham Date: 4/2/2025 1:23:00 PM Those beliefs belong in the dark ages but I'm some parts of the world they thrive on it. Good luck Lin. Tom Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/2/2025 8:00:00 PM Many believe here and now, Tom. Thanks!

Jan Allison Date: 4/2/2025 12:33:00 PM fabulous interpretation of the song. I've been lucky enough to see Stevie Wonder in concert twice when we lived in Birmingham UK, both times i was moved to tears! hugs jan xx Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 4/2/2025 7:59:00 PM You are fortunate to have seen many great concerts. Thank you, Jan.