Writing Something Worthwhile

I hope, my friend, I’m writing something worthwhile If only one phrase, a line, a word worthy of your file Something that will make you say, “Just my style,” And put on your face, for a few moments, a smile, Hopefully, I won’t write anything you think juvenile Or, God forbid, any verse or two that seems hostile, For then, I suspect, you might send me into exile Or toss my feeble attempts to write poems into a pile With a terse note on the top that labels them vile, In any eventuality, I shall continue efforts to compile For sitting and writing, I think, beats walking a mile! written February 26, 2022