Persephone has two eyes out for me
One for life; one for death; one for thee
That makes three
CAN IT BE
Can it be Christmas with a strong emotion of no feeling
Can it be Christmas if the good times feel bad
Can it be Christmas if the carols have no music
Can it be Christmas if the food is tasteless
Can it be Christmas If the packages have no gifts
Can it be Christmas with a crowded lonely house
Can it be Christmas on a cold dreary silent night
Can it be Christmas with lights flashing darkness
Can it be Christmas with blank written cards
Can it be Christmas with dead traditions
Can it be Christmas when it’s just a date on the calendar
Can it be Christmas if Joy is absent and Hope is gone
It's enough to make one chunder
there used to be a time Down Under
when fair dinkum the label on the tucker tin
only stated the true blue maker's name
and the Vegemite we'd eat for brekkie contained therein
while not a porky implied mate there's something to hide
with a shonky no responsibility disclaimer
I’m spewin’ cranky as today's focus is on what's not inside
no GMO cholesterol additives gluten calories caffeine nuts
no added colouring sugar preservatives
no artificial sweeteners monounsaturated
no polyunsaturated &/or trans fats
and bloody oath cobber that's not all as I recall
no worries tho' there's also low sodium
not whingeing but one wonders if it's a dodgy admission
there's no bonzer thingo within such as ace nutrition
meanwhile I'll fill my billycan from yon billabong
surrounded by a few emu and a roo or two
as up a gum tree the kookaburra laughingly looks on
there's nothing more I can do so may as well
bung another shrimp on the barbie blow the froth off a few
have one last blast on me didgeridoo Blue and shoot through
This is a parody of the old Christian song "How Long Has it Been?"
How bad can it be when you give of yourself
and thought about the needs of others?
How much do you care?
How much do you share?
Of your time, your love and your mind.
How bad can it be when you give of your time?
How long since you give no excuses?
Can you share with your hands?
Can you give with love?
Can you love with your heart and hands?
How bad can it be when asking for blessings,
and then prayed about how to share them?
Did you know that through God the blessings flow?
He is there because He loves you.
How bad can it be when you bless with your hands,
and felt the warmth of those blessings?
Can you give of yourself?
How bad can it be?
Since you knew that your hands could give.
How can it be
That I would savour
the blue shadows
beneath the purple peaks
without you by my side
How can I glide
on the glistening ice
with the slices of laughter
without holding your hands
on ice or on sands
No no no
the gloom or the glow
the desert or the snow
We will take pleasure in
with joint breath on our
skin
Without you the glee
How can it be
It quite amazes me
how it can be,
all the millions strong
somehow have got it wrong?
For those confused
by propagandized news,
take a look again
and you'll see the spin.
The Washington elites
prefer the sheep
not to know what's true
while they're screwing you!
That bad orange man
and his demonic plans,
shall somehow bring to ruin
a false narrative, their spew'n!
Given time, you'll all see,
what government should be,
drain the swamp a must,
for that, in Trump we trust!
Nothing moves..
Defies experience
Making no sense..
Yet if a resonance
Arises that all
Appearances are
Nothing..moving
Appears and
Nothing moves... ??
Can It?
Satan
Held a
'Light'
Up For
Everyone
To See.
My God...
Can It
Really Be
That Easy?
-Gray Squirrel
07-22-2024
What is Britian doing.? Building munitions sites for
Shooting..Arms factorys in the ukraine (now today!)
I urge just think? again! Why not talk of peace? In
Which the world could grow.' And in better potential
Increase.!
New shingles refresh a roof,
a sagging ceiling drywalled,
a cracked window repaired,
a busted door reinstalled.
When cooler heads do prevail,
arguments can be resolved.
But words of anger and hate,
once spoken can’t be recalled…
Can it happen this very day;
That a thin ray of mercy from the heavens,
Hits towards my dark hideout,
And shines all the way?
And,
Can it be that I am saved;
From the wrath of man,
That tosses,this,my life,to and fro;
Like rejected sacrifice?
And,
Can it come to pass,
That the living hope of promises;
Written well that all will be well,
Be well tonight?
Oh, Bee!
How can it be?
With your lifestyle so vegetative...
How can you be highly creative?
While the nectar that you collect is so wonderful...
How can your sting be extremely painful?
It's your artistic work that makes you so illustrious...
We find you always supremely industrious?
For humans, there is much to learn from you...
Like you, in this world we find very few!
Bee Creative Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
Date: 30-05-2022
how can it be
that i sit here all alone
here in this house
that we call a home
we are so different
you and i
you sit so happy
as you watch me cry
ive asked you before
if i should just go
i dont feel i belong
you hate me i know
just be honest
let me know whats real
so full of games
pain is all i feel
How can it be October?
The months are flying by,
But now’s the time for raking leaves
And eating pumpkin pie.
Get set to dig out sweaters
And squeeze toes in cozy socks.
The nights will come on earlier
For soon we’ll change the clocks.
The days of sitting on a bench
Are drawing to an end.
More hours in the house will be
Too many hours to spend.
With travel, theater, sports and such
Curtailed or put on hold,
This autumn will be different from
All others we’ve extolled.
Yet still, it is October
And the foliage awaits,
With better shades of orange
Than we’ll see at the debates.
Covid 19 what can it mean....
sweeping the World with a vengeance it seems...
A call to love one another caused by extremes....
Will we all come together to answer the Call...
bypassing deep divisions among us all...
refusing to let one another fall...
The Truth of the people is now what we see...
I care for you and you care for me
revealing the only division came from the media on TV....
We are deeply United in answering the Call
putting our trust in the God that created us all
refusing to again listen to the divisive that want us all to Fall!!!
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