So Embarrassing!
Everyday this one finds more and more ways to embarrass this country.
“Time is precious”
But how precious is it really?
As precious as “I’ll do it tomorrow”
but the next day is the deadline.
As delicate as not being able to meet
your loved one for years.
As irreplaceable as it almost stops near
a black hole while thousands of years
pass on Earth.
“Time never comes back”
I never realised this until I felt
it for myself.
Making a decision too late and
missing everything.
Life is all about how you manage
that time.
Sometimes it’s okay if time passes by
— especially when you embarrass
yourself in front of your class.
The universe never taught us permanence
,even stars survive by burning.
So yes, time has a cruel habit
of touching everything before
taking it away.
isn't easy
because I talk about nothing
all the time.
It is late March and I love
everything I see
around me:
blooming trees
that I don't know
but appreciate
one color at a time,
bees that are busy and
industrious, sunsets that
are never identical and always
worth ogling over,
as well as
the bare buds
of creativity and song.
That was a mouthful
of a stanza
that I hope
you swallowed down
as smooth as a lozenge.
I tried not to embarrass
my cool kid.
I tried not
to get excited
about the birds
in the trees
who could care less
about golf, and scores,
and fancy pants, and awkward
golf carts.
I made it five minutes.
Then, I asked Ben:
"Did you hear
the goldfinch."
Immediate
embarrassment
ensued.
I learned my lesson
and went back
to my golf cart
to continue drawing
the goddess of war
because I admire
strong women
who face battle
when it counts.
They are the women
who don't shut up.
Illusions trip over his glance,
its magnetic whisper—
murky man from the moon,
serenading stars.
Below our reckless journey
in speeding cars, blind and wild,
our laughter attacking midnight.
Oh, my wind-swept hair!
Aren't we dapper again,
moving with legs that couldn't embarrass us?
she said I was bright; I am way beyond that.
he said I have a good imagination; my muse lives in a bigger galaxy.
I move on, for they are not my tribe.
My tribe laughs at my silliness.
We slip and slide around issues that would embarrass others
They treat me like a cherished pet, a mascot, I am the baby of my group.
I no longer play with people who do not know the real me.
Do not waste time exchanging unpleasantries with negative nellies.
Even if they are my own family.
I deserve happy days.
Joyful conversations
I stick with my found family,
humans who know me and treat me as the wonderful, spectacular me I am.
As I look back, I know when
we drifted
Though faulted with being
believed
Trust this, I emptied my soul
Holding will destroy your soul
Forgiving myself first, open
door to be free
Forgiving mom, allow healing
can't you see
You missed real love Mom
shared
Forgive is to heal , so life
enjoyed
What Happened
When will your excuses stop
Mom waited, you lost
I believe you like this life of
dark anger
I miss mom, we enjoyed life
What happened decades is unspeakable
Survivor I am, not unspeakable
Your emotions embarrass
mom
Sadly you couldn't enjoy mom
Treating everyone with cold attitude is lonely life
Thanks for the lesson, my peace always win fight
Sisters are supposed to secure generation
Loosing parents, and siblings build new foundation
You and I can't fulfill these dreams
My heart has finally healed a past pain
I will plant new beginning with amazing mom
Life is a gift to love, grateful, share, teaching not chop up
I'm not perfect, but I gaining my inner faith, hope, and love with kindness From God
Wish you well Sister
As I look back, I know when
we drifted
Though faulted with being
believed
Trust this, I emptied my soul
Holding will destroy your soul
Forgiving myself first, open
door to be free
Forgiving mom, allow healing
can't you see
You missed real love Mom
shared
Forgive is to heal , so life
enjoyed
What Happened
When will your excuses stop
Mom waited, you lost
I believe you like this life of
dark anger
I miss mom, we enjoyed life
What happened decades is unspeakable
Survivor I am, not unspeakable
Your emotions embarrass
mom
Sadly you couldn't enjoy mom
Treating everyone with cold attitude is lonely life
Thanks for the lesson, my peace always win fight
Sisters are supposed to secure generation
Loosing parents, and siblings build new foundation
You and I can't fulfill these dreams
My heart has finally healed a past pain
I will plant new beginning with amazing mom
Life is a gift to love, grateful, share, teaching not chop up
I'm not perfect, but I gaining my inner faith, hope, and love with kindness From God
Wish you well Sister
As I look back, I know when
we drifted
Though faulted with being
believed
Trust this, I emptied my soul
Holding will destroy your soul
Forgiving myself first, open
door to be free
Forgiving mom, allow healing
can't you see
You missed real love Mom
shared
Forgive is to heal , so life
enjoyed
What Happened
When will your excuses stop
Mom waited, you lost
I believe you like this life of
dark anger
I miss mom, we enjoyed life
What happened decades is unspeakable
Survivor I am, not unspeakable
Your emotions embarrass
mom
Sadly you couldn't enjoy mom
She is your reason
To do right and be strong
To not embarrass nor shame her
So she feels secure where she belongs
Her childhood is your reason
One not to be marred
Letting your guard down
Memories become scarred
Your beautiful family is your reason
To stay focused and in control
Your highest priority
Keeping your family happy and whole
I know its not easy
You are trying so hard
Doing unbelievably well
At not dropping your guard
We who love you
Will always support and guide
You mean everything to us
We stand proudly by your side
The truth is, it is an ongoing battle
Every day, every week, every season
Just always, always remember
She …..is your reason!
Ecstatic
each waking hour my
every thought is of you
even if I don’t always
express them, they are part of me. I hope that doesn’t
embarrass you and I trust you find this
encouraging. You are my
enchantress.
The day passes, an idle hitchhiker,
Thumb half-heartedly protruding
A posture half begging, half daring
Go ahead… seize the day
Good luck with that challenge
For daylight slips through the fingers
Craftily dodges with shadowy stealth
All attempts to control it, confine it
A few minutes in a crowded Starbucks
A cold compress of iced coffee
A mindless “atta boy, go get ‘em”
From a high school drop-out Barrister
Another “rope-a-dope” meeting
Stay on your feet, they’ll stop talking soon
How did it come to this
You were once a contender
Another ten round draw
Everyone seems happy
You didn’t embarrass anyone
Rematch tomorrow...8AM
Blood On The Rock
Sorrowful troubled moment.
Lift the burden.
May this cup be taken from me.
Soul overwhelmed by the.
30 silver coins of betrayal.
Hinder me before the storm.
Before the cross.
Blood on the rocks.
A lost world.
I knew your name even before you were born.
Soon anguish and suffering.
Alone above the sky on a tree at night.
First, pray for strength.
I tremble knowing what's upon me.
The betrayal.
Lost disciple.
Everyone fled.
While I bleed.
Embarrass the cross with me.
Garden of Gethsemane.
Luke 22:43-44
Im in that dark place in my feeling's in head again.
I see red and black.
I don't won't to be here.
I'm in a room by myself.
I just want to grow wings in fly.
How i get here you ask.
Helping and thinking about everybody but myself.
When will I learn.
And the end of it all I'm only one who has my back besides God.
The monster in my head says It will be over soon.
I believe it and i can feel it
I know what's next the fake caring and fake tears
F#ck that and f#ck them to.
You did this to me.
I didnt just do this to myself.
We all played apart in laying me to rest.
You didn't see the pain hurt I beared and kept to myself
because I didn't want to seem weak or embarrass myself. You hurt me. As I did myself.
Thank God I won't let anyone of you ever hurt me again. Sault you monsters in my head and in my face.
Death his here.I smiled when I heard the loud boom.
it takes courage to have a brain and a heart and not be ruled by either.
alas, the antics of the anointed would embarrass the flying monkeys.
a political expose...."PAY NO ATTENTION TO THOSE BEHIND THE CURTAIN"
put the witch in six inch red heels and we'll all be flying monkeys
I do not like sarcasm in humans
I believe it comes from a lack of self esteem
Trying to belittle and embarrass others
In anattempt to feel superior it would seem
Not a redeeming or kind quality
Saying goes ‘Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit’
I tend to think sarcastic humans suffer with constipation
Thus, they are full of sh.t!
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