we wanted to be adults as kids.
now we are adults wishing to be kids again.
in this life you can never win.
brought into this world with no future plan.
im just hoping to have a good life
and make it last.
the sun dont shine everyday,
but a smile on ur face is supposed to make
everything "okay".
always been wiser then the kids my age
does that mean that i am too
young for my pain?
Feeling a little cross
I gave out to god
For piling different shapes
upon my hod
To think, we never had
any future plan
So made one up
with the home insurance man
Anyway, I'm covered
for a sudden leak
But excess is high
and outlook pretty bleak
With water damage
undermining my eyes
Canopies atop
fail to keep me baptised
In a world slowly spinning
time arcs from view
I lose my line of sight
as payment's accrue
My policy reneges
states I'm in arrears
Offers me (a one off fix)
then disappears
Like most chancers in life
I accept the lump
My hod full of shapes
forming a concave hump
Light recedes slower
through an inverted mind
Come take a look
I'm not the one praying blind
Still, I could sit with Jesus
and chat all day
Til our questions
compel each other away
Faster than light speed
(dark energy) recedes
To voids so distant
god awful truth precedes
Vanishing points converge
as minds can't make sense
Mine's light years away
nailed to a cosmic fence
Insurance man tries
to sell me empty space
He's the devil
I bought it all just in case!
I have a dream, that one day we will all be well
free from worries, free from sickness, free from fear
Conceiving such a world brings hope, one day
we will all be believers and activists of beauty
in a world that so badly needs the loving hand
of a healer...
I have a dream, that you and I are friends
we mirror each other in perfect harmony
receiving and giving, like incense and gold
We always have more than we need
in a world free of greed, we plant seeds
of goodness, then watch them grow
in our family garden ....
I have a dream, that one day we will hold hands
you and I forming a chain of life, we will stand
unbroken, until the end of time..
Deceiving each other will not be in our future plan
for honesty and transparency will be the venue
we abide by...
I have a dream that our dreams can come true,
if you and I believe, then we can begin anew.
Highways and motels, yet still miles to go
such is the life of a truck driving man
forever moving with no future plan.
In dawn's eastern blush, bright headlights still glow
shadows creep in, memories of Maryanne.
Highways and motels, yet still miles to go
such is the life of a truck driving man
Lights flashing ahead, traffic getting slow
poor bastard T-boned, trapped in his sedan
but Jaws of Life ain't enough for this man.
Highways and motels, yet still miles to go
such is the life of a truck driving man
forever moving with no future plan.
I love that you live in the now,
You’re happy, here, in this moment, today.
I love how your days are a smorgasbord,
A hectic, living, breathing buffet
From which you take what you want,
And fly off with a crazy, possible chance,
Landing by some beach bon fire,
Where you dance to some hypnotic trance.
I love that you don’t live by a dream,
You don’t wish for some future plan,
You don’t live with things that’ll never be,
The things that never began.
I love your “Do it now”, your “Don’t go home”,
How each day is a new blind-date.
I love living with your fantastic whim,
Your life of “Yes”, your rainbowed create.
PAST PRESENT FUTURE Triple Acrostic
Past is past, so lost and gone for forever,
And no use to brood or repent further.
Sweet memories to relish and nurture,
Taught lots to proceed in new venture.
Present to decide, work prompt hard and fast.
Rectify every fault done in the past.
Enjoy life but without hurting other.
Save to be safe and secured in future.
Every opportunity to capture.
Noble approach to your society.
‘Time not to waste’ is the priority.
Future plan to be scheduled in life-syllabus.
Unknown zone, but always be ambitious.
To attain you goal, hope for the best.
Ultimate outcome won’t make upset.
Respect on self with best effort that permits.
Expectation though high, but within limits.
11/22/16
Past Present Future Contest by Nayda Ivette Negron
First Place
...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden
From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth,
bound to tractor pull and harvester,
squinting in the sun and pouring rain,
imagination dead, his soul would fester.
Smothered by his parents' love, he saw
no future plan, his for the taking,
how could he repay their strong affection,
find his own true path? his heart was breaking.
With no compass or connections off he went,
his wit untested for the trials ahead,
apprehensive as to how his time be spent.
Surrounded by a higher breed he felt displaced.
too much for this young country lad to bear,
anywhere but there, he didn't care.
Am I still forbidden from asking the questions?
Will you order I sit, listen and take all directions?
Am I still to work blind, alone at this table?
Will you ever realise that I’m willing and able?
Why so secret about my future plan?
Don’t you see that I am a proud man?
Why so silent about why I am here?
Don’t you care if I just disappear?
Can you explain why I’m not back in class?
When will you allow me not to trespass?
Can you, honestly, stop playing this game?
When will you understand you are destroying my name?
...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden
From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth,
bound to tractor pull and harvester,
squinting in the sun and pouring rain,
imagination dead, his soul would fester.
Smothered by his parents' love, he saw
no future plan, his for the taking,
how could he repay their strong affection,
find his own true path? his heart was breaking.
With no compass or connections off he went,
his wit untested for the trials ahead,
apprehensive as to how his time be spent.
Surrounded by a higher breed he felt displaced.
too much for this young country lad to bear,
anywhere but there, he didn't care.
...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden
From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth,
bound to tractor pull and harvester,
squinting in the sun and pouring rain,
imagination lost, his soul would fester.
Smothered by his parents' love, he saw
no future plan, his for the taking,
how could he repay their strong affection,
find his own true path? his heart was breaking.
With no connections off he went to college,
wit insufficient for the trials ahead,
apprehensive as to how his time be spent.
Surrounded by a higher breed he felt displaced;
too much for this young country lad to bear,
to be anywhere but there, he didn't care.
Hold My Loving Hand Gently In Your Hand
Hold my loving hand gently in your hand
as refreshing rain upon parched land,
may fate grant our future plan-
A life thus joined to bring great relief,
in a gift granted by faith in God and belief!
As I race within our fast moving dance,
eternal love granted sets this deep romance-
Among our many blessed treasures,
is our son we love bringing such pleasure!
Hold my loving hand gently in your hand
as refreshing rain upon parched land,
may fate grant our future plan-
A life thus joined to bring great relief,
in a gift granted by faith in God and belief!
Robert J. Lindley, 06-06-2015
...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden
From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth,
bound to tractor pull and harvester,
squinting in the sun and pouring rain,
imagination lost, his soul would fester.
Smothered by his parents' love, he saw
no future plan, his for the taking,
how could he repay their strong affection,
find his own true path? his heart was breaking.
With no connections off he went to college,
wit insufficient for the trials ahead,
apprehensive as to how his time be spent.
Surrounded by a higher breed he felt displaced;
too much for this young country lad to bear,
to be anywhere but there, he didn't care.
Seasons change from summer to fall to winter to spring,
What is it that you're really accomplishing,
Try to build a future in this life your living,
You only get one shot so start today and do something.
Go to college and start a career,
If you're engaged get married now don't wait five years,
If you love someone tell them but only if you're sincere,
No one's promised tomorrow so get it together and perservere.
Life is giving you a chance to make the best of it,
So don't waste the opportunity to advance it,
Makes goals to live up to that you see fit,
Don't let anyone encourage you to quit.
You can be anything you put your mind to,
But first get a plan that you want to pursue,
Dream it up there's no limit on what you cant do,
When you dream becomes a reality you'll be living anew.
December 19, 2013
~The One and Only~
FUTURE PLAN!
-Dharga Nagar Safa
Great grandfather,
Planting a mango tree,
Smiling the grandchild!
...inspired by 'The Average' by W.H. Auden
From scant beginnings, and of lowly birth,
bound to tractor pull and harvester,
squinting in the sun and pouring rain,
imagination lost, his soul would fester.
Smothered by his parents' love, he saw
no future plan, his for the taking,
how could he repay their strong affection,
find his own true path? his heart was breaking.
With no connections off he went to college,
wit insufficient for the trials ahead,
apprehensive as to how his time be spent.
Surrounded by a higher breed he felt displaced;
too much for this young country lad to bear,
to be anywhere but there, he didn't care.
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