There was a time when happiness
seemed to me the only way of life.
Summer seemed to last forever
as if freedom had been served to me
on a big beautiful silver platter.
Youth was timeless and grand
with rainbows forever adorning the skies.
Whatever went wrong?
Mine have been brown for some time now and refuse to grow
Rather or not your garden is any greener I'm curious to know
I can only go off the way your lawn seem to appear
The fresh cut grass smell anytime you're near
That promise of growth due to your daily manure
Unlike my garden, your beauty comes off secure
I can tell you have had a green thumb for some time now
I want to change from grass to wood chips but wouldn't know how
I been tolerating embarrassment from the eyes of others
Water can't hold under fake grass, shall I go any further
Other gardeners have given help and different suggestions
But I tend to over water at times leaving wrong impressions
I've tried different methods and every idea over the years
I've tried replowing, re-weeding with blood, sweat and tears
I realize your grass isn't greener and that my soil is just tough
But my current garden is withering and at this point I had enough.
Speaking of someone, somewhat badly,
when beside the still waters,
I know not, what sort of chap,
yet these words, sadly,
were my neighbour's daughter's...
“Altho' neither sleepy, nor needing a nap,
but, as it's always greener on the other side,
and yet, despite my impassioned pleas,
he makes me to lie down in green pastures,
where I gather grass stains on my knees.”
Always walk on the sunny side of the street
where the grass is always greener
my advice... give a wide berth to the shady side
(unlike Little Red riding the 'hood)
as over there the streets are meaner
better yet focus on the good
where life is pleasantly serener
maintain a positive outlook
and keep a cheerful demeanour
please don't be annoyed vex or hex yourself
(so as to avoid a scandal)
like the wicked old witch on her broom
who when angry flew off the handle
Life's a closed gate in an open field,
Woe is me; I wait for it to open.
Blooming and glowing
The garden fresh and ripe
A place or state of abundance
Never to lack or want
Greener pasture
All keep praying and thriving for.
A place without worries
A place of absolute harmony
Absolute pleasure without pressure
Better than where all was
Greener pasture all keep desiring.
Absolute peace
The vibes everyone vibrates to
Greener pasture
The destination
Everyone keep praying and thriving for.
The other side ain't really greener
the streets is cold but society's meaner
Its a rough climb up out this b&*ch
and I'm steady tryin-
constantly fighting for what's rightfully mine
and I'm already out my f-in mind
breakin my spine jus to find
Ain't nuthin at the end of that rainbow
its a low blow
so I stick that needle in my arm one more time
This life I'm livin ain't mine,
It's a complete lie
I used to shine
now I'm just blind
To the happiness I used to feel
I gota jux,rob and steal just to barely get by
and I'm ready to die
im too high
tryna fly
wavy as fck
and I got zero luck
so numb I can't even cry
Been beat down so much
got no energy left to try
an with all that combined
the only lane is way outta line.
The grass is greener, I will have you know
On the other side of life, its true, I know
Sunny places will keep you smiling for days.
But my home of green is better by far!
Rain is something, I have befriended.
For what the rain creates, can never be ended!
Green hills of grass next to an ocean of blue.
Green hill of trees on mountains high.
As we travel through areas of natural beauty
Sometimes so stunning, I could simply cry.
Come rain or shine, I'll keep my smile.
Living where I do, is living for sure!
Wearing a raincoat, popping on galoshes,
Bouncing in the puddles, oh what glee.
Truly my happy place, loves the child in me.
I cannot experience this beauty alone
So come on friends, Come and stay,
Share our beautiful spot in the world of green today!
People always assume the grass is greener but never look to see how fake it really is
cows stand in their beds
trod on grass loosen like springs
blades of grass enriched
cows fulfilled and contented
cows unfilled their content ... parts
When I find her,
that special something about her,
gleaming like a morning star.
When I find that one,
will she be an old one,
one I had found already?
Will time fold itself
back to a moment forgot,
shall I be older or younger?
She is the special one,
is she not?
I love her
for I saw her in the yet to come.
Look, she has brought with her
sweet, ripe memories,
ghostly recollections they are.
Now I see clearly,
that have long turned
to rot.
You often find in strangers
what’s missing in yourself
The plus and minus forces
their magnet strongly felt
It’s easiest to outline
and trace the empty space
Of what’s filled in by others
—that you cannot embrace
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
The greener pastures
surround a bleak white framework
figuratively.
The grass is greener where you water it
By Michelle Morris
13/03/2022
The grass is greener where you water it
That's where it will keep on growing
It always seems so obvious
That we assume this sense of knowing
But often we forget
That the simplest actions count
By taking one step each day
We can move forward in our lives
The grass is greener where you water it
It's greener 'cos you did the work
You paid attention and made an effort
Put actions to your thoughts
So, don't be looking
So far to the other side
Thinking it'll be so much better
If you aren't prepared to pay the price
The grass is greener where you water it
Consistent action every day
It's lush and bright, and beautiful
Because you gave it your best play
Make the time and effort
Give it everything you've got
And one day you'll look back
And appreciate your growth
© Michelle Morris, 2022
"The grass is greener where you water it."
~ Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers football team. Quoted in a motivational communication from Reid Tracy at Hay House.
I'm going to Uvongo
Just me, my cat, and I
I'm saying good bye to Franschhoek
where I watched my darling die
To many, it's a great place
where they have all that they can hold
but to me it is a sad place
at the back end of the world
I'm off to see Uvongo
to see some greener hue
I'm off to seek some happy times
with people I once knew
My sadness must just stay here
Where once my happiness was true
for I'm off to see Uvongo
so goodbye from me to you.
Uvongo is my new life
where perhaps I can live again
to walk the beach and swim the sea
perhaps find love to ease my pain
to my friends I'll always love you
and you'll always be welcome there
you'll also know that I have to go
and for you I'll always care.
So I'm off to live Uvongo
just I, my cat and me
I'm off to see Uvongo
and live beside the sea
I'm off to live a new life
at the age of eighty-three
some will say I'm an old fool
but that is life to me.
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