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That sunshine bubble
Joy's realm, afloat.
Proud claim, no child then
Could, meek, promote!
For whom do now speak
Hoarse, too, echoes back
Blames not cloud, dart:
"Frowned in, darkened up.
Swore, burst apart".
LONG AGO
It seems the love I've known
Has always been the contingent and transitory kind
Maybe that is why
I have felt so alone
For a long time
Long ago, when I was younger
The feel of life was so good, I thought I’d have a great future
But so many things went annoyingly wrong
Like someone had changed the rules without notice
Many stories that were inspired never got published
Although, a few good things did occur
I lived by day and tried to keep my feelings in
I am not sure how I could have survived without family
But that was so long ago
So long ago you left my perfect world.
You were fifty-five- I was thirty-two.
My broken heart that day became unfurled!
How could this ever happen, losing you?
Dear Mom, I've missed you by my side each day.
It's been so many years since you've been gone.
You never saw your grandkids grow to say
that they have grandkids too to love and fawn.
Yet, through these years, you often came to me-
I felt you by my side so many times.
Your spirit up above, so hopefully,
enfolds me in your arms, to see the signs.
In time, I will find you beyond the stars!
Reborn togetherness will then be ours.
My memories have all but faded
Somehow I still remember how much
Life had really meant to her
“To yearn or to long, which one shall it be?”
I know now that the stress on ‘yearn’ was not due to her accent
“Yearn for a living”
She always said
The only history
of you and me
are photographs
that show our happiness
long ago
In the pictures, I’m smiling,
My face deeply tanned,
Surrounded by friends
In a faraway land.
A summer in Israel,
Without any cares,
To spend meeting people
At work picking pears.
We woke at 4:30
And, after a meal,
We boarded the trucks;
Oh, that life did appeal!
So different from all
That I knew from before.
To sweat in the orchards
Felt not like a chore
But like an adventure,
To be there among
Others on their own journeys,
All carefree and young.
Once, Christmas Eve brought soft flurries of snow
the world soon became a majestic show
Festive trees gleamed from out of window panes
and carol singers sang in soft refrains.
Angels flew beneath heavenly moonlight
such an exquisite seasonal delight
Every rooftop glistening white and bright
on a charming celestial Yuletide night.
Church bells rang to tell folk of the best news
that baby Jesus was to arrive soon
Children tried not to fall asleep at all
waiting eagerly for Santa to call.
Yet snug and warm in cosy beds at rest
they'd shut their eyes and then softly they slept
Santa left them presents beneath the tree
and youngsters roused early, excitedly.
I remember this, though then just a kid
and often recall those moments of bliss
Times then were tough, but I'll never forget
the Christmas had, that was simply the best.
It was a Christmas of oh! long ago
pine trees were dappled with frozen snow
it was a time when Noels were chimed
alongside ladders of life, still unclimbed
It was a season of pure delightement
without technologies bombardment
a moment of grace a time of quietude
filled with the Spirit of Yuletide's exude.
In a log cabin out in the Wild West
Many tumultuous years ago
A family cuddled and found sweet rest
By their potbellied wood-burning stove
A tall candle burned bright in the window
The harsh, cold wind beat upon the door
Everyone had done their evening chores
And now had circled the warm wood stove
A golden glow filled the old log cabin
All were safe and secure from all fright
They sang favorite songs of love’s refrain
Well into the fierce and stormy night
God is witness to the good life therein
That tiny room, by human measure
But it was more than a cabin to them
It was a mansion filled with treasures
For under this roof, a family dwelt
Genuine love filled their grateful hearts
More than a thousand books could never tell
Of such love that never tears apart
There was a time long, long ago
So long ago,
I almost forgot
It's Now what I know
Our experiences become our truths
And we reap what we sow
I knew a lass
and I loved her
she led me on
He left me
long ago
I couldn't let him
go
I wasn't ready
I made him stop
his body stayed
but he did not.
Jessica
It was long ago and far away.
It was so much better than it is today.
It wasn't all that long ago when covid
choked the world with it's grasp.
People became anxious, some belligerent, when
asked to merely mask.
While others stock piled toilet paper to
wipe their sorry ass..
A million Americans suffered.
A million Americans passed.
Our health care system became overburdened
with such a daunting task..
People craving answers, turned to the experts to ask.
Our Ex. President gave misinformation with a
racist slant, calling covid the "Chinese virus",
he'd over and over recant.
Innocent Asian citizens were aggressively attacked.
This former President refused to abide by the precautions that
were advised. He wouldn't wear a mask and the medical community he criticized.
How many of us Americans would still be here today, if we had
stupidly injected bleach as this President once did say?
Four years wasn't all that long ago dear friends.
Is this the type of leader that Americans want again??
Long Ago Lovers
We were where we shouldn't have been
getting things we shouldn't have got.
Delicious! The taste of forbidden fruit
ripe, sweet, dripping and ready to rot.
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