Hordes of people rushed everywhere
I took one misstep and lay there
No use wearing a frown
So, I laughed like a clown
Bowed and waltzed off without a care
It was a a close call;
Twas a misstep I almost fall;
So call in misstep of winters night sun sleeps moonlit wakes;
Despite of the rederick;
I held on to the positives;
Night to dawn:
Shines so bright;
Lightly drinks the fawn;
So call in misstep of winters night sun sleeps moonlit wakes;
In the dark sun sleeps;
As the awaken moon soul dance;
When goes the moon to sleep as well;
The sun shines wakes up and prance;
So call in misstep of winters night sun sleeps moonlit wakes;
It was a a close call;
Twas a misstep I almost fall;
So call in misstep of winters night sun sleeps moonlit wakes;
2/9/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
Dancing through
the mine field
deftness parlayed
Destruction incumbent
the future
in play
Each step risks a lifetime
if right
turns to wrong
Tomorrow uncertain
when short
—calls for long
(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)
Out of the ether once came a small child
who hoped to one day fly thru the air.
Diligently applying herself, learning a style,
performing higher leaps, tapping the rare.
She performed somersaults, all in her stride,
with greater and more intelligent ease.
Winning honors and gold medals worldwide,
winning hearts with technical expertise
She became the world's new daring upstart
"sensational, uncanny, never fails,"
They didn't care that she led with her heart
and began to believe all of the tales.
As heroes may do, she took a misstep
and stumbled as the world was looking on.
the fault came not because she was inept,
the world on her shoulders became too strong.
A lesson to be learned: tho brave they are
some athletes just barely more than a child.
We expect all heroes to be bright stars
so we can foster their dreams for a while.
We forget they're human, just as we are
with mightier longings and goals, perhaps.
We must forgive occasional dimmed stars,
help them stand if they sometimes collapse.
There are stages you run to,
and from stages to hide
The performance of a lifetime,
or the shame that will chide
There are actors in character,
and stand-ins on loan
One change in direction
—and all meaning has flown
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
There are stages you run to
and from stages to hide
The performance of a lifetime
or the shame that will chide
There are actors in character
and actors on loan
One change in direction
—and all meaning has flown
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Can't make
sense of it
a small
misstep
oftentimes
fatal.
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