Can we talk over dinner?
I’ll be composed,
Salad a middleman
On orange china.
I won’t stare daggers
I’ll only look gently
You won’t upset me
You won’t cry
Tablecloth a barrier
Of polite normalities
No last words.
No hard feeling.
You’ll drift atop
Jello molds,
An angel in suburban hell.
You won’t tell me
You quit your job,
And our haven
Will remain bubble wrapped.
Categories:
normalities, 12th grade, america, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Was always waiting for the rat race to slow down
When will the clutter of life get cleaned up
Surely the pace will pause at some point
And I won’t have such an overflowed cup
Constantly finding myself at a fork in the road
Always seemed stalled at life's intersection
The daily deluge of to do's is daunting
Feeling like Stretch Armstrong yanked in every direction
Then realized there is another path
Have the ability to relate to things in a new way
I harness the power in my hands
To choose how I approach each and every day
But how can I achieve this new state of mind?
First step is letting go of control
Accepting things as they are is the new goal
Tornado of life no longer swallowing me whole
Next have to shift away from all or nothing thinking
Realize everything isn’t black or white
Starting to see the vast array of gray
Opening up a new line of sight
What a change to find joy in what I once wished away
Now I welcome the rat race with open arms
Relishing in the sweet nectar of normalities
Donning my newfound thoughts as charms
Categories:
normalities, anxiety, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Living around in this old world
so many trappings to keep us down
catches us by the throat so tight
representing what makes a big frown
Freedom for me is being alive
being contented with my lot
have thankful heart for the past
my life here as true born Scot
This life has been blessed to me
in so many ways to fully enjoy
despite the battles and the downs
rising up makes mind to fully employ
Being retired brings extra dimension
making this one free so totally full
each new day promises alternatives
from the daily normalities so ever cool
Spiritual life brings views eternal
God in Christ becomes so real
indwells one by His holy spirit
bringing peace marks His seal
Categories:
normalities, faith, freedom, memory,
Form: Rhyme
I know I'm not the best person out here- far from it really,
Not to be optimistic but I'm probably the furthest thing,
I have so many flaws they're classified as normalities,
And I can't do anything about it- it's how I was made to be
Categories:
normalities, i am, teen,
Form: Verse
Ok so now that I am here, what do I do? Do I keep going. Do I fly around. Am I sure I am here. Everything is still the same except that, this, and maybe a little bit of that too but I am sure that is normal with life though. So I am searching for the question to the answer of my first question. Yes I am. So now normalities. What is normal? Blue is normal to us under a bright light, green shines better. Which one is real? Choose one. Let us say both. Both is not an option. Let us opt out. Done. Now if we can opt out of the question, why have'nt you?
Categories:
normalities, adventure, art, beauty, caregiving,
Form: Burlesque
My Box of Fear
I compromise my indifference with misery
Oblivious to my restrain
Afraid to linger into the unknown
Beyond this box in which I dwell
This is my comfort zone
My only clasp of what I can retain--my life
I am protected by normalities
My destiny is easier to formulate
In this box of fear, I can control what will happen
Outside this box, I have to relinquish the power
Giving it to someone or something else
That I can NOT compromise with
And release my freedom
I shall not leave
For fear is what binds me to these four walls
Unknowing of what lies beyond
Or how to face the obstacles that I may encounter
Understanding that I could be so much more
That this entrapment in which I live can be different
This journey could be less of a struggle
Better, happier, easier.....
What I give so easily give away
Because of this belt of dread that I wear
Just to stay in my box of fear
Categories:
normalities, fear,
Form: Free verse
I once wondered about the world’s normalities
This was before school and endless vanities.
When I was young enough to lie on the ground
And look at the world and what I had found.
I once wondered about the stars,
Ancient kings and extinguished tsars
Men and women marrying out of their class
Like Cinderella, prince and shoe of glass.
I once wondered where the clouds were heading
If they used evaporated water as their bedding
And when they lie down the rain would fall
Not that it would bother me at all.
I once wondered about myself
If when I’m older I would remember how I felt
When in the morning I would lie on the ground
And look the world and what I had found.
Categories:
normalities, hope, imagination, life, world,
Form: Rhyme
In the spring of Life,
comes fantacies of human actions.
Reaction, becoming an inevitable phenomenon,
thus creating a re-actional feedback.
Normalities of existence indispensably
waiting to be Xplored.
No wonder human beings become
viticm of neccessities.
Life isn't then a place of neglect,
but a place to rebuild broken structures.
Not a place of crisis,
but a palace of Understanding.
An animal-Lion does not create
a panicking enviros or danger for feildmates
coz, an animal-lion is peaceful
and fearless when a palace is built.
Along the road lies a ladder;
carriable by the needy;
dispatchable by the needless,
A strong opportunity for the furture.
Have found my ladder,
thus my hope, strenght,
and the strongwill for a better
tomorrow is regained, i.e
I STILL 'VE A FUTURE.
Categories:
normalities, faith, friendship, hope, inspirational,
Form: Ballad