Some seeds planted long ago
Some seed planted recently
Some seeds didn’t make it
Some seeds already blooming
Some seeds still germinating
How ironic the seeds in my life are following earth’s seasons
God upstairs has mastered both humor and rhyme
The pruning I did in the winter is paying off
What has died is being replaced with something sturdier
It feels like forever that the universe and I are in sync
Perhaps living in the dark all those years is paying off
I still have much to improve and I know no finish line
But I’ve finally found peace in waiting for my life’s new tree
I must go and pour more faith fertilizer on this new fief
I’ve been playing for years,
well aware of your fears,
most don’t make it, that’s clear,
but they say we’ve cracked the top ten;
a struggle it’s become,
but it always was one,
finally, it seems done,
downloads paying off dividends.
Hang on, hang on,
babe we’re almost there,
hang on, hang on,
we’ll get there.
So close to it
you better prepare,
hang on, hang on,
it’s right there!
Take a chance on my dream,
not a sure thing, it seemed,
of the crop I’m not the cream,
spent so many ate nights away.
I know you could have left,
parents said that was best,
maybe we passed the test,
we’re coming on a good payday!
Hang on, hang on,
babe we’re almost there,
hang on, hang on,
we’ll get there.
So close to it
you better prepare,
hang on, hang on,
it’s right there!
All that went wrong,
we’ve been waiting for so long,
all my mistakes,
challenges along the way.
all of this risk,
making sure I earned this,
breakthrough, at last,
no more days of living fast!
Hang on, hang on,
babe we’re almost there,
hang on, hang on,
we’ll get there.
So close to it
you better prepare,
hang on, hang on,
it’s right there!
There’s living a life, with the wind in your face..
Chasing the sun in a faraway place.
Hearts beating wild on a mountain’s high peak..
Finding the magic that most never seek.
And then there are those in the grip of the grind..
With dreams set aside and the clockwork in mind.
Paying off walls they barely call home..
Counting the days ‘til they’re free to roam.
They rise with the dawn, repeat and repeat..
Trading their time just to make ends meet.
A mortgage, a job, and a neatly cut lawn..
While the colours of youth quietly dawn.
Yet some break away, take a breath, take a chance..
They follow the music, they live in the dance.
They barter their comfort for stories to tell..
And live with the risk of not doing so well.
But who truly wins? Who’s better or right?
The one chasing wonder, or working through night?
Maybe the truth lies in moments we give..
In finding our own way of learning to live.
So whether you wander or walk the set track..
Make sure it’s your dream that’s carried on back.
For life isn’t measured by paychecks or fear..
But by who you became on your journey here.
Construction workers, fishermen,
hands broadened,
reddened cracks in the wintertime,
teachers, office workers,
a standing cashier feels aging
in her legs,
careers extended.
Can it be just a few more years til
they have freedom,
to live on Social Security?
Paying off mortgages,
and children's student loans,
paying, paying.
Arthritis cream and knee replacement
surgeries,
their funeral will be their retirement party.
Groceries, housing costs have gone up,
while adult children still ask for
financial help.
Hoping their vehicles last a few more years,
hoping, hoping.
Their grandchildren depend on them,
when their parents don't fill the gaps,
aging in America, not for the faint hearted,
the sympathetic Lord will see them through,
as they hold on tightly,
Sunday dinner thanking Him for their endurance.
Their funeral will be their retirement party.
A gleaming white locomotive in the mists on the railway-
no work today, as it stops for them
to come aboard to Heaven. ~
They say we struggle til we die,
If that's the case I don't want to fight to stay alive,
Feels like a crime,
Stealing money from our pockets the government doesn't leave us a dime,
Homelessness is at an all time high,
Yet Trudeau fills the media with all his lies,
Bring in the democracy,
Where's the inaccuracy,
We are worst off now than the great depression,
The people are getting worse with regression,
It's easier to by alcohol and drugs then food or a roof over our heads,
A fire in our hearts is dying,
As well as our want to live
No one wants to work when it doesn't do a dent,
They think it's easy paying off rent,
Landlords squeeze you for everything you don't have and expect you to repent,
They say we struggle til we die,
That's life,
I don't think I can take another strife,
I don't want to die,
But I'm not surviving,
I'm six feet in debt,
How are we supposed to pay,
I don't want to stay,
But there's no hope for the poor,
And to care for others is a chore when you have nothing to give,
They say we struggle til we die,
So here I lie in the debt of a ditch,
wishing to be buried and just get it over with.
If you are fortunate to be able to have you and your
family's dental needs taken care of-
thank the good Lord when you pray,
because many in our midst cannot make a
dental appointment on any given day.
Men, women, children are struggling with
tooth decay, their teeth hurt,
dentists out there, I'm not trying to be curt.
The high cost of dental care leaves many
people in a tough situation,
this must be addressed more in our nation.
Some people have died of dental disease,
listen, dentists, please-
I know some of you are paying off student loans,
but this problem can't be left alone,
if you haven't already, try to fit into your time,
charitable dental work for those squeezing
every dime.
Some families make a little over the Medicaid
and other social health programs threshold,
but still need help, so may I speak bold-
perhaps some socialized dentistry, if that's
what it takes,
especially for the needy's sake.
For many, sitting in a dental chair has not
been in awhile,
and God wants everyone to be able to smile. ~
On the first day of January I resolve to:
Be more patient and not let my temper get the best of me.
Next I resolve to lose weight-
I know the typical resolution for those who like food!
This will have to blend in with my first resolution of patience
On the contrary if i can lose weight and have patience then
i will be motivated to work more and do my next resolution of paying off bills
My fourth resolution is to travel more and get out of the state of Ohio
My final resolution is to write more, publish more and have fun doing it!
I am definitely ready to start the new year-
with patience to work towards a beach body, travel with no bills hanging over my head and the reward of people reading my poetry.
Karen Croft
December 30, 2021
Five New Year's Resolutions
L Milton Hankins
Got my stamina back, it's been all worthwhile
This dedication is paying off, the girlies I beguile
So slim and trim
Stunning shape I'm in
When I look in the mirror I'm stunned and I smile
Got my stamina back, it's all been worthwhile
The dedication is paying off, the girlies I beguile
So slim and trim
Stunning shape I'm in
Looking in the mirror I resemble a crocodile
My love still have no limit
I'm so in love with you in it
You give me reason and passion
I'll always adore your fashion
My heart pumps juices of joy when you're passing...
Me, as I stare into those sunflower bright eyes
With lips so full and plush, how could they tell a lie?
You're a queen of all my love, and your crown shines of diamond
This is spirit talk for you, not just cuteness and rhyming
I need U to See US like I vision we
I'm sure that time I was "paying off" turned out to be free
We've shared so much, are we In need of each other?
Before I forget to say it, you're such a beautiful mother
Not of mine right now, but with hopes of great timing
You're a queen of all my love, and your crown shines of diamond.
Countries come together for one thing,
One goal in mind,
To win something shiny to win something round.
Competing men and women show the world their desires,
Four years in waiting it finally arrives,
All the hard work slowly paying off.
Early mornings and late nights a distant memory,
While the rest of us carry on with our lives.
Tension filled body’s exact perfect moves,
When the crowd roars electricity fills the room.
Hoping to gain a place in history and a place in our hearts,
That day comes for some but not for all.
Roscoe And His Ex
By Elton Camp
Years later, it still did vex
The wrongs done by his ex
After she’d taken all his dough
With another, away she did go
His car she drove away, too
That they wed, Roscoe did rue
It nearly drove him wild
When she had a little child
Another wife he couldn’t get
He was still paying off her debt
Since she left him up the creek
Revenge Roscoe decided to seek
A present for her kid he did get
It was a big, beautiful drum set
He could then call out, “Hooray”
For his evil ex Roscoe did repay
If healing comes from healing tears.
Then why have I not I've shed them for years.
I wake each day and say today won't be so bad.
But am just sadly reminded of the things I once had.
Not the material things, those I can replace.
But my brother and sister, my moms smiling face.
The celebration of birthdays and Christmas at home.
My how things have changed now that I'm grown.
But my mom was amazing at teaching life skills.
Not the cooking and cleaning and paying off bills.
Things like when you listen doesn't mean that you hear.
That only works with your heart not with your ear.
When you lose one that you love a hurt she would soften.
By telling you it soon would hurt much less often.
For the grace of god go I and to thy own self be true.
These are the things that will be priceless to you.
To be happy you must learn to be happy alone.
Probably the hardest lesson from which I have grown.
So though I am lonely at times I'm not really scared.
Because of all that she taught me she left me prepared.
So I now think its time to open my heart to see.
If I can meet someone special and turn me into we
Pale moonlight peeks gently for me right now,
yet it feels bright as day for me
as I think of you—
Cloudy velvety skies cover the glow of moon,
yet it’s still comforting like thick blankets on a cold eve
as I realize—
That is how warm your light is,
since you spread so much love
with your friendship, with your poetic gems
It is almost as if
you absorb Sol’s glow—
Your love for laying out in the sun paying off,
as you emanate that sunny energy
to people you come across with...
Your words have the strength of a warrior,
(A word warrior indeed!)
yet it also has the gentleness of a lady.
Your presence magnetic,
pulling heartstrings
like beams of sunshine
being brushed along a canvas
to paint a rainbow.
I think of you,
especially on this special day
as I celebrate a beautiful friend.
Yes, crickets are chirping
along with me right now...
Perhaps a song for you?
Darkness all around me,
with lights dim...
And yet
smiles twinkle in my eyes
I think of you,
...And raes of sunlight
will always, always
kiss my cheeks.
***Smiles, love and hugs to a beautiful and
wonderful friend.
Happy, happy birthday, Andrea sweetie!!!
^_^
September 5
In a ravaging mind
devoid of plain vision,
all purpose of motion
gets abandoned on hold
once losing that stable
clarity of judgment,
still paying off judgments
with tortures taxing mind;
gusts fill tissues stable
regardless of vision
to load each vessel hold
using sanguine motion.
I present my motion
to lungs before judgment,
proving walls never hold
since logic doesn’t mind
the destructive vision
in cosmic clues stable,
this teeming soul stable
directing with motion
doppelganger visions
sequestered for judgment
once prevalent in mind
with each mortal I hold.
Such trajectories hold
orbits rendered stable,
illusions of the mind
fooling sense of motion
despite viral judgment
from idols with vision
provoking this vision
enthralled in steady hold
until the Last Judgment
pulls apart my stable,
a tremolo motion
tearing the public mind.
Such judgments of vision
shall mind my living hold
stable in fierce motion.
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