A boy living alone
Never gave up like a stone
Struck by stern and stormy weathers
Yet surviving like a full grown-dog, playing around heathers
Been in love
For the sake
of loving
Endured lonliness
And yeah I have
Been your fool
Out there gallivanting
Around
Thought you
Calious and cruel
Stuck by your side
That's the golden rule
My one of a kind
My peace of mind
Seems to come
From you
Ain't counter guessing
Let's be straight and
Cool
Flying off the handle
Won't save the jewel
Missing you
Wanting you here
With me
Been through a lot
Together
I want you here
With me
_______________________
What's this
And what it's all about
Who this
Saying foolish things
Out your mouth
What's this
Don't play with me
Love is a fickle thing
Stop playing around
With me
_________________________
Gone and sing
Ballads and lullabies
You seem to like
To sing the ones
That make me cry
Love is a fickle
and endeavoring thing
It makes you happy
Sometimes it solves
Everything
Confusing me
And keeping
Me guessing
That ain't cool
Sometimes it's
Best to speak
The golden rule
One early evening, two piskies (a male and a female) were under a tree...
Pi: Where are you going?
Po: I want to see what's behind the bonfire
I see from afar!
Pi: I was there earlier! There are small and
young, good spirits playing around enjoying
salt waters and warm sands.
Po: Really??!!! Is there something else?
Pi: Yes. I saw an image made of sands... and it looks like you!
Po: Why me???
Pi: I heard them say, "HAPPY FATHERS' DAY!"
Looking through my window
Children playing around with slops
Dogs cats cows... singing in their own right
Trees mingling with the wind songs of praise
Some off to the bush for food,
Who the LION is none of their business
Africa Seems free.
On the streets shouting carrying screaming
Jesus Muhammad...
Working for heaven eden
Back home they cant spare a bean for their Neighbor!
but they speak in tongues....
Africa Seems free.
In class speaking French English Chinese....
speaking in your own right is a crime,
Poles day Pastor Sheik Bishop "vote your own"
Women in different skins long hair
Men in ear rings...
Africa Seems free.
Africa Seems free
while speaking French English Chinese...
while deep in religion of the Occidental and Oriental
while you eating screaming shouting... voting your own!
Are we free?
Are you free?
Are they free?
*Playing around with Alliteration
The sun softly shimmers with gold glimmers
Sanguine sunsets dance marvelous minuets
Before falling abed, he briefly bled
for having to close his eyes
beneath stunning skies when daylight dies
Revived, reborn each misty morn
With radiant rays, he deftly displays
his fading luminous light in flourishing flight
in 2009 whilst word-playing around
the trochaic monometer I then found
two lines short& sweet
terse enough to tweet
an integral title is also vital
for this recitative recital
christened it 'footle' as a memorable name
Sadly- it is my only claim to fame
FOR THE RECORD
FIRST FOOTLE Jan 2009 (Plural footles never really appealed- I prefer my original creation)
Bonnie & Clyde
too snide
both died
Playing around mouth, cheeks and eyes
I share Duchenne smile
When one buys me daffodils and daisies
Joy blushes in me all the while
Ah! I am never good at goodbyes.
With your words so sweet and promises ring true
I fell hard in love with you
But each night I am lonely, rumors your playing around
Searching the night thank God you I never found.
A sick mother, emergency trip out of town
All those rumors of you go round and round
Keeps me walking the floor each night over you
my heavy heart is broken in two.
I want to keep believing your pretty lying eyes
You look at me and with your kiss I realize
All those rumors even if true
I am never going to stop loving you.
Your touch persuades me, you hold me tight
Alone together all through the night
Morning breaks and your already gone
With you my life is another sad sad song.
I want to keep believing your pretty lying eyes
You look at me and with your kiss I realize
All those rumors even if true
I am never going to stop loving you
I am never going to stop loving you...
Tainted schemes
distorted dreams
things you want
you should let them be
aint got no time for secomd glance
loves like ours
full of second chances
get it right
but don't take this wrong
cause you miss a Good man
when he's gone
You aint the woman
I thought you were
I thought you wanted
cashmere, diamonds and furs
act like a bankhead buster
who jive and juke
you make me sick
I want to puke
leave me alone let me be
call me later
if we agree
I aint tryna be your thang
playing 'round
always changing things
mean ole triffle
foolish ways
if we hold on
we'll see better days
but you like fadding and fooling round
acing silly like some damn clown
suppossa be my Woman
but never arpound
Cause you a low-down cheating trick
who likes playing around
then when I'm serious
you jive and gonne
if I find a Nother
I'm gonna leave you alone
That's how it is
but it aint how it's gonna be
move on Sweetie
take your leave of me
Running out of road, windshield wipers are useless for tears
Close my eyes and count to… not yet! reaper hasn’t appeared
Lights flashing across the dashboard, warning indications
Speedometer reads a ton, don’t care for vindication
Stripping back life
for all to see
The lake below
reflecting me
Going over the escarpment, free falling through a cloud
Brakes I leave redundant, accelerator screams out loud
Weightless grow my memories, the rear view mirror is bleak
Exterior one’s more streamlined, if a little oblique
Dug my own hole
admission’s free
Revealed the sin
got the car key
Not much on the horizon, seen a few birds here and there
Was playing around for a long time, now she’s gone elsewhere
And our song’s on the radio, I’ll never hear it end
(Stairway to heaven) rifts in stasis, just as I transcend
Oblivion
nihility
A growing bump
delivery
Hey! who’s that smiling lady, pushing me along the street
I look out from the pram, peekaboo! my heart skips a beat…
Nobody cared for you
They're just playing around you
Out of nowhere
How am I getting triggered from everywhere
Like trapped in the cage
Life full of a tragic comedy stage
Life's trolled
To make me a fall in a pit thousand fold
No one can criticize you
Like you yourself truly do
Sadden with life's slow slideshows
At a fast pace now please make all hurdles throw
At once will I get all drained
So life then I & you can again be a friend
Maybe someday I'll break free
From this life that's drowning me
Until then, I'll keep holding on
To the hope that someday, the pain will be gone.
Everyone enjoys cruising easy street
Hits keep playing around the clock
Everything flawlessly falling into place
Puzzle pieces effortlessly interlock
Humming along until hit a speed bump
Your momentum derailed by a detour
Diverting your good vibes off track
Unsure if you will be able to endure
Then reminded of our ability to bounce back
That has craftfully carried us this far
Have tackled tough times like this before
Know that we'll be able to raise the bar
So now when we find ourselves in a rut
Realize that it is shallower than before
Because the bottom begins to get filled in
Restored with resiliency from our core
K is an eleventh letter
Eleven, written like a road of ember--
Like two sticks standing upright
Like two wands of magical sight.
K is the commencement of man's fate
End point of man's action to date
K is when you fly a toy in the air
Feels like you're floating without snare
K has four points
Like the four corners of a book without joints
Or a laptop with smooth edges
Viewing nature-crafted ridges
K is the root of giving
A trait that never die in living
K is when you praise a good deed
A greeting that grows and never bleed
K can be a nocturnal animal
Playing around like a live toy in a musical
K is when you express your affections
A sign of respect and love in all directions
K can be defined in many ways
All good thoughts and notions of the human race
K is like a bent cross
Carried by the Savior who died not a boss
K, for short, is just fine
Specially when you care and share when you dine!...
People and places like thread
Over and under, sewing your head
Leaking and squeaking
Thrilling and peeking
Elements of illusion
Rebounds with delusion
Grumbling in your ears
Ending and halting heartbeat in tears
Intermittent noises of the unseen
Souls playing around when clock strikes at thirteen
Touching you and me in grim
I saw a post that read, "He wasn't sorry when you didn't know. Remember that."
Trust and respect in any relationship is something that is almost impossible to get back once it's been destroyed. Building anything is way more challenging than breaking it down.
Try to focus on building up the relationships with those you care about. If you cheat, perhaps you didn't care enough but as with anything in life, these situations are complicated.
Take care and may your choices create happiness, not heartbreak.
Heartless
By Michelle Morris
29/06/2020
You took a vow,
You knew the stakes;
You stepped upon
Her heart and soul.
A heartless move;
Trust destroyed;
If only you felt
The least remorse.
Playing around,
Your fun and games;
Always the victor,
Never ashamed.
In parting of
Matrimonial rites,
The fight is over,
The victim's right.
But there's no bliss
In the moving forward,
When a heart's been
Broken and a
Soul's been burned.
'Cos everyone loses
When you play those games,
Your lust and ego
Leaving hurt and pain.
© Michelle Morris, 2020
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