Started drinking fruit flavoured water now
Not the tastiest but I'll keep trying, I vow
In the winter months I always seem to gain
Inactivity is the culprit, exercising's a pain
When I walk, it's much more like a waddle
Sure don't resemble a Givenchy model
Gonna keep on trying to recapture my youth
Downed another swig of gin and vermouth
Now everything appears to be quite copacetic
Gin works wonders as an anesthetic
So getting back to the fruit flavoured water
A lot more concerned than this guy oughta
I'm almost eighty-eight so why should I care
Soon I'll be trapped in my big easy chair
Wifey will feed me some ground up mush
Dentures down the toilet gets flushed
But there's a silver lining waiting for me
If I could only get rid of my gimpy old knee
Bottom line is this, sure had a great life
Came up a big winner by a roll of the dice
Started drinking fruit flavoured water now
Not the tastiest but I'll keep trying, I vow
In the winter months I always seem to gain
Inactivity is the culprit, exercising's a pain
When I walk, it's much more like a waddle
Sure don't resemble a Givenchy model
Gonna keep on trying to recapture my youth
Downed another swig of gin and vermouth
Now everything appears to be quite copacetic
Gin works wonders as an anesthetic
So getting back to the fruit flavoured water
A lot more concerned than this guy oughta
I'm just eighty-six so why should I care
Soon I'll be trapped in my big easy chair
Cathie will feed me some ground up mush
Dentures it seems, down the toilet got flushed
But there's a silver lining just waiting for me
If I could only get rid of my gimpy old knee
Bottom line is this, sure had a great life
Came up a big winner on the roll of the dice
Understanding the purpose of life
It's a joyous set of events, but at what price
Hard to deal with
But it is what it is
At the best of times it's a roll of the dice
To all the people that we've known in our life
Here's some words of wisdom, it's all about the roll of the dice
Depends on which the slot we land
Or if we're dealt a winning hand
It's all about circumstance, we don't get to go around twice
When you asked me to the school dance
I thought, wow, this is my one chance
to experience true romance
Your smile just made my dream come true
for I've always felt drawn to you
but never guessed you'd like me too
I'm walking around on cloud nine
like I drank a bottle of wine
and can't wait to post it online.
This is the happiest I've been
I’m wowed, if you know what I mean,
then I checked my computer screen.
You were playing a joke on me
and posted it, so all could see
just how gullible I could be
You then tried to apologize
but though you had tears in your eyes,
it was a fruitless exercise.
You may fool me once, but not twice
that one time will have to suffice
you’ve had your one roll of the dice.
(Poetic Triplet)
8/27/2018
The secret to a long and happy life
Is to realize life's just a roll of the dice
Enjoy what you've got
Many have naught
Life's such a joy at a very small price
Started drinking fruit flavoured water now
Not the tastiest but I'll keep trying, I vow
In the winter months I always seem to gain
Inactivity is the culprit, exercising's a pain
When I walk, it's much more like a waddle
Sure don't resemble a Givenchy model
Gonna keep on trying to recapture my youth
Downed another swig of gin and vermouth
Now everything appears to be quite copacetic
Gin works wonders as an anesthetic
So getting back to the fruit flavoured water
A lot more concerned than this guy oughta
I'm almost eighty so why should I care
Soon I'll be trapped in my big easy chair
Cathie will feed me some ground up mush
Dentures it seems, down the toilet got flushed
But there's a silver lining just waiting for me
If I could only get rid of my gimpy old knee
Bottom line is this, sure had a great life
Came up a big winner on the roll of the dice
© Jack Ellison 2015
My Life ( the roll of the dice)
Like the luck of the dice, rolled
in pretty colors sprawled out by
shaken fist onto the floor.
Fist that once prayed to God for
some reassurance that it will all
work out. I sit here.
One die thrown in turquoise blue
like the shallow waters washing
over me. Streams floating down
floating down I need to keep my
feet intact on the ground.
Cold hard cement where they are
planted firm. My spirit is not allowed
to squirm.
Hands flawing fast grasping onto
anything solid in hopes of saving me.
Yet it is myself that I need to grasp.
I am the only saving grace in my life
not the dice.
Stand steadfast strong while being
nice even in the face of adversity.
With eyes smiling in pretty colors
like dice sprawled out by shaken fists
in determination of my life.
I will win this game.
By: Debbie Kelly
2008
It is the 2012 world scare.
I wonder how they dare,
They look at the Mayan calender of years past,
They say the world may end at last.
Do they not reason
Has it become a thing of this season .
The Mayan's were all killed off,
Is that not reason enough.
For you see the calenders were done in slabs,
Inserted in the form of tabs.
They were done in blocks of time,
If they survived all would be fine.
Then comes along another scare,
Again how do they dare,
Tell me the sun spots will hit the earth .
Please now I am full of mirth.
Roll of the dice, a trillion to one,
Please tell me if I am well done.
I sit and shake my head,
Foolish ideas I am going to bed.
Pushing ahead,
doubtless clarity
fills your head.
On retrospection
is when you see
errors in decision.
Hey, hey, life is a dice -
roll it, pray you get lucky,
otherwise, caught in a vise!
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