The time has come to pack away.
And travel back to the life I hold.
Left behind to cope alone.
A wonderful wife and a one-year-old.
Excitement builds as I touch down.
To see her hair of darkened brown.
Through the gates I could not wait.
To see my baby and hold her safe.
Through the gates with happy glee.
And then I saw what I could not believe.
That little one so soft and cute.
Ran to the gate to daddy's love.
I realised what I had missed for she had grown and walked alone.
And i realised I wasn't home.
But square away I had to do.
And hide the guilt embracing you.
It hit me then like never before.
The milestone misses that are gone forever.
I'm sorry for not being home.
When you took those steps all alone.
Make it up to you I will.
And hide my guilt and never tell.
I'll never speak of the milestone misses.
That ache my heart because I missed them
*Image of Triolet Poem Type by Word Wool.
Triolet
Eight-lined poem called Triolet,
With tetrameter holds four beats,
A rhyming scheme will square away,
Eight-lined poem called Triolet,
Repeating lines come into play,
duh-DUH duh-DUH two more completes,
Eight-lined poem called Triolet,
With tetrameter holds four beats,
2022 August 19
*3rd Place*
Triolet - Old or New
~~Joseph May: Judged 2022 August 24
I love how it’s symmetrical,
Each side a perfect match.
In former days, when jeans were ripped,
It made the perfect patch.
To call someone a square, though,
Was insulting, but a deal
That’s square was something good, just like
Receiving a square meal.
We square away our debts;
A square dance can be lots of fun.
I could go on forever or
Go back to (pause)…square one!
Noah had a mission
Build an ark on commission
Fill it full of animal pairs
To square away human affairs
01/03/2021
Today
What tomorrow fought
Seeing double
Worth as much
Costing every dime
Every soul
My very essence
Caress
My eternal abode
United together
The very fabric
Of my taste
Busting my heart
My being
Over the top
Winning
Square away
Never
Leaving as one
Permanent
Elite, never leaving
Self-imposed
Composed
Free loading
Being
Timeless as one
Complete
United
Level of peace
Perfected
And asleep
Russell Sivey
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