GAMES
parents
played with us
memories were made
with games as Mom and Dad
wished us to share smarts and fun
"play stays family bonds for life"
There are those born women'
And those born man
A very few are both genders
Yet none were ever born
As trans.!
Her nickname perhaps should be ‘Whizzy’
She rushes round making me dizzy
Right now, she’s unwell
But asked me to tell
That grim reaper guy that she’s busy
Nothing stays the same
We all know how it goes
Appreciate what you have when you have it
Everything isn’t meant to be forever
Do things stay the same our entire life?
Hardly ever
Change makes me uncomfortable
Yet it’s still going to happen
Life is meant to be full of passion
Starting over sometimes is necessary
Facing hardships in the moment feels like you won’t be able to get through it
Push forward
Before you even realize it you will have gotten through it
Nothing stays the same in life
There’s some good that comes out of change
Appreciate the now and be ready for the future
Nothing stays the same
That includes you
You will grow and learn to be better too
I didn't expect to see God showing me,
To remind me of what I already knew indefinitely,
The emotions become overwhelming and try to stand in the way,
But then again I knew God intentionally built me this way,
For without that part of me how could I ever feel?
It's ingrained in my spirit, it's part of the heal,
It's like walking on a tightrope trying to keep your balance,
To over feel or under feel in a world so unbalanced,
While you're walking on the rope, you focus on the other side,
While also focusing taking each step carefully on a straight line,
You cannot focus on one more than the other,
Because it's a package deal it all comes together,
So as many times as you fall you get back up again,
With breaks in between while you study the path,
To the texture of the rope, and the type of shoes you must wear,
To the weight of the layers of clothing, to the height you're in the air,
You go back and get back up again, you remember the other side,
And know the love you're living for, the love that saves your life.
Her bathrobe hangs forgotten by the door.
Her clothes strewn all across the bedroom floor.
And I find that I don’t care anymore
For she’s still with me.
Her makeup takes up all the counter space.
My lonely toothbrush hasn’t got a place.
But now I see it all as such a grace
For she’s still with me.
All I’ve done to break her heart
Should have torn our love apart
Yet, through all those painful days
Still, she stays.
All those nights she sat alone
While I left for parts unknown
Makes me more and more amazed
Still, she stays.
I can’t afford the latest, greatest toys.
And I don’t go out drinking with the boys.
Those old desires fade to background noise
For she’s still with me.
And though my restless heart still longs to roam,
Most evenings you can find me still at home
For she keeps me from being all alone
And she’s still with me.
She could have left long ago.
Packed her bag and hit the road.
Left me wand’ring in a daze.
Still, she stays.
I will never understand
Why she will still take my hand.
Makes me more and more amazed
Still, she stays.
Today I’m thankful as we grow older
when our mind stays young and strong….
How, when our body tells us
we’re too old to do something,
our mind says
“DO IT…and prove your body wrong.”
Just before the couple’s wedding day
a young man told me about his plan
How he and his wife would be equal
no difference between the woman or the man
All the chores like cooking and the cleaning
would be shared equally by each one
That way neither would have the burden
and working side by side would be fun
But after that first meal together
she told him perhaps it would be best
If he left the cooking up to her
maybe he could help with all the rest
So then he tried to do the laundry
but somehow the whites all came out red
She said perhaps honey the next time
maybe you could wash dishes instead
So he loaded up the dishwasher
she stopped him before he could hit start
She had to rearrange the whole thing
Said, why don’t you make the bed sweet heart
But he left the bottom sheet wrinkled
the pillows unfluffed and strewn about
She said why don’t you wash the car dear
right after you take the garbage out
He contemplated the lesson learned
as he stood in the garage that day
In order for him to be her equal
he would have to stay out of her way
Who can resist the strangulating grip of time?
That which exists today may not be there tomorrow
Like shooting stars which vanish in the flicker of an eye
Life comes and goes quicker than a darting arrow
The only constant in life is its inconstancy
With time, even our existence turns a myth
As every sunrise follows a sundown,
Each birth leads to an eventual death
In the fluidity of time, we are in a state of flux
So don’t obdurately hold anything in your arms
Instead loosen your grip and let things go
With the ease of water through your open palms
Every lovely flower that blossoms once
Fades in time and eventually turns to brown
Even a leaf that clings tenaciously to the tree
When autumn blasts strike, falls down
Impermanence being in the grand design of things
To nothing in this world, one can permanently cling
So, willingly give way to herald in the new,
As autumn leaves cannot be laundered for the spring!
Feb.22.2023
~ Placed Second~
Inspired by Robert Frost’s ‘Nothing Gold can Stay’
Poetry Contest
Sponsor JCB. Brul
Sylvia stays sedentary still seeking superiority
Sometimes summarizing situations so subtilely*,
Suddenly somnambulistic, she slips silently
Sensing some sarcastic silliness, soon senility.
*alternate, archaic spelling for “subtly.”
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Written June 28, 2022
For "Begin With a Letter" poetry contest
sponsored by Angela Tune
LOVE STAYS
I thought of you today
Just Like I did yesterday
Still can’t believe that you walked away - People Change
I hear time has a funny way
Of makin’ the memories fade
I wish you didn’t feel the same - People change
People change
People change
People change
But love stays
My love stays
This heart was always yours
Probably will be forever more
Wish you weren’t what it’s beating for - people change
People change
People change
People change
But love stays
My love stays
Na, na, na, na, na na na na
Na, na, na, na, na na na na
Na, na, na, na, na na na na
Na, na, na, na, na na na na
People change
People change
People change
But love stays
My love stays
Love stays
My love stays
I want to write up your adventures Ashleigh said.
Sometime later, I told her, after I am dead.
She did not understand and took an unauthorized selfie with me.
This made me mad, sol I took a dump on her beloved willow tree.
I am the king, so no one should take a photo without permission.
I drive a red 1969 convertible Mustang with a V-8 transmission.
Barney, my sidekick has always ridden shotgun.
We are adventurers, and we always have fun.
Where have you been today? Ashley often pries.
I give Barney a look, then I tell her incredible lies.
I am royalty; it is no one’s business where I have been.
Sometimes we dogs live a day full of sin!
Yesterday we chased seagulls up and down a beach.
Some lady gave us iced tea. Yuck! It was syrupy and peach!
Whatever we do is no one else’s business I tell my pal.
Barney agrees happily with a you-got-that-right bow wow.
DEATH COMES YET LIFE STAYS
Death comes yet life stays
they say, all good things must end
they say, all good things must end
Yet they humanity doesn’t know the hell I’ve been
Been through here on terrain earth living daily
Darkness was my only companion until Jesus my light came and shine on me
I pray for your voice for God granted peace His joy
For I now have found what I'm looking for
they say, all good things must end
they say, all good things must end
Jesus is the life my life He’s also my light
In Him everything alright
Death comes yet life stays
Death comes yet life stays
In Him everything lives is alive
12/12/2021
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©
love stays
when trees in fall
bare of leaves. It's rays still
shine in the winter of our discontent
when moon and stars flee the night sky,
when hope crumbles to dust.
come what may, true...
love stays
Date written: 10/16/2021
Remember the young and carefree days,
When laughter accompanied all our ways
Adventures when we were out on a lark,
And the world came alive long after dark
We gave little thought about our futures,
Wounds would heal with a few sutures
Somehow, we let the good times roll away,
And responsibility came jolting into play
Time seemed to move much faster then,
But we poets found time to take up the pen
We write of those young and carefree days,
And deep down inside the laughter stays.
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