Thinking about Nevermind!
Skinny dipping soaked in bleach, albino by design
Eyes burning, -Something in the way- future gives a sign
No pacifier needed, when remuneration’s on the line
Keep calm it’s just rehearsal, will sink lower another time
Born too soon, umbilical’s frayed by a toothless bite
Lure instills urge to swim, bypassing baptismal rite
-Come as you are- take a breath, be sure to stay airtight
Nevermind the grunge, it’s less dirty with a soul of white
Zero in on bait, the watermark hides a sell by date
Perhaps-stay away- not much change at going rate
Don’t lose sight of legal tender, it won’t always sate
Take a breather, rest assured, if lungs don’t reinflate
Swimming in circles chasing what is never truly ours
Set in ripples, a reflection of mankind’s weakest hour ?
The dollar breaks, revealing depths we’ve yet to scour
In the murk, no god we trust, just a bill we all empower
When the leaves of autumn take a breather, they fall
dropping colored reminders of their curtain call.
Winter's bare branches show the icy pall of death -
but underneath lie seeds waiting for a first breath.
With the advent of spring comes forth revenant life;
shoots from those same branches are abundantly rife.
Skipping through the weeks to summer, from limb to limb
spring's blossoms have borne fruit in that brief interim.
I can't believe you are now seven
In a blink of an eye you will then turn 18
And maybe the next morning when I wake up
You will soon outgrow my lap
You're my sweet little girl full of charm
Soon I won't be able to carry you in my arms
So as you grow just a little older from today
I hope you will head your mother's plea
To please know you don't have to be great
That it's okay to keep trying you just
got to have faith
And when the world is trying to tell you what to do
May you keep yourself, pure and true
That when everything seems tiring learn to take a breather
In your family's embrace you always have a shelter
That you have support in everything you choose to do
And our prayers are always with you while you make your dreams come true
And no matter how much you've grown
Know that wherever you are, you're never alone
And though you are free to explore your own
Please know that there's always an open path back home
- End -
To my dear Sammie.
Happy 7th birthday my love
For a perfect week, and hoping all poets, shared the same.
It was fun winning honorable mention in
the Musk poetry game.
The day before, was a POTD, and though a novice,
Team Poetry made me feel special.
Bless each and every poet,who took time to
comment,….. so warm and deferential!
No medical problems do I have, nor my family either.
I don’t do poetry all day, I enjoy watching movies,
just to take a breather!
My grandson made the Junior baseball varsity team.
With a high scholastic average, he really has a
smile that just beams!
And so, thank you God, for these awesome
people and your gifts, unending,
Protect all poets here tonight, as a brand
new week is pending.
2/5/2023
so many people dying
we cannot keep up
so we hold each other tighter
so much unpredictability in the world
we are not mind readers
so we make each other's world brighter
such an abundance of bad and sad news
we just shake our heads and go
so we make a renewed effort to enjoy life more
so many beautiful flowers that are wilted
we cannot control the rapidity of the water shortage
so we ride the boat of our hard earned love
so much Beauty UnSeen
we open our green brown eyes to what we can
so we stop, take a breather, and remember to Put God In It....
Lady Liberty's torch will slowly solemnly rise
During these sixty-plus days of uncertain sorrows
Before we, the people, can lift our moistened eyes
And think about brighter, more positive tomorrows.
Each day we fear what next dreaded act of desperation
What despicable decision will imperil our future
Even with the new administration in preparation
Each day makes us more and more unsure.
We count unsteady days until the sordid past is history
We try to be encouraged by our newly elected leader
Still we find it extremely difficult to avoid feeling jittery
Its hard to calm our minds long enough to take a breather.
Never in our history have we experienced such a time
While feeling the piercing jabs of loathing on every side
Or found so difficult the mount of right and good to climb
How grateful we are to have Lady Liberty as our guide.
Bundled with so many places to go
an extra ounce of energy
would put me over the top,
somewhere along this line
I have need for a rest stop.
Letting my mind get off and stretch
checking my fuel gauge and clearing my eyes
I have traveled far and long
will view the map and take a breather
my engine hums of spirit and song.
like the ‘little engine that could’
continues his climb with lots of smoke
Positive attitude and determination engaged
I know I can make it up to the summit
chugging along for I have aged
We argued, and said the cruelest things,
We knew the words that would hurt the most,
I’m sure neither of us meant it,
But it’s already been said.
All we can do is ask for forgiveness,
And hope the other accepts it.
In the heat of the moment,
We became so cold,
When we both know,
We’re each other’s world.
If we take a breather,
before we talk to each other,
Maybe this can change,
When the anger subsides,
Our love will bloom again.
My mind feels so confused by all these thoughts needing all of them to end
I never thought I could get this far
But even my own life didn't throw me a curve ball
At this moment I need to get up and maybe go for a drive to get help sadly no car
Moods don't know how to handle, don't want to either
I hate these high and lows don't know witch is better
Wish I could just shallow a pill, truly I just need to take a breather
Next thing I know I was writing my letter
As I write my throat is getting tighter ,seem i can't catch my breath
Eyes filling up with tears as I grab my pillow and squeeze tight
I can feel I'm only a hour away from my own death
Maybe there a chance in the moment towards the end I will put up a great fight
Just hold Up!
Moving swiftly, running away,
being nimble as always!
Let me bask a little more, you won’t be late,
My sunshine’s laughing, oh just wait!
The crawling feet, are running away,
Don’t pass so soon, do stay!
Just give me a minute, don’t brisk away,
Let me absorb the moment, before it sways!
Twinkling eyes are calling my name,
Talking gibberish, playing games!
Clicked and flashed, canvassed before you part,
Just help me capture this fluttering heart!
Hold on a second, whats the haste,
Take a breather, its not a chase!
The bundle of joy that cuddled in my arms,
In flash she grows, I can’t keep calm!
Too spry to catch up,
Oh time, just hold up!
I’m kept hidden in the cupboard,
always under lock and key;
dare not come into the open
how disgraceful it would be!
I sit cramped, my bones are aching,
a dark secret in the dark;
I can’t even take a breather
for a scandal it could spark.
I’m condemned to live forever
out of sight from prying eyes
while my master’s troubled conscience
covers up for endless lies.
How I wish for change of fortune
so the truth will all come out.
It would give me back my freedom
then with joy I’ll jump and shout!
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Contest: Whitsun Premier
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Placed: 5th
© 22nd May 2017
It's the thought,
Oh it's the thought on the dusty shelf
The one that reminds me how I give myself
Everytime I give a part of me,
All that I am becomes a dream you see
A bleeding plead...
And it all adds up
At the end of the day
It all makes sense
We all gottah pay
The pain,
The hurt,
It stays
But what I would give to see myself
Taken off that dusty shelf
Taken off that dusty shelf
It's the soul
Oh it's the soul being set aside
To give you your greedy peace of mind
No matter the time,
No matter how gray
You have me every single day
And they can't just make me go away
No, they can't just make me go away!
Take a breather,
Talk it out
Let me drown in your fits and pouts
I'm a fire in this decay
And they will not make me go away
So do not let me waste away
It all adds up
We all gottah pay
The pain,
The hurt,
It always stays
But what I would give to see you
Take me off that dusty shelf
Take me off that dusty shelf
It's the thought,
Oh it's the thought on the lonely shelf
The one that hates how I give myself
Everytime I give a part of me,
All that I am becomes a dream you see
A bleeding plead...
A silent, bleeding plead...
The government didn't do everything but you didn't either
It's God's Praises I'll sing so sit back and take a breather
He placed it all in you, right down to the tiniest little gift
As your being He drew, however satan so does try to sift
Blessing, upon blessing, upon blessing you don't see
It doesn't seem pressing and perhaps you don't agree
In using mans own thought you could never so define
Nor if you have not sought than you should not whine
Your speech and voice by Hand God put it all into place
That's why we rejoice for we KNOW of His great Grace
The way you do certain things and our very personality
The comfort this thought brings, even you must agree
He knows you so very well yet it's He you don't even ask
All of my problems I do tell, but it is in His Glory I bask
Everything thing I just said to literally every single word
Thoughts He placed in my head little phrase that I heard
listen to the whisper of the night
i love it when i can wind down with no light
the fireflies gather round to enjoy the same feeling
it is like we are one united to take a breather from the life in which we are dealing
the calm and the beauty of it makes me feel all giddy inside
it makes me so happy and glad that i chose this place in which to reside
no longer do i feel like a mooch or a pauper
no longer do i have a use to be a couch hopper
right here, right now, i am so content in my elements
i rest right here with a smile while enjoying the fresh taste of velamints
i am camouflage in the jungle
that means i mean something to somebody or something
i become happily lost when i focus my attention on the water nearby
a good percentage of the wildlife hang out right at my spot to take a breather from their normal work
the shade i provide is their digestion contentment
the breeze i gift them with is their restful retreat
i smile in secret at all the activities that brings forth playful festivities
this is the peace uninterrupted that i so hoped for since a young seed
everyday i thank the lord for all the positive vibes that i breed
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