Poetry

Summer is here, it’s the time to cavort and shout; Vacations have just started, let’s romp about. Let’s run wild and amok in the green-gold meadows, Let’s play tag & catch with all friends & fellows. Let’s go pick some wildflowers to put in our hair, Let’s go hunting for …

You use me, abuse me and cast me aside, You kick me out or let me be a part of your life. You seek comfort on my shoulder, when you cry, You’ll see my tears too, if only you try.   You seek me out when you want your hand …

  To the wily wind that threatened to lift me and sway me away, I say, “Better luck next time.” To the torrid sea that swelled & frothed to cast me adrift, I say, “Better luck next time.” To the arid breeze that parched my very essence, I say, “Better …

One day their paths diverged, the couple decided to quit. Bitterly they fought, at home, in court, everywhere they’d sit. Each wanted a piece given by the life that they had let go, To them she was the most precious thing, they both loved her so.   Eventually it came …

  I spied a swing in the park today when I took my child out to play. Oh! What memories it evoked. It left me feeling warm & stoked. It took me right back to my childhood and time was till, yes it stood; As I just stood there and …

On the road we traveled, I found our paths diverging Instead of one mind, dual thinking was emerging. At a loss for reason, I looked about askance. I thought I spied matrimony do a vanishing dance. I looked at you then, my brimming eyes pleaded. But, I saw no concern, …

In the circus of my life; I wonder, who plays the clown? Who is it that helps me laugh and who makes me frown? Who are the performers? Who is the audience? Who is it that aids me, out of chaos, to make sense? Yes! The circus of my life …

Wisdom says – That what doesn’t break you will make you! It’s just that you may have to literally walk Through fire to understand what Breaking & making mean. That what doesn’t come easy will shake you! It’s just that you may have to toil hard In your life to …

My reflections in the pool of life beckoned to me today. They implored me to come sit, cajoled & coaxed me to stay. Happily I perched on a boulder that I spied ashore. I knew this awakening, my tired soul wanted for sure.   I sat there in calm surrender, …

Gone is the time when people had the time To stop and pause, indulge in idle banter. Now the time is such that If you bump into Someone, before long they scatter ruing, Citing – Oh Lord, time got away from me! And then madly they scramble.   People scuttle …