The world will not end if we put up our feet, For 20 minutes each day. The world will not end if we eat left overs, More than once in a way. The world will not end if we go meet our friends, And we’re not there to serve you your lunch. It’s theseContinue reading “Not Wonderwoman”
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The pot-stirrer
I could let the dal cook and not give it a look, Let it stick to the base of the pot. Then skim off the top, throw the burned part out, And not worry about the waste, if what’s left suits my taste. But the bottom of the pot holds the flavour, That makes theContinue reading “The pot-stirrer”
Pleeease dirty the mat!
A message to all our visitors. It’s about the floor mat that slants diagonally across our doorway during the monsoon, kept that way so everyone has to walk over it to enter our living room.
Sometimes visitors see that it’s clean and try not to dirty it, trailing all dust and the wet from the rains into our home! The funniest is those who can’t bear to see it slant across the grid of our floor tiles and feel compelled to take the trouble to straighten it out!
This poem is for them 🙂
I can sing my own song
I can sing my own song while the music plays loud, I can sing my own song, of this I am proud. I can sign loud & clear though it might hurt your ears, Cos I’m singing a song that’s not playing! You must understand that it’s not my fault, You must understand, youContinue reading “I can sing my own song”
I search
I search for the empty that lets me embrace The busy that fills me with joy. I listen for spaces For rests that give meaning, To music that plays to the mood that I’m feeling. I clear out the clutter, the stuff I don’t need That makes my home harder to run. Cos it’sContinue reading “I search”
The breeze that knocked me over
You’re the breeze that knocked me over, And I’m lying on the floor. I struggle to rise, clinging to hope. I’m in a better place now, but still struggle to cope. You’re the breeze that knocked me over, That left me lying on the floor. Fear and anger helped me rise, And gave me theContinue reading “The breeze that knocked me over”
My friend for a reason
My friend for a reason I thought you were true, But you ran when you thought I had need. I was your friend for all time and I thought you were mine, But now things have changed and there’s no going back. I’m your friend for all seasons for sunshine or rain A storm now andContinue reading “My friend for a reason”
That wonderful feeling
I wrote this poem during a moment of joy. Not trying to see the glass half full, but rather seeing incompleteness and striving as a glass that IS full. As a reminder to myself. May life bring me more of these moments during which I embrace the incompleteness of being human. That wonderful feeling thatContinue reading “That wonderful feeling”
This gift
You taught me to believe. To have faith and to talk to a higher power everyday. First thing in the morning, and at night before I went off to sleep. To think about the reasons to be grateful and to say thank you out loud. To talk about my worries and ask for help. AndContinue reading “This gift”
My choice
I chose you and I lost my ability to see. I couldn’t see your failings, though I was aware of them before. It’s not that I was blind, but that I didn’t want to see. Deep down inside, I think accepting your flaws was a reflection on me. Because you were MY choice. I choseContinue reading “My choice”
The Mountains of Tasmania
Mountains tall as old as time, look upon the twilight gold. Dark now, in the fading light, till moon-rise, and a sky so bright. Mountains tall. And dark. And steep. Moon – she casts her silvery gaze on soaring hills, and valleys low. Streams of shining shimmering light, and shadows dark – mysterious! She castsContinue reading “The Mountains of Tasmania”
Possibilities .. a poem about my dreams for the future
Sometimes I sits, I sits and thinks, of things I’ve never seen, Of places that I’ll never know, of what I may not be. Of all the possibilities that seem so far away, of all the lovely winding roads, that lead out from my gate. I dream of possibilities I cannot see awake, OfContinue reading “Possibilities .. a poem about my dreams for the future”
I get it!
I get it! That you have important matters to talk about so you drive slowly, Focused on your cellphone conversation. And I get it that you just don’t care That you’re slowing everyone down The vehicles behind you are switching lanes at the last minute, The drivers frustrated that they’re stuck driving at a crawlContinue reading “I get it!”
Dear Change,
I am grateful for your constant and steady companionship. I have not always felt that way about your many visits, but as time goes by I’m growing to value them. When you visit regularly, I sometimes wish you away, but you know that I really do not mean it. You bring me joy and sorrow.Continue reading “Dear Change,”
The colour of gold
Gold is the colour of the help that I get, The kindness and caring that makes this busy no stress. The machines that take on some of my chores, And let me have a life that has time for more. Gold is the colour of the love of the mother, Who educates all her childrenContinue reading “The colour of gold”
What do I do
What do I do, oh what do I do? The sun shines so bright and there’s house work to do. The dishes aren’t done and the floor is not mopped, And I want to go to the coffee shop. I don’t see the papers that need to be filed, The bills to be paid canContinue reading “What do I do”
