Ten times ten And ten times ten thousand Everyone watching everything – everywhere Nothing and no one escapes those looks Seeing – knowing – judging Glowing with their superiority Their eternal rightness of being While the watched struggle and strive Just to stay sane and alive With no time for perfection Or to wallow inContinueContinue reading “Eyes of the Judges”
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Tact and Impotency
Tactfully I don’t say what I’m thinking What would be the point? I’ve tried and tried until I’m tired You have your own views And anything I could contribute Would come from my reality My experience My raison d’etre I can’t give you the will or desire That would fire you with the enthusiasm ToContinueContinue reading “Tact and Impotency”
Small Big Things
My life has come down to small things I once dreamed of big things But now inconsequential things Make me happy And yet they are the bigger things The real things Do I feel good? What fun can I have today? The dreams that disappeared On the path of survival Don’t matter Because they wereContinueContinue reading “Small Big Things”
I’m Old?
I’m writing this down because I’m old I know the rules I mustn’t think that I could remember these words Because I’m past it Over the hill On the long slippery slope To happiness Finally You though I was going to say something else Admit to being a has-been Admit that the world has passedContinueContinue reading “I’m Old?”
Rise Up
This poem was inspired by fellow writer, Debra Reay. Like myself and many others she has been through hell and come out of it as her own person. It is also dedicated to anyone who has had to fight to be themselves, and to the amazing women in my groups, all of whom have risenContinueContinue reading “Rise Up”
Live!
This is an old rhyming poem that I decided was worth a 21st Century revisit. I don’t normally go for rhyming now, but it seemed to me that the message within the poem was one worth repeating any time that you can, in any way that you can. Hope it inspires your best decisions. LiveContinueContinue reading “Live!”
Children My Children
This is an interesting one with its dual title. I didn’t feel comfortable signing it ‘from God’ but that’s what it felt like when I was typing it. Just take it whichever way your beliefs allow. From your chosen deity or someone who wants you to be happy. Children My Children (or the concerns ofContinueContinue reading “Children My Children”
Winners and Losers
Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com I thought you had me beatenYou didn’tI thought you’d broken meYou hadn’tI thought you’d diminished me to nothingExtinguished my lightRendered me powerlessYetYou made me worthless in your eyesNever my ownSomehow I held onInside me there was a small but powerfulNoA tiny part standing backObserving youKnowing that you were wrongButThereContinueContinue reading “Winners and Losers”
Love Without Limits
In a time without endWhen there is love without limitsHumanity will finally evolveWe cannot evolve through MoneyIntelligenceWarWe can only evolve when money doesn’t define usOur thoughts are not more important than our emotionsAnd war no longer existsNo matter how clever humanity may think it isWe are not clever when we hurt othersWe are not powerfulContinueContinue reading “Love Without Limits”
Merry-Go-Round
Photo by Levi Damasceno on Pexels.com Written many years ago, this was an exploration of why poets don’t right, trying to express the fear of sharing something from deep in your soul with strangers who may or may not understand. All writing is personal, but to me poetry really is me, rather than just wordsContinueContinue reading “Merry-Go-Round”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 