Coffee and Change – Hour Two- Hot or Cold?

I changed my drink my heart seemed to sink from tea to coffee, it made me think- would it help to ease the pain to make me well again? to bring good cheer to the spirit and clear all the strain of suffering-? I changed…

Time Will Tell

© A. Potter ~2021 The clock reads Four, three, two Capturing my attention At a time, I was looking For inspiration The countdown had begun the Marathon not quite yet run Just over halfway To triumph How are we? Already this far Still longing To…

Someone Has To Face The Music

Face the music, yes! It’s about time! Money, Mansion, Fame, never mind! Hazel Miller lies in secret seclusion She’s Jake’s widow, but it’s an illusion Fame, fortune, thrills, and chills Who’s really paying the bills? Who’s a killer, who’s hunted, who’s the prey? Is this…

Sunny days

Clear Sunflowers In mid- day To blossom in June summer Mother sue Counts the days out Tidy the rooms on up Public sees of there beauty Comforter The broken hearts Prayers In a run of a day No more weeping No sad songs To cry…

With Apologies to Jane Austen and My Dissertation Director

Five Bennett daughters desperately wish to wed From an entailed estate that worries Dear Old Dad. Gentle Jane, the family’s beauty, she’s quite a catch, So suave and wealthy Bingley she soon does snatch. Lizzie, Pride and Prejudice’s heroine, first eschews Uppity Mr. Darcy, Bingley’s…

Random Prompt (8)

I love the way he looks at me, full of love and admiration. I love the way he looks at me, with trust and innocence. I love the way he looks at me, when I hold him in my arms. I love the way he…

Desperately Seeking Sleep

I want more, but can’t ever seem to get it. It sometimes creeps up on me when I least expect, one moment doing something, and the next coming to, fuzzy mind and thoughts, wondering what happened, a little drool on my chin where my mouth…

Ballon People

Ballon people need: a lot of hot air to lift them up, an aversion to gravity to pull them down, the need to rise higher than the rest, but, there is never enough hot air to infinitely lift and, there is always gravity to remind…

The Day is Ending

The day is ending the sun is slowly sinking down she is ready with her cap cape and gown to the wards she will make her way to look after the sick,till is day Nurse on night duty is an angel her work is rare…