Dear Dad in 1999, By this time you know that I’m coming, you’re probably excited. Well, I hope you’re excited. It will fade. Still thinking about names? I think you could’ve done better than ‘Courtney.’ I hope you know that I’ll get your forehead and…
Category: Miscellaneous
Prompt 22 Hour 18
Dearest Sleep, How I have missed you so. I hear your beckon in the wee hours. A familiar tone of rest and hope. It won’t be long till we meet again. For I cannot survive this life without you. Always missing you, CC …
Dear Sanity Hour 18
Dear Sanity, We have reached that place again The hours grow late The words jumble into something I don’t even understand Each year when we do this You question me and my motives Last time you packed your bags But you returned, I’m glad you…
Thinking
I’m sitting here Trying to write something The clock is ticking And my head is spinning Trying to be creative But nothing is coming My words are falling flat I’m wondering if this is all I have?
EIGHTEEN (quatrains +)
I was a good girl till I turned eighteen. After graduation, I turned loose, if you know what I mean. Not so much “bad” but wild as a hare, Staying out all night, drinking too much, never backing down from a dare. Life was…
Connection
Most of our seniors are lonely They’re craving connection Affection Or just plain interaction. They live in these buildings With people they don’t know And we call it their home But home is not just somewhere that you go It’s the feeling of being safe…
M’s M and M’s and M (or Marci’s M & M’s and More…..or Mouse!)
M’s M & M’s & M? Marci had a sweet candy dispenser Eating chocolate made her feel less tenser She filled it with M & M’s For herself and friends And occasionally some for her sister. Till one day when Clayton stopped by…
Poem 18
Dear Ones Who Raised Me, In times of turmoil You have held me, Not asking for words Or demanding answers, But listening. Just listening. Sometimes that is enough. For when words fail, Love is there To pick me up And guide me. I am not…
Dear Future Starla,
Dear Future Starla, don’t forget. Don’t forget the priceless advice given to you by venerated mentors, or the joy that brought you to tears when you earned their approval. Don’t forget endless laughter brought on by countless movie nights stretched into the wee hours of…
Being Chased by Love
The colors swam Before my eyes Purples reds and golds Kaleidoscopic visions That solidified into one It was her In the middle of it all The most unattainable goddess Of beauty, light, and love And she was holding out her arms to me The most…