It is I…

It is I

The little girl with the braided locks
In her pinafore with the matching socks,
Her eyes filled with stories untold
It was I, a little miracle, waiting to unfold.

That lovely lass, in the afternoon sun,
Full of life, gaiety, and mindless fun,
Falling in love for the very first time,
It was I, trying to make my verses rhyme.

That beautiful face behind a veil,
Those quivering lips as life set sail,
A friend, a lover, a consort for life,
It was I, smiling through every strife.

That joyous face filled with pride,
Those skipped heartbeats, when a little baby cried,
That best friend, and a punching bag,
It was I, a mother looking for innocent moments to brag.

The silver locks glistening in the sun
The laugh lines that wrinkle at every pun,
Those sunsets when the sky turns to gold
It is I, reflecting moments young and old.

The lover who has been romanced in the light of the moon,
The mother who was dismissed, a moment too soon,
It is I, you have always found by your side,
In all my roles, as a woman of pride.

IDEA

Investing the creative

Determination to fully

Extract the necessary

Actions accordingly

I Wish I Could Tell You

Alone in a world unfamiliar

Searching for family in a sea of strangers

Jane, her new name, doesn’t sound right in her mouth

Life churning and growing in her

Life in Korea still going, like she never left

8 siblings soon to greet her

4 children

7 grandchildren

Me

The granddaughter of an immigrant

Feeding me cloves of pickled garlic

To help me grow up to be beautiful

I wish I could tell you what your sacrifices would yield

That they were worth it

It isn’t my place to say though

For now it is just

Jane

Hour 1: To My Friend

In this darkness

When I was lost, with no vision

You called out my name

When I was hopeless

Drowning in despair

You reached out to me

You didn’t lie, didn’t say it would be okay

You were just there

Listening to me

And today, here I am

Just because you believed in me

Thank you, my friend.

A famous Lady in our lives

Hour 1 Prompt 1

Lady in always in trials,

Struggling yet overcoming

Fluids of engagement

Entrusting the lives of new development

Prompt in the lives avenue

Continuing educating the public

Conversely evenly distributed to life enduring

 

Thanks

I wasn’t sure if I was to post the first poem between 9am.and 10am, or AT 10am. So I’ve posted a baker’s dozen to be on the safe side.

Thank you for this great opportunity.

We Call it Information

and it’s nothing but noise.
Several billion by now
hands typing, tapping
the errant thoughts
the endless opinions
the word invented
six thousand years ago
along trading routes,
in temples,
beneath the tired frenzied eyes
that felt strange being human
and searched for what to say.

And now the word is everywhere,
in brief percussive shouts.
Shouts of subtle wisdom
Shouts of shared untruth
Shouts adored by the masses
Shouts of isolation in the crowd.
Competing endless chatter
invisible hands lift the loud ones to the top
those who shout the loudest
might be elected king someday.

Typing up for money
typing because you’re broke
typing from the experts
typing from the insane
typing from the faithful
and the hopeless seeking fame.
At night I type when I can’t sleep
and when I’m awake I type to push my dreams away.

BOULDER

I think, therefore I am,
said the arrogant stone.

Once, I was metal,
but when the fire roared

within the core of the
molten, spinning ball,

I cut myself into pieces,
and rained down,

liquid, faceless granite,
thick, black, and raging,

a father beating up
his long-dead daughter,

hot onto the cooling
surface of marbled earth,

where water carved me,
swallowed, shaped me,

then threw me and broke
my mind until I lost me

till sunrise covered me,
taking away all thought,

so that now nothing more
means anything to me.

She Was Once Kind(Prompt 1)

Her eyes rewind the hands of time,
In her mind she would plot the demise,
All men in sight,
Because of one man who destroyed her pride,
Her eyes could rewind the hands of time,
She became their muse,
Strived to be worshipped,
Whilst hurting and breaking all those who worshipped,
Her eyes could rewind the hands of time,
Pushing for perfection in the art of breaking,
She was never at peace with herself,
Haunted by the failure to forgive the one that broke her,
In her mind he tarnished her beauty in truth no scar was there to prove,
In conclusion she was extremely petty,
Because she got broken by overthinking and blamed it on the one that was with her,
Her eyes could turn back the hands of time,
She hurt those who wanted to love her,
Killed emotions of all those who cared for her,
Her eyes could turn back the hands of time,
~Ropa