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The Great Reveal
When it comes to Christmas gifts, I hope you get a passel
and you find unwrapping them to be a task most facile.
Every bound up package, may it be in bow or tassel,
a rip-roaring pleasure instead of any hassle.
And though we are adults now, let them be mementos of
all those bygone childhood years that all of us just love
to retain with pleasure in our memories—
how we would prod and finger gifts and ogle, guess and squeeze.
Then, finally, on Christmas morn, we’d wake up like a shot,
barreling downstairs at dawn to see what we had got.
Before the church bells drew us out, we had to do our duty
and reveal just what Santa had left us for our booty.
Thus however much we’ve tried maturity to hone,
at Christmas time we find how very little we have grown.
As we untie ribbons, rip off paper, pry off lids,
we discover in our hearts that all of us are kids!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!!!!
Out of the Whirl
As you linger, drifting, regardless of the fray,
flow along and follow the currents of the day,
do other rasher travelers pass you in a hurry,
trembling that they may be late, foreheads furled in worry?
Those who are part of the chase create a draft in passing.
Some mumble their apologies while others pass by sassing.
Do you stand as in a spell, marveling at the chase?
Do you linger at the turnstiles, craving a slower pace?
When was it that our time became a thing we cannot waste?
What edict declared lives must be endeavors of such haste?
Was there a sign from heaven that said there was a need
for lives to be conducted at such a breakneck speed?
“Slow down and live” the roadsigns say—advice that’s good for all.
“Take time to smell the roses” is also a good call.
What we gain with all this speed won’t make up for the cost.
For every second gained in speed, in fact, a second’s lost.
In your life the getting there should be half of the fun.
If time is only something you are hoping will be done,
you’re missing out on half the point, and it is a crime.
Some of the greatest joys in life may come while wasting time!
Prompt words are spell, fray, drifting, sign, chase, trembling, rash, pass, how, flow, linger. Image of subway by Victor Rodriguez on Unsplash. Image in hammock by me.
For the Sunday Whirl
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An Innovative Approach to Weed Control
My former spouse seems not to feel a similar elation
to what I have been feeling ever since our separation.
He feels invested in the gardening and wants to poke and sow.
Every other day he comes and says he has to mow.
It’s a bit of an enigma, for this farming bent is new,
and I can’t corroborate what’s causing him to do
all these acts of digging and furrowing and tilling.
If he wants me to reciprocate, I fear am not willing.
But my garden sure has flourished since I asked my spouse to go,
which goes to show I really should have done it long ago!
Prompt words today are enigma, corroborate, poke, reciprocal and separation.
Forgottenman has access as an administrator on my blog. As I slept, he was obsessively busy trying to find legitimate brick red in my photos file. This is what he came up with: Thanks, Dux, for keeping me literal.
Color Your World Prompt
