Death's Door I met her yesterdaySomeone who stoodAt Death's door She was pale yet strongTired yet animatedShe wasn't floored It's clear though she hadStared Death downAnd lived to tell us For now There was I Listening to herTongue tied in wonder I've never been up closeWith someone facing deathThe way I was yesterday Neither has … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #262
68 / Delayed Gratification This was meant to be written byDay 68To mark our move from 419 to (you guessed it!)68! Instead it's taking me 131 days(Plus another 94)Waiting and waiting forOur new abode to be upAnd for us to move in Move comfortably about Now that we're hereMore or less settled downI can finally … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #261
EVERY Every meal timeYou will hear me shoutingMOUTH! Every meal timeYou will reply withBITING! But are you really?Or just delaying toEAT! Every other momentYou will hear me call outSWALLOW Every other other momentYou will (if you care to)GULP Every time I tell youLet me hear you sayYES DADDY LET'S GO Every time insteadYou will ask … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #260
The Sign Of These Times This chapter suddenly closesAnd I still have no idea why Was I really that loud?Did it sound more like a shout? But 22 years have come and goneI don't remember seeing such a callTo have me pipe down a decibel or moreSuddenly the students are keeping score And you said … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #259
Fantasy Fiction Feelings Entering a world Of monsters and dragonsWitches and warlocksHeroes and legendsBuilding up a rich storehouse Of fantasy fiction feelingsLearning about life through tales and loresShoring up unknown feelingsSo we know how to respond Next time in non-fiction realm That's the power of storyThat's why fiction existsIt's what we need to understand lifeIts … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #258
The Inheritance Of Loss Lately I've been made to realise a conclusionI've long spoken of but also avoidedThat my days of imparting seem numberedFaster than a meteor shower Once I thought this was me foreverOnce I believed a Higher PowerHad called me to this noble causeEternal. But now All's left now is an Inheritance of … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #257
The Bell of Hope Ring forth the BellThe Bell of JoyThe Bell of HopeThe Bell of Life Ring forth in 18 months timeBecauseIt means we survived The visits Every three weeksTo receive the sister dripsPaclitaxel and Carboplatin Not forgettingThe lone rangerBevacizumab(Can't they have simpler names?!) We will put them upTemporarilyAs long as they workTo ...keep … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #256
The Gift of Friends How does one find the wordsTo describe the gift of Friends? Like summer rain after A blistering day Or Fall surprising the month of May What is one to makeOf the enduring love ofFriends? Like thumbing out stressAcupointsOr tight hugs over A cup of Green Tea The gift of friendsSuch a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #254
I Can't. I Must. I can'tI mustI can'tI mustMy daily chants these days I can'tI mustI can'tI mustTo myself only I'll say She mustn't hear meBreaking downBreaking apartBreaking into Pieces She mustn't see meFalling overFalling downFalling intoDespair I can'tI mustI can'tI mustSoldier on despite the odds I can'tI mustI can'tI mustNot give in simply because … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #253
A Bump In The Road Everything’s goodUntil it’s not A bump in the roadA skid in the rowA curl in the carpetThat trips your toe So what do you do?What can you do?What must you do?What will you do? NothingNothing at allBecause there is nothingThat you or anyone can doBut to wait Til they come … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #252
