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My Monday Metrical Musings #269

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Things I Can't Shake Off Things I can't shake off. Weather woesNoises tollBusy beesOther's seeInsects DirtAlone nessNeed to be always doing something More things I can't shake off. Restless nessIgnor anceLoud train passengersUpside-down slippersLoose stringsFloppy skinsFriends who turn 180 and leave Still more things I can't shake off H.U.M.I.D.I.T.Y.Piercing screamsThoughts rushing withinWhithering staresCruel commentsBlown away … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #269

My Monday Metrical Musings #268

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Art By The Sea Who knew a walk with a friend by the seaWould offer up more than sea salt and breeze?That's precisely what happened this Monday mornMy friend and I stumbled upon a lawnOf wooden art pieces still not quite doneWe wandered around them and realized someWere still being formed with identities unclearWas a … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #268

My Monday Metrical Musings #267

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Delights Galore It's hard to describeWhen delights descendBut when it comesYou're never the same! Like me this morningMeeting strangers over coffeeWithin half an hour we were deepInto sharing our life's longings Who could imagine suchSerendipitySo unexpectedSo divine? Who would have thoughtAt my ageI'll still experience connectionsSo rich so sublime? But I did And I'm gratefulTo … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #267

My Monday Metrical Musings #266

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Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea CulpaI tried so hard to tell him Mea Culpa Mea CulpaSomething's wrong with me, not them The friends that I thoughtWere mine foreverDisappearing, leaving me to falter They never actually leftThey just promised nothingIt was all my wishful thinking Mea CulpaMea CulpaI realised it's all my fault Mea … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #266

My Monday Metrical Musings #265

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Another Auld Lang Syne In the blink of an eyeWe'll be singing auld lang syneWhere did the time go?No one really knows In one month's time goodbyeThis busy year of 2025What happened this whole year The joys and the bitter tears In the blink of an eyeI'm older than I likeYet there's a certain joyLeaving … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #265

My Monday Metrical Musings #263

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Finally. Yet. FinallyIt's overMathPhysicsHistoryThe works! FinallyLife's rebootingFootballBasketballChaletsGym! FinallyMy son's doneWith examsUniformWhite shoesFootloose! FinallyI'm about to seeWhat the next phaseThe next stageLooks to Be! Yet. Part of meFears the unknownFor himPart of meFears the unknownFor me! 'Tis what we Sign up for As parentsIt's what he'll Find out moreAs an old teen Finally. Yet.

My Monday Metrical Musings #262

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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

My Monday Metrical Musings #261

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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

My Monday Metrical Musings #258

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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

My Monday Metrical Musings #254

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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