Summer Is Here Again Summer is here againTime for ice cream and fruit juiceCold baths and swimming poolsSummer is here again Summer is here againMercury rising higher and higher stillWith every passing day, week, month, and yearSummer is here again Summer is here againWhich says a lot about an islandLocated right smack on the equatorSummer … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #177
Playback Theatre (Part 1) I have a confessionI'm almost afraid to divulge But here goes...I was an actorIn my 20s With the minor-est of roles I was on stageMost briefly So no one would knowWas handed two Singing lines andA broom for the show I played a janitor(Hence the broom You see)I danced a little … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #175
EW = S.U.R.E. Yesterday I heard that you had passed awayIt brought back memories of my old school daysThough I didn't actually know you well enoughBut if I had to say one word about youIt would be S.U.R.E. Stoic.Is the first word that comes to mindYou accept whatever comes your wayDidn't complain. Didn't deny Unfazed.That's … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #174
Writing Fraud I've lost count how manyWere the timesI've felt like a fraudPutting pen to paperFingertips to keyboard Jamming out some rambleOf words I barely understandIn all kinds of funny or sobering circumstanceWith random texts hastily shoved togetherWho am I really kidding here?! I don't know any better Yet... Writing has been seared into my … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #173
Bespoke Reality With what can we describeThis world we live in now?Bespoke reality I thinkNicely sums it all up We pick and choose What we think is best for usNever mind what's true and justOr what's always thus We forge our own pathsWe tick our own boxesForgoing what oughta fitPreferring the frills and fashions I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #172
A sudden fear A sudden fear I can’t explainOf devices, gadgets Even my son’s toy trainA dawning realization: None of them are humane! A sudden fear I can’t explain Rushed over me yesterday For too long now they’ve held swayOver our daily lives, these machinesWithout any restraints How did we let these technologies hold court?Without … Continue reading My Monday Metricsl Musings #171
Small White Bird Early morning outside my window.Perched on the peak of a TembusuSmall but oh-so-majestic Took my breath away for a secondTo see something so incandescent White has a way of catching one off guardPristine. Pure. Regal. Untouched.But this shiny? This glory?Radiating its own lightFor one so tiny? How's that possible??!! But there it … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #170
The New AI Skynet! Attention! Attention!The world's after yoursAre you ready to surrender?Too lateYou're already beyond cure! Attention! Attention!Noise and DistractionThey play on your sensesNever surrendering your position Don't think for a minuteThat they'll let you goThey've got Hotspots, AlgorithmsDid I mention Artificial Intelligence? I know you think you're above it allAny time you wish, … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #169
The Absolute Perfect Day Walking in my neighborhoodDiscovering a new eating nookIs that a perfect day? Scrolling through my Netflix streamsUnearthing long-forgotten filmsIs that a perfect day? Reconnecting just around the bendOver a New Year meal with an ex-studentIs that a perfect day? Browsing through shelves of library booksOne excellent in neon yellow screams "Look!"Is … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #168
Torn but for Faith Hope Joy Torn by competing demandsHow I wish I had a chanceEnter into a dream-like tranceForgetting my present circumstance But... ...No. This thing in the way called Life(Any wonder it rhymes with 'Strife'?!)Leads inevitably to our demiseOur fates in the roll of a dice Still......Yes. Such ruminations don't have to dictateHow … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #167
