The "Force & Refuse" Band My son likes to say I forceI like to say he refuseSo maybe we can form a bandCalled (what else)......Force & Refuse! He says I like to force himTo do lots of homework every dayOr make him work on his OT*Don't let up son keep going I say! I like … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #194
Singing Hallelujah The moments I feel overwhelmedAre those when words leave me When I feel the walls closing inAnd I am simply drowning That's when I get down on my kneesWith my face lifted up to the cloudsAnd I sing a loud HallelujahGiving thanks for my circumstance I know it doesn't make any senseThen again … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #191
They have no school It's the June hols nowSo no surpriseThey have no schoolSo Daddy-O needs to work overtime! Planning for stuff to while away every dayAvoiding boredom, keeping it at bayTo come up with things and activities to doKeeping them occupied and my sanity too I wish it lasts a mere few daysThen I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #187
I Just Need To Walk It Off One foot before the otherTroubles left behind Two eyes looking front and centerWith heaven on my mind Casting all my cares asideMy worries flung awayTaking one carefree leisurely strideBare feet on sand today I wish I didn't have toThink so hard and tryTo hold the world together As … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #186
Whatever Will He Do Now? Who knew it would be so challengingTo retire in this life?Shouldn't it get easier with age?Yet he still feels a deep sense of strife Work took so much out of himIt demanded he capitulateYet he held on so tight to what it offeredForgetting what it can obfuscate Work isn't your … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #185
The Psalms, King David & HIM! As a frenetic season arrives todayAll huffing and puffing like a grizzly bearI pause and ask where my help comes fromAnd the answer came - My God who cares! King David too knew a thing or twoAbout times of despair and strifeHe wrote many entreaties unto His GodAsking Him … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #180
Sway Those jam-and-hop daysSo ingrained in my veinsEven from a mile awaySpeakers boom my body Sways I miss my undergrad nights I cannot lieThose carefree moments I recall, oh how I fly swiftly back when I hear the drums da dum da dumThe synthesizers the guitars the adrenaline on display There was a time I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #179
Thank You Easter! Easter has come and gone againEach time it's here it stirs withinMy heart a song bursting forthWith no words just a longing strong To bask once more in my Saviour's embraceAnd know that He loves me and took my placeUpon that old rugged cross where lives are wreckedHe sacrificed His life never … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #178
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
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
