Mask

Things I learned from wearing a mask:
My own sneeze has a foul smell so most surprises are unappealing.
Tolerating my own noisome grime may help ease my fellow human’s anxiety.
It’s affirmative that I prefer to be unseen and blend right in the crowd.
Being able to stay sociable is worth the risk of wearing a mask.
And yet I still rather stay home more.

Eulogy

Six Sentence Story prompt – Zip

We have been close since we shared a seesaw on the playground at kindergarten.
I always remember as teenagers, we lied on the lawn in your backyard to count clouds. You said my head was always in the clouds so I was destined to be a sad poet, and I said you were as dramatic as an unpredictable downpour so you belonged to the stage.
You have been zipped in and out of my life, some times as exciting as a celebrity rash, at times like an annoying mosquito. I hold dear the fun time we shared and forgive you always stole the spotlight.
Today, we are here to celebrate a life lived fully and a soul brighter than sunshine.

Baking

Following the same recipe

The apricot cakes taste chalk and cheese

The same path for all to live

The fulfilled life is always with love

The same goes with baking

Fun Time

Around the table

Little faces learning the rules of playing Uno

Little do they know

This is the training ground of our life in victory and defeat

2020 Review

2020 was a year that seemed to have more than usual stuff to grumble about. But would I give in to it and drown myself in complaints? I really rathered not. If I went down and was under, I had no capacity to share light with my fellow humans. I chose to give thanks and stayed afloat.

Friendship comes and goes. I think writer-reader relationship is similar. It’s better to celebrate the journey we shared than be sad about the departure.

My special thanks go to the following fellow bloggers who have been bringing joy and love to my creative world:

Ana

Bart

Ben

Ben at Brother’s Campfire

Jay

Keza

Lisa

Rob

RoBIN

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Seascape

the insignificant sand cells
sculpted by tangy waves
and mighty wind
become ever-changing landscape

menmories the lighthouse replays
between the sun and the moon
last a lifetime of agony
as well as happiness

the cycle of life and death
and the fragility of
inability to fortell
is the exact climax of beauty

Photo by Cassa Bassa at Nobby’s Beach, Newcastle, Australia

Life is Not A Catwalk

I was given a title “Life is Not A Catwalk” as a prompt. Here I produced…

Fast fashion is not a lie

It’s the bright side we choose to see
Models walk on the illuminating stage
showing off the season’s new look like fireworks
a spur-of-the-moment glam and blink

There is the other side we refuse to see
the workers in the sweat shop
the carbon pollution emitted to the atmosphere
a lifetime unrepairable planet

If buying clothes makes you happy
there is something else also to bring you joy
Keep searching
You will find it and be satisfied