When I was a child
I dreamed about growing up fast
Now I do the grown up things
and miss being a child
When I was a little girl
I dreamed about Mr right
Now I am a wife
and miss searching for love
When I was young
I dreamed about starting a family
Now I am a mother
and miss being young and free
When I was unsure of myself
I dreamed about being confident and secure
Now I am matured
and miss the uncertainty of life
Tag: life
Ready Or Not
Girlie On The Edge Six Sentence Story prompt – Visa
It’s been five whole years since they last talked.
The pandemic lockdown broke them apart, and the need for companion snuffled the remanence of love.
Living with stage four cancer turned her world upside-down, priority of life, things that truly matter and making amends were all she could think of in every waking moment.
She stocked up in medicications, purchased a plane ticket, got a visa approval, and said goodbye to her loved ones, in case she doesn’t make it back home after the trip.
The same driver way, the same door, the same smell of the garden, and the same bird songs, all these were so familiar, but it’s a gamble, she wasn’t really sure if he still lives there, and it felt like centuries have passed before she worked up the courage to knock at the door.
The door opened and a young woman was looking at her, then called out her name, ‘Dad took his own life two months ago, we are here to tidy up his house for sale, would you like to come in?’
Between Them
He still sends her presents
helps her to pay bills
cares about her from a distance
She keeps those gifts
pays her bills with his money
thinks about him sometimes
Giving is a blessing
Receiving validates his existence
A Man
return after a long day
your voice is hoarse
your stubble gives
sandpaper kisses
your coarse fingertips
run along my back
electricity
coursing through my body
this is home
you built with strong hands
and masculine quality
Before Sunrise
I watch these two
before Sunrise
Knowing my father
values my son’s company
more than the glorious sun
He is an old man
seen many sunrises
My son
for the first time
experiences the magnificence
of a new day
with his favourite person
I love watching sunrise
But my eyes
cannot move pass
the love between them
They are worth
missing the sunrise for
Simplicity
I don’t get tired of
watching people
listening to the rain
and
thinking of you
Today is a good day
I get to write about
thinking of you
while
listening to the rain
and
watching people
Simple things are beautiful
I don’t mind experiencing them
on repeat
every day
Green
Baby leaves in new spring
Eye full of hope
The lawn outside our picket fence
Freshly cut grass
The forest we trekked through
Your eyes
The peaceable 💚 for sins forgiven
The graveyard our love rested upon
Wishful Thinking
Living Poetry word prompts – Add, Kind, Maple
I wish life was
as kind as
bland breakfast cereal
A spoonful of maple syrup
will add sweet taste
and a big smile
Phase of Life
The realisation that I am getting old and tired comes from the cynicism. Many things once were adventurous and exciting, now are like chores.
Taking a walk in the light rain is overrated. Nursing a cold afterwards kills all romantic notion.
Love making on the beach is overrated. Dealing with cleaning the collected sand is a chore of the century.
Staying up to watch the midnight firework at a vantage point is overrated. Fighting a spot to lay on a picnic rug to wait for hours to watch the fireworks is time consuming and value inapt.
Real comfort now comes from resting a cuppa on my gut and watching true crimes in my pajamas.
成熟 (Maturity)
他曾说
我把时光
耗在呆望
身边的世界
我曾说
他把时间
花在建立
理想的世界
我们
曾经
都那么
黑白分明
不能明白
生活的真意
He used to say
I wasted my life
by watching the world
going around me
I used to say
He spent all his time
on building an ideal world
We were both
so black and white
couldn’t understand
the truth about life
Flicker of Thoughts 