Hello everyone;
I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1 prompt of "write an optimistic poem"
Not Dead Yet, Me
Is it really such a tragedy
that my sentences are raggedy
words tread together by similarity?
The conversation is still defiantly
expressions of me.
Is it really such a travesty
that I wander aimlessly?
When I can travel through time so easily
…our life history
…a life lived outrageously.
Is it really such a disparity
that I have forgotten the melody
of your name? Still there’s some clarity….
I know the feelings of family
and passions intensity.
Is it really such an indignity
that something once familiar is now a novelty.
Or that simple tasks escape me.
I still dance to life’s jamboree
and sing majestically.
Is it really such a finality
even as I become more absentee?
There is plenty of life in my legacy.
Don’t bother writing my eulogy,
when there’s still time to create a memory.
©2024 Delaina Miller
Today is a special day it is my Mom’s Birthday!
I am who I am today because of you Mom. This poem is for you. I love you!
The Gift You Are
I see the gift you are
in unexpected moments
when wonder plays across your face
when your eyes sparkle
with excited delight
and blush your cheeks.
I see the gift you are
when a song becomes a time machine
and transports your heart
to moments of steamy daydreams
far away from dinner pleas
and makeitbetter kisses.
I see the gift you are
when he takes your hand
pulls you close to whisper;
when you shift closer to his side
and your heart soars
without the need to land.
I see the gift you are
when I look in the mirror
and see your spunk
smiling though
the light brown eyes
you passed down to me.
Happy Birthday Mom, I hope you have a great one!
Shared with the fantastic poets at dVerse for #OLN
Lovely. Happy Birthday to your mom! I hope she gets to read this – I expect she will feel honoured!
lovely Birthday celebration poem
So beautifully written ~ Happy special day to your mom and I hope you share this with her, smiles ~
that is a beautiful ode to your mom….they give so much and it’s cool when we see a bit of them in us as well like you did in your own eyes
beautiful tribute
I initially thought it was a poem written for a child but i loved the way it ended. It’s such a lovely tribute to a mother. Yes, a mother is the best gift our creators have ever given us. I love the way you see her everywhere.
tell me you gave it to her…
if so i imagine she smiled quite wide.
its a cool tribute, for sure.
What a beautiful tribute to your mom. I like especially the last stanza, when you look in the mirror and you see qualities of your mom looking back at you!