August 17

Glass Ceilings

Free Verse, Photos, Poetry, summer2014, The Unique & Sundry, The Unique & Sundry: A Poetry Collection

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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

Glass Ceilings

In honor of Sally Ride

In time and space limits are defined
by perception
how far could you see
from the Challenger?
How far could you see
challenging the physics
of the status quo?

Did you know the barriers you would break
when you would not feign
ignorance?
Did you know the ride of your life
would be to lift others beyond the stars?

How gracefully you exposed the secrets of science,
overshadowing your intimate mysteries.
More than one glass ceiling
shattered from your legacy
leaving a cosmic trail of your own.

This poem can now be found in The Unique & Sundry, which happens to be available on Amazon.

About the author

Creator of sounds. Poet on an energetic journey with words. Explorer of Frequencies.


 

Delaina J Miller

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