January 25
Mindful Writing Challenge 2013, Poetry
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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 indignitythat 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
A sign “Career Fair Today!” hangs
from a table burdened with application forms.
Broadcasting stories
loud voices spilling out of rooms.
“My husband left me;” “it’s my turn;”
“my kids are grown.”
“…just looking for a fresh start.”
“…out of work…”; “…starting out on my own…”
They’re all here looking for a place
that will pay a decent wage on their terms.
Shared for Mindful Writing Challenge 2013
Delaina J Miller