Only Time for Poetry This Week

Greeting Card

Uncontainable

Unimaginable

Unforgettable

Wish you were here…

 Happy

I am Happy

I am the child dancing around the May Pole

Twirling and spinning

Ribbon in hand going around and around

The air is full of daisies and dandelion fluff

The wind catches my hair

Spilling it into my eyes

The sun warms me

Laying in the grass

An old friend from childhood days

Daydreams and memories

Eyes closed I am aware

I am a part of something bigger

Flying

Please God make a bird so I can fly far far away

Give me wings so I can soar

Let me fly south for the winter

Or maybe forever

Give me the ability to leave

To overcome the sadness that consumes me at just the thought

I am not running

This is for me

 High School

By fate and by alphabet

They had class together

As always she sat

In the seat

Right in front of him

Since kindergarten he plagued her

Always unfailing polite

But she felt his eyes

Everyday

Year after year

Always alphabetically seated behind her

Time after time

He tried to work up his courage

To talk about more than the assignment or mundane things

Ignoring him

She flipped and twirled

Her long shinny hair

Passing notes and making eyes

With the boys on the football team

Senor year

Same homeroom

He never had the courage

She never noticed

First Choice

Always running and forever scared

I don’t want to leave

This place of hope

Of security

I thought I finally found home

Family

Leaving would uproot

Every tranquil thought and memory

I have created in this wondrous place

I will not squander this moment

I stand on the precipice

Of my first real choice

Failing

They say failing is not an option

But to fail would mean I tried to do something real

Something important and meaningful

But not succeeded

Failure means

Something I can and will attempt again