Should You
• 08/22/23 at 06:10AM •Should you gambol,
when you gamble,
if you win a lot?
Or should you ramble,
around the city
while gamboling
in a friendly way?
Who cares, not I.
Should you gambol,
when you gamble,
if you win a lot?
Or should you ramble,
around the city
while gamboling
in a friendly way?
Who cares, not I.
Photo shared by Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American
Raging the river,
thick with mud,
rich nutrients,
it's not a flood.
Carrying plants,
barges with bales,
rolling onward to
new cotton sales.
Shipping goods
via railway track,
a change in how
new goods are back.
Sunlit water
Moonlit sky
Deepening shadows
Saying goodbye.
How can you ignore,
the care of another?
They are not strangers,
nor sisters or brothers.
Step forward to be,
counted by all,
be they short
or exceptionally tall.
Reviewing Life.
What is life about?
Should we be happy
or scream and shout?
Life can be scary,
mattering not what you learned.
Life is up and down.
Sometimes we get burned.
Be strong my niece,
strong like you are.
Keep your love intact,
for those near and far.
Living today for tomorrow.
What if tomorrow never comes,
while all the yesterdays,
are no longer here.
Photo shared by Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American
You sit alone
in a dining room chair.
Lonely you are,
does anyone care?
A breath of life,
a tired sigh.
Are these words said,
when you die?
Memories of long ago,
have gone away.
No remembrances now,
no thoughts will stay.
When I was young,
not much of a man,
I wanted to be good,
and thou said I can.
Now I am older,
you see what I am,
just an ordinary person,
pretending to be a man.
The sound of the wind,
roars in my ears.
The breaking of branches,
heightens my fears.
A storm at this moment,
is not all right.
for I need you now
to hold me tight.
The light flickers
off and then on.
Is this a sign that
you are now gone?
I hope and I pray
this is not the case,
but life's disappointment
slaps me in the face.