The Freedom of True Love (Cinquain)

 Love

true, unconditional

enlightens, enables, energizes

if we let go and allow our children to be who they are.

Free!

Pistachios

Pistachios, the nuts most evil

of all nuts on planet earth.

Our hand they make to operate

independently of our minds.

Try as you may to put them away,

your hand gets drawn to the bag.

Wait just one more nut before you quit

but your hand you just cannot stop.

That process continually copies itself

the pistachio has taken total control.

Beware the evil nut named pistachio!

(hey, watch out for those cashews, they've got that same power)

Regrets (Cinquain)

Regrets

past, present

debilitate, delay, discourage

more often than not keep you from moving on with life

fu-get-about-em

In Life There Are No Do-Overs

When you look back
and see what you've done
some things were quite tragic
and others just fun.

We remember the fun times
they make us quite glad
but the tragic times creep in
reminding us of the bad.

We wish to forget
these ugly old times,
by taking some do-overs.
Would they really be crimes?

The do-overs don't come
to us in this life.
If they did we might suffer
from extraordinary strife.

Our lives would be different
and never the same.
Other lives we would ruin
yes we'd be to blame.

Though we want to erase them
and change them to fun.
Do-overs change everything
yep, even one.

Why is Time Backwards

Time, it can be so confusing

the minutes they seem never ending

the hours seem to fly by.

The weeks, the months

we slowly work our way through

then wonder, where has the year gone.

As kids, Christmas couldn't come quick enough.

When young, our school years were forever.

Our working years, they all seemed so long.

Now in retirement everything's changed

from the past this is different,we see life in a way

that all of those years seemed like just yesterday.

Intolerance (Cinquain)

Intolerance

racial, religious

zealous, hateful, demeaning

greater damage has not been done to our world.

Forgive!

When The Rains Come

When the rains of life fall upon you.

and your world seems in total shambles.

You may not know of a cleansing to come,

as you fight to escape these brambles.

The troubles that come have no hold over you

unless you let them consume.

It is really within your own power

to deny them and stop their mushroom.

So sit back, take care, relax, chill out,

don't allow life's demons to burn.

For when these rains stop your new day begins,

and life as you knew it returns.