March 7, 2012

• time passages

  poetry on a theme that isn’t whining.  all for bluemooncat enormous thing.

  2. epistolary poem

  To the young woman in the mirror

  
  

  Do not wish for later,

  it comes faster than you think.

  Do not wonder what will be,

  it cannot match your expectations.

  Do not think on forever,

  it is never long enough

  Do not expect always,

  transience is the only guarantee.

  Do not criticize your face,

  lines are character but they are still lines.

  Do not worry,

  tomorrow does come.

  Do not doubt yourself,

  your best is good enough most of the time.

  Do not compare,

  you cannot see inside anyone but yourself.

  Do not second guess your decisions,

  even the wrong ones lead you somewhere.

  Do not cry over things you cannot change,

  but you’ll ignore that advice.

  Remember to smile,
  it’s a good life.

   

  7. Triolet

  Sand
  
  The sands trickle in perpetual motion,

  Neither stopped nor slowed by our wishes,

  Marking the forever gone of our years.

  The sands trickle in perpetual motion

  Ignoring the banality of our fears and tears-

  Gathering speed as we gain patience.

  The sands trickle in perpetual motion

  Neither stopped nor slowed by our wishes.

  Once you triolet, you find you like olet. Have another.

  Time is like a song
  
  Make days last forever, if words could make wishes come true

  Hanging on in quiet desperation, we’ve all got time enough to cry

  If you're lost you can look--and you will find me.

  Make days last forever, if words could make wishes come true

  Time keeps flowing like a river, to the sea, to the sea.

  Are you reeling in the years stowing away the time?

  Make days last forever, if words could make wishes come true

  Hanging on in quiet desperation, we’ve all got time enough to cry

   

  
  

   

   

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