Mental

I watched you suffer
you didn't even know it

Living daily
voices and fears around you

Refuge in family
tales of your day

People are after you
someone trying to do harm

Once in a while smile would crack through

God gave you joy, different than most
I hope you had fun
now you are at peace

Plan

I had it all set
sorted out

this would go here

that would be there

Not so, the Lord knows

Thankful
unanswered prayers
thought I had it right at the time

What I do know, I know nothing
of the life ahead of me

Fear taken over by Faith

Melancholy

Drizzle rain
dim lighting

Soft sounds of door creaks
rustling
perhaps a mouse

Steaming tea
Book by your side

Blanket up to chin
world to hide

Stoic Finn
We love our misery

Feels so good
to feel so sad

Used

Nothing
calls
emails
visit

Name comes up
What does she want

Take, all about you
So sad

Family

Oh my little one
how have you grown

Rocking to sleep
First words and little laughs

Melted heart each time

Moving on

Always remember
I Love You

96

"Don't ever get old"
she told me with a smile

remembers when
she was young

Running
Climbing
Swimming

All gone now

Sloped over
Shuffle

Effort to move
another to help her up

Still dressed in her Sunday best
Handkerchief tucked in her sleeve
Halls cough drops
covering the "halitosis"

Don't take it for granted
she was trying to tell me

Perfect

A prisoner of your own perfection
Not a hair out of place

Smile white
Dazzling personality

Never a mistake

The pressure you must face
To look good on paper

Never a bad picture taken

Envied by many

I feel sorry for you

To find humour in blunders
is the best therapy

Say the right thing
Shine at a party

Are you truly happy?

I say let go

Ugly

My own worst enemy
broken pieces
shattered esteem

Something as it never
seems

Stand strong

Never go back
again

Schedule

Day set
into rectangular hours

Go there
Be here

Broken itinerary
Panic
Anxiety
Fear

What do I do?

Suvival

Winter
scraped a piece of me

Darkened nights
Knee deep snow

Parallel

to ancestors of the prairie
and mining camps

Hopeful eyes of better days
heartache comes so easily

Sun simmers slowly
Through the gray gloom sky

Look of relief, you made it once more

Crickets

Bugs singing
out back window

June night long ago

warm breeze

Fresh scrubbed sauna skin
hint of cholorine won't rinse through

Baby cries middle of the night

fan going
white noise

What will be tomorrow?

No sunscreen

plenty of trees
ideas

to do

Heartache

Lost love story told to me

Can't be that bad
snap out of it I want to say

What if I said the same thing

to me?