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  Feb 2017 Jamie L Cantore
AprilDawn
so many tables  
stacked with catalogs
and coffee cups
our long discussions  
cluttered  with memories  
and
relatives
long renting spaces
underground
potential plans made
like  guest beds in our minds  
favorite tv shows
devouring  our  
afternoons and evenings
together  
dotted  with  
occasional power
struggles
minds at odds
a generational
dissonance
the  backdrop  
for  the need
to leave  the nest
again
freedom I sought
and liberty
was gained
now
flash forward
less than a decade
later
and you
are wrapped
  in a mere
flesh shell of existence
no longer engaged
in this world
with anything
but breath  
and  discomfort
thankful
for tender mercies
am I
  for you
still remember me
for
now
I have begun to lose my mother to  some form of dementia over the past 2 years .I have to relive old conversations from years and decades past , because she cannot  actually discuss anything really anymore  . She is   repetitive and circular in nature now and short term memory is  getting worse. She  was so sharp witted .We had a rough mother -daughter relationship. She does love me , and I am an only child.My father  takes care of her currently   and they  live  several states away from me .She hardly laughs anymore.It is sad for us all to see her disappearing.
Just around sunset, in this neighborhood
~~~~~~Birds flourish the skies~~~~~~
^^^ This where they are called to be ^^^
Before mankind diminished nature with
all these cement roads and parking lots
There was once grass,
flowers, and
trees
~~~~~To nest and feed the flocks~~~~~
Now here they gather in the Wal-Mart parking lot
Continually, all the electrical lines and trees
Nearby, following what their culture has done
'~'~'~ every evening many a time'~'~'~
Shoppers leave the parking lot
Ranting, " the birds best not crap on what I've bought."
<><><Not even thinking a thought><><><>
__ That what we have done __
Is steal from nature to satisfy our materialism
Just imagine if there is a plan
That on day God will turn the table of this
Lesson and make us understand
Hello HP friends so sorry I have not been here in so long, you may say I have had a bit of depression set in which has caused a dry spell. Feeling better though these words began to flow the other night on my trip to Wal-Mart. It's a start! Hopefully the poetic side of me will wake again, sorry I have been such a lazy friend, I do love my  HP friends! <3
Food is not my friend
If it were not a necessity of life
I would not mind
Never seeing it again

The only time I truly desire
Is when hunger sets in
Then my deepest craving is Mexican

Still I have excess weight
That does not want to go away
I've given up my childhood desires
For sweetness, yet still the fat wants to stay

Working in a food related atmosphere
Is not my cup of tea
Having my hands upon food
Brings out the nervousness in me

It was not always like this
Chocolate cake was my favorite, used to be
One bite of it and I was fast forwarded
Into a land of ecstasy

I don't know why this change has come about
I would like to think
The Lord has a purpose
For this route

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PROVERBS 15:17
Better is dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

JOHN 6:27
Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has set his seal"
Professionally I best stick
To keeping track
Of money
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