See Her

Chasing Rainbow By Judy Underwood

Fun is first nature

Wonderment and exploration

Dancing, twirling, laughing, tripping

See her

She won’t always be this way

Relish in what she delights in

What she marvels at

What she runs to grasp

See her

Keep this image in your heart

Share in it

Join in

Reclaim it yourself

See yourself

Chase a rainbow bubble

 

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Prompt from Bluebell Books

Thursday Flash Fiction Week 28: Innocence and Dream: Please write a poem, a prose, or a short story inspired by the image provided above

I’ve done their prompts before. Hope you enjoy.

When Did We Get So Old? (A Picture Book)

When did we get so old?

I don’t mean the aches and pains

The loss of memories

Nor the furrows in our brows

The wrinkles and changes

Sagging skin

Shrinking

 

 

 

 

 

 

When did we get so old

That we shake our head what is new

And “tsktsktsk” like our grandparents

And hold onto regrets

Or retreat into the past

Saying goodbyes

More often?

 

 

 

Have we lost sight of fun

As vitality slowly takes flight

Of purpose more then money

Holding onto things

Letting people go

More afraid of dying

Then living

 

 

 

What is wrong with living young,

Being silly and thinking free?

Afraid more of the grey on top

Instead of the growing malaise

Of the grey reaching down

Sucking us dry

Withering insides

 

 

 

(c) Matt Brown

 

When did we get so old?

Time is a passing thing

We have no control

It is what it is

So let it pass

So let it pass

 

I have a kite to fly

 

 

Rusted Away

Encrusted, Rusted

Someone I should have trusted

Someone I should have trusted

Gave in, Caved in

Now price is being paid

Should have mistrusted

Should have mistrusted

Just looked the other way

Really, the price to pay

For looking the other way

 

Encrusted, Rusted

Most times I should just leave

Most times I should just leave

Held out, hoped out

Now price is being paid

Should have mistrusted

Should have mistrusted

Not enough hours in the day

Too much not conveyed

Nothing left; so much to say

 

Encrusted, Rusted

Everything tumbling down

Everything tumbling down

Fanned out, Maxed out

Now price is being paid

Should have mistrusted

Should have mistrusted

Overwhelmed, feet of clay

Obligated, it does weigh

Obfuscate, betray