A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 141

Day 141: “Ginger Ale”

The mountains, the porch swing

The breeze as the sky gets dark

You come, scratch my back

Sit next to me

We look at the stars starting to become visible in the sky

We sit in silence

Admiring the beauty

The closeness

After a while, it’s cold enough that we go inside

Surprising for Arizona

You ask if you can get me anything

I think of all the treats and treasures here

Peanut M&Ms

Rice Krispies

Icebreakers

But I say, “Ginger ale, please”

You go to the other fridge

The one by the garage

And come back with two in hand

We sit on the couch, drinking ginger ale

and watching Shirley Temple

You scratch my back

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 139

Day 139: “The Power of Art”

Art is subjective, yes

But that doesn’t make it less powerful

Something doesn’t have to make sense to others

For it to be meaningful to you

And something doesn’t have to make sense to you

For it to be meaningful to others

Art has the power to transform

And horrify

Move

And offend

It can bring out emotion

And indifference

What a powerful thing

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 137

Day 137: “Life in Death”

Knowing that we’re all going to die

Is actually really comforting

We’re all in this together

The human experience

We can’t escape it

Confronted with our own mortality

It’s actually the only certainty there is

We’re going to die

Instead of letting that be scary

Maybe it could be really freeing

Live now

Because that’s all we know we have for sure

Try to leave the world a better place

Because no matter what

We will leave it

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 134

Day 134: “In My Body”

I’d like to approach life

Out of my head

And into my body

Feeling my feet on the ground

My heart in my chest

Allowing my body

To do its thing

And quieting my mind

Living in the moment

The now

In my body

Grounded

And grown

Awake

Alive

Completely trusting myself

To do what I know how to do

I want to quiet the noise

And live

Why is that so hard to do?

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 132

Day 132: “Problem-Solving”

Valentine’s Day

Hearts and flowers

Chocolates

Cake

Nice dinners

Cards

Poems

Love

But what I’ve discovered

is I love a good balloon

You see, our cat likes to eat flowers

So my partner can’t really get them for me

Without us having to diligently watch the flowers at all times

Or even keep them in the fridge

This year, though, he found a great solution

He got me a balloon that says, “I love you!”

And let me tell you, “I love it!”