A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 222

Day 222: “Breaking Free”

I’m picking up the pen and paper

Or rather exercising my thumbs across the keyboard

To say something

Anything

To get out of a rut

Of imagined exhaustion

And self-imposed imprisonment

It’s time to get with the season

Let the rain fall on my skin

And the cool air dance across my nose

It’s time to wake up

And wake up sooner

Live my days with levity

And be so creative

I impress myself

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 219

Day 219: “Fear: an Outlook on Life”

I realize that there’s always two outlooks

Sometimes more

ways to look at things

Find the good

The positive

But it’s hard

when you’re scared

scared of loss

scared of that feeling

scared to be alone

I don’t want to be left alone

I’ve felt it before

And it’s terrible

I know that I’m never alone

I have myself

And blah, blah, blah

But sometimes I need to wallow

Sit in fear

Stir in imagined disaster

I’m not sure why that is

But that’s where I’m at now

I’ll lay my head

down to rest

And hope the fear doesn’t spill into my dreams

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 215

Day 215: “Co-Author”

If you ever need a laugh,

Ask your partner for help

I said my brain was tired and I needed help

coming up with today’s poem

Please enjoy this poem à la Jeremy

“It’s bright outside

It makes me light

inside

So much that I can glide

And that also gives me pride

This is the best poem ever

You couldn’t even pull it with a lever”

It did make me laugh

It did make me smile

But perhaps poetry really isn’t for everybody

“You know you really shouldn’t talk about yourself like that”