Possible PAD 16-2, Rondelet

 World of Possibility

 

The travel bug

Oh, I had caught it early on.

The travel bug

It started slowly as a slug.

To see the world, I have felt drawn.

Immunity is now long gone.

The travel bug

possible PAD 16-1, PB nuisance, Rondel

 

Mean Old Winter

 

 Fair autumn days are slipping past.

Old winter’s chasing on its heels.

Who’s ready for what winter deals?

Impossible for fall to last.

 

Mean winter’s coming way too fast.

At gloominess, my poor mind reels.

Fair autumn days are slipping past.

Old winter’s chasing on its heels.

 

Bare branches stark in skies like glass.

Sheet ice on roads aims, maims, and kills.

I freeze, at least, that’s how it feels.

As days go by, gray snow’s amassed.

Fair autumn days are slipping past.

Monster PAD 15-3 Rispetto

 

Send Them Packing

 

The monsters creep about at night,

Which shows that they are truly wimps.

Afraid to face you in the light,

They hide away with all the imps.

 

So if there’s monsters neath your bed,

You tell them go, fill them with dread.

Because you’re brave and good and wise,         

The monsters run in their surprise.

Monster PAD 15-2, Rictameter

 Despair

 

Listen

Do not give up

Go forward bit by bit

Do not let despair devour you

Head up, eyes forward, one step, then the next

Chase away fog that blocks vision

You have done harder things

Be encouraged

Listen

monster PAD 15-1 Rime Royal

 Depression

 

Depression haunted me for many years.

In fact, when in my teens it rarely left.

 

In early marriage, it brought many tears.

I daily dealt with symptoms of its theft.

It left my family and friends bereft.

 

I learned it’s not the monster it appeared,

And to direct my mind from what I feared.

who blank, PAD 14-3, Rime Couée

 

Who Cares?

 

The ones who seem a tad bit odd

Though mold has broken, don’t blame God

Who see as perfect, not as flawed  

Who value each and every soul

Concern’s not merely a façade

Who want them healthy, safe and whole

Who blank, PAD 14-2, Quinzaine

 

Who Talks to Birds?

Birds meet on my bush outside.

When do you fly south?

Can I come?