The Doldrums
The “doldrums” is a popular nautical term that refers to the belt around the Earth near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on windless winds. The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is known to sailors worldwide as the doldrums. For us, it can be a period of inactivity or depression Maybe an...
Mo Kree My Heart
Irish Mo chroí (moh Kree)– translated meansmy heartFrom the first breath, each had a unique start So many personalities, yet the heart beats as oneI will never stop loving them until my life is done The ups and downsSmiles and frowns Those Happy days made years fly byeI never contemplated old...
From the Blackjack Tree
I saw it from the blackjack treeMy big sister is getting her spanking justbefore me I shimmied up that tall blackjackThinking I was off my daddy’s pain track I will admit all three sisters were guiltyOf the crime We were too busy at the creekhaving a good time When daddy came...
Absence
It takes time for a broken heart to healSo many emotions inside you can’t reveal You make your face an upturned smileLeaving sadness on the shelf for awhile The heart is desperate. That’s trueIt’s a fight to control my thinking of you Life always carries the saying, “it’s not fair.”It is...
Youths Door
I was a young girl thenrunning hillsides back when inhaling the clean airs summer breezehanging upside down in a blackjack tree laughter floating heavenwardmama smiles when it’s heard no thoughts of creaking kneesToo busy watching bumble bees No hitch in your walk. It was straightdangling off the Iron bridge by grandad’s...
Daddy went out for MILK
Our Daddy went out to buy milk one dayNever to return, he left and went away Those were the words uttered by a young girlThat’s all she remembered about her broken world The boy had asked the question why do you roamthe streetI have to beg for money to help our...
Testing Your Mettle
Mettle is the courage to carry on. If someone wants to “test your mettle,” they want to see if you have the heart to follow through when the going gets tough. It is the bare elements that will test your mettle Don’t take the easy path, don’t settle It seems Everyone is flourishing...
Wintertime
The cold set in silentlyovernightA grab for the coversI wrap tight The first foot hits the floorThe second goes down,a mad dash through the door warm socks now wrap my cold toesThe cold reaches now to my nose My remedy is to strap on a maskNow on to the next warming...
