When you ‘sign up’ for an event, I believe you should do your best to meet the challenge of doing what you ‘signed up’ to do. The Event in question is the #poemadayfeb event, and I had been going well, writing my new poem every day, and posting the poem on my blog here. Until yesterday.
Yesterday, a variety of things happened though, and while I did write a new poem on the 7th of February (ie, yesterday), I wasn’t able to, or simply didn’t, post that poem on my blog here, as I was supposed to. And when I say ‘supposed to’ it’s only me who says that’s what I was ‘supposed to’ do.
Anyway, today is a new day, and I am now going to post my new poem right underneath what I’m writing here. I like this new poem, and I really feel my poetry is moving in good directions, at the moment. I feel as if writing, every single day is definitely working for me, and who knows, perhaps I’ll be able to keep it going once February is over?
OK, enough of my prose, here is my poem:
Want or need?
Mother’s milk at the start of life,
Honesty in relationships,
Politicians you can trust,
Friends who care that you do well.
It would be good to believe
these seeming needs
will always be there
when they’re wanted,
But sometimes mothers milk doesn’t come
And relationships break up.
A trustworthy pollie? huh, that’d be nice!
& friends who blow in, can blow out too.
These aren’t needs, none of them,
they’re all of them just wants
not frivolous ones, yes that’s true,
but we wouldn’t die without them.
Babes can survive on another’s milk,
someone else can be ‘the one’,
election time, bad pollies are ditched,
and new friends may come at any time.
You need to breathe, by yourself, or by machine
But really, is there really anything else?
Water, or fluids, anyway, yes that’s another,
you’ll die if you don’t drink
But to be honest, I really suspect,
want will cover everything else,
the things you think you need?
if you can live without it, it’s a want
not a need, & too many are being greedy …
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Wife, mother, Poet, Writer, Art Installationist, Stand Up Comedian, Dog Enthusiast. Spending most of my time being creative in a variety of sometimes quirky ways!
I have suffered in my life, I have had wonderful things occur in my life. Concentrating on the wonderful things makes it easier for me to live a great life.
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