at times you make me wanna barf
at times you make me giggle
what time do I have to set the alarm
stop asking me to wiggle

I once thought the earth was round
gerbils bite when you feed them
water is deep
barns are brown
flowers grow when you seed them

lasso the moon
close the door
kids are alseep
mopped the floor
call me sweet names
like you did before

honey pies and sweet hearts
tickle my soul
light my eyes
and tickle all my other parts




well I did say it was like poetry
or a really bad greeting card
no wonder Hallmark hasn't called yet

Ahh, who needs Hallmark? Start your own franchise, Lady. You're a natural.

All you see
When you look at me
In your business suit
Silken tie
Blue tooth phone
As you drive by

Old , weathered,
Shrunken, beaten
Bent, broken
Bowed head
weeping

All you see is surface crap
You see the now
not my past
I am the car
you drive no more
No tires, no windows
only one door

You see the shell of what I used to be
Yet judge me for eternity
Fool yourself a while more
That death will not knock on your door

You hold words behind a prison gate
past wrongs
old mistakes
Thinking someday you will mention
A word or two of recognition
Not this year
maybe next
Not today
not just yet
Bills must be paid,
children fed
Early to rise
early to bed
Too late
I a��m dead.

thanks I used to play around with this stuff here and there when I had the time

the second one I wrote for a Children's Lit class

the professor did not find it amusing

note to God

I was wondering please. Will I fail housework 101 if I continue to lose baby socks every time I do a load of wash? I wouldn’t even mind doing the wash Lord, but you see this husband that you have given me for life has decided to keep our dog food next to the dryer. I now have to stand here with wet socks from dog drool puddles and I have to look down before stepping to avoid the trail of doggie kibble that is trailing out the door.

Remind me please, how did I get to this point in my life? The baby had a much better night last night. He was only up at 10:00, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00 and 6:00 for the day. My sister in law assures me I will be able to catch up on sleep during the day while baby naps. Today he napped for twenty minutes. At this rate I’ll be dead before I catch up.

My other sister in law told me I needed a day out to myself and why didn’t I make an appointment at the beauty salon? I did and she cut and curled and sprayed and dyed til I didn’t recognize myself and all for only $120.00. My husband was livid but I looked good until my hair started falling out. Apparently my gray hair is fussy and does not care to be disguised as the brown hair it used to be.

Bravo!

when I was a stay at home mom I used to write for a parenting site
send in goofy stuff once in awhile
but spend most of my time reading and writing papers and taking tests
these days
and cruising a dating site giving peops a hard time

some of it's like poetry and some of it's just writing

here is a note to myself

there comes a time in your life when you must put your own needs first
when you have to turn and walk away from some people in your life
that you have tried to help so many times you have lost track
people make their own choices and you must make yours also
sometimes even though it is not your intention
you enable others to continue with their behavior because
you love them and cannot stand to see them hurting
so you step in and help hoping this will be the last time
and that they really mean the words coming out of their mouth
but then it is you..always you
that ends up disappointed, worn out..when the old behavior continues

it is NOT your job to save someone who does not want to be saved
sometimes when it is only after you walk away
that they are forced by circumstance and their own bad choices
to come face to face with some hard decisions
and it is only then that change may actually occur

...or it may not
but at least you are whole and intact :)

this does not make you an evil person
it just means that you have learned to put your own needs
on front burner where they belong
instead of always on the back

Little Gold Cross :

in my jewelry box rests a small and very plain little gold cross. This was the first cross my ex husband bought for me when I we were first married. Oh there were others that came in the course of twenty years some with rubies and some with diamonds and all with sparkly gold chains. Oh at one time my jewelry box was filled with enough crosses that I could wear a new one each day of the week but those are all gone now..hocked at pawn shop to pay the rent when I first separated from my husband..all of them except this one plain little gold cross that I could not part with..this one represents a time of hope when everything was still out there somewhere in front of me. I have not had it on my neck for over two years now...mad at God for my imperfect life, for losing my mom in my twenties,my dad in my thirties..my mother in law whom I loved..mad at God for my imperfect marriage and how much time I had to spend alone all these years..for how hard it was on my children..for all my lost dreams and the hope I once had that died along the way..Today I bought a little gold chain to go around my neck just the right size for this little gold cross..for it represents hope and love and someone who watches over me, who has always been watching over me and its time finally for me to wear it once again

I will play with this as I have time.
could be cathartic

I like them all;))))

You are an awesome writer, TMommy. Amazing work!

hahaha well let's not get silly now



but thanks

insincerity
I can give you but a moment of my time
to ask you questions but never listen
for I must hurry on to find the next
to give thirty seconds of my time
insincerity
a brief glimpse in your direction
to notice perhaps the color of your hair
just long enough to see you are a girl
not long enough to wonder ..who you really are
insincerity
a one way conversation bred out of boredom
for someone, anyone, the next one to listen
I see you coming a mile away
a two second conversation to nowhere

Wow. Ms. T, that works. *ceremoniously passes the 'Magic Pencil' to its rightful owner.*

Way cool.

kewl.

you guys are nice
thanks

when you spend all night on phone talking to me because you love the sound of my voice and my laughter and you just don't want to hang up
even if it means you go into work dead on your feet
three months of calling back and forth
when you call me on your lunch break when you have five minutes to yourself
when you tell me to text you whenever I want to in between classes
because it brings a smile to your face to read them
when you stand out in the rain ranting and raving at me on phone when we are in an argument and I know you are as upset as I am
when you hold my face in your hands and tell me over and over how much i mean to you..
when we scream at each other because both of us are so damn pig headed we will not give an inch on changing our own goals or our own plans..
me with my kids and my future here
you with your kids and your mortgage and career there

when we spend a glorious week together wrapped up in each other
when we both bawl saying goodbye
when I realize that was a year ago this month
that you went back to her
you are the measuring stick to which I hold all others up to and watch as they fail one by one

(((TMommy)))

Pretty good!