in autumn

we watch the sun 

dips into the horizon 

as summer slips away 

 

the evening sky 

paints in lovely shades 

as we grow closer 

in minds and hearts 

 

far off, a hill lies
bare of green 

now blooming in 

autumn hues

 

 

- Written for Twiglet #298

 

 

at the dance

the punch had too much sugar

but I sipped it anyway 

standing by the table 

I watch classmates dance with 

synchronized feet and stiff arms 

as always, I’m the odd one out

I take in the spectacle as my mind

drifts to faraway daydreams

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #160:Poems that Pack a Punch

in sorrow

each journey has a 

beginning and end 

we have reached

the end of the road

 

the sun has set 

the chapter has closed 

and now my heart 

is left broken 

 

I seek solace 

in the night stars 

but the unlit sky 

only greets me

 

 

- Written for Twiglet #296

work

my grandparents, sharecroppers

worked in fields from sunrise to sundown

my father gained rough hands 

fixing car transmissions during the day 

while my mother cleaned offices at nightfall

I work in an office sitting before 

computer screens for hours -

a move up still stressful

 

 

- Written for dVerse Quadrille #159 - Learn to Labor - or is it Labor to Learn?