opposite sides of the track

they were from different

sides of the track but they

always say opposites attract

who knew they would become

the new Romeo and Juliet,

an updated West Side Story

a love story older than time

yet still we wonder

how the tale will end

 

 

- Written for Quadrille #161: Staying on Track

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? 

nightfall

Photo by Pixaby

 

 

sunset

embraces

night

stars

enchant

moon

planets

serenade

dreams