There is always a choice.
What to say.
What not to say.
Sometimes the silence is an answer.
Whether compliance or obvious.
What you say gets you to the circumstances that you do not want to be in.
Publish
Works get stolen.
Internet is free.
How no one sees the effort.
Behind the curtain.
I try to run free.
Interest is not there.
Needy Cat
Attention.
Pets.
Snuggles.
Naps.
Purrs.
Head bumps.
But most of all, Neck Scritches.
A Better Person
Grey Areas are rife.
Good intentions are not always enough.
Put the effort in.
Even if you don’t have much.
Sometimes that is good enough.
Weary
The world turns.
It can be glittery.
Star studded.
Underneath are the unhoused.
Overlooked.
Ignored.
People you see
And those you don’t.
Today is tired.
Threads
It is unraveling.
Life is difficult.
I yearn to create a strong weave.
Yet, I find myself watching
As the the strands drift away
Out of my reach.
Ragged and torn I cry silently
As my world is ripped further apart.
Treats
The time between each
is what makes them a treat.
The quantity does not matter
though the quality sometimes does.
A treat is whatever makes you happy
for a short time before life comes back
and you have to rejoin the hordes of mayhem.
Journey
The self will change.
Physical boundaries are arbitrary.
Goals can be achieved.
Or bypassed.
Good will not always outweigh the bad.
The end is forever in sight.
Walk on my friend.
Things that should work…
Replacing an ingredient in the baking recipe.
Using a shoelace as an impromptu belt.
Licking your fingers trying to get the stickiness off.
Should
does not always equate to Could.
Built Differently
Woman or male.
Tasks shared equally
does not mean equality.
It means that those who care to do the jobs
they prefer can do so.
Physically males may be stronger
but that does not mean
Women can not lift anything.
Nor does it mean
a man can not be the caregiver
to the children.
Division of labour
should be just that,
a division that allows for changes
and leeway when the roles are no longer working.
Relationships can be strange
but when you communicate
it can mean the world.
To you or to them.
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