Poetry

Or is it a bairn?

Sometime type of free flow association.

Maybe it’s a warning?

Or merely my mind floating helplessly?

Hah brains are the weirdest things!

BRAIN!

That’s it!

I have a Free Range Brain!

The gravesite is a place of memorial.

The fast-food joint is for dinner.

The school is for learning.

The home is for protection and comfort.

My home is under the bridge next to a cemetery.

How can I help someone

when they refuse to be accountable

for all the troubles they cause?

Swearing only makes things worse.

Yet yelling makes the tears flow

and bad feeling come out.

Can the argument have been avoided?

Probably.

But right now, frustration

has let all these emotions loose.

Patience and tolerance

can only take you so far.

Unexpected things happen.

Bumps, bruises or cuts.

Deliberate causes are ignored.

Why should you

have to explain

your emotional intelligence

to anyone else.

It is not

that they would understand

the reason you cry all day long

after spilling the cat food on the floor.

When he snores

And you find it cute.

When you pluck out

The moustache hairs because he will kiss you more.

When he leaves you alone

So you can finally have some quiet time away from the kids.

When he wants to play with you

But you tell him to play with himself

And he does.

When you are in the mood

And he is too

And you laugh together

Because you know he loves you.

One day at a time.

Celebrate the little wins.

Don’t expect everything to change all at once.

Because if it did you might find

nothing actually changed

because you did not change with it.

Hormones are to blame.

So says science.

Not just a “Get a hold of yourself!”

“Stop your crying or I will give you something to really cry about!”

Too bad people are now deciding that science is also not to be trusted.

The never-ending saga.

The reason some people feel the need to hurt others

is a concept I have not always been able to understand.

Especially when it is my child they hurt.

What’s in a name?

Is it cultural?

Familial?

Or simply a whim by the parents?

Whatever you are called

please realize

You are the one who makes that name worthwhile!

Denim work wear.

Made to be comfortable.

Versatile and easy to clean.

A long viable history.

Where one can see the impact made on fashion.

Where else can jeans and a tshirt

be heralded as chic.