Look at how cute this little spiderwort bloom is!! And it was doing its very best to hide away in the middle and bottom of the bush. If I hadn't been planting some elephant ears and hosta nearby, I might not have noticed it. It is strange how the world can look very, very different when you are down on your knees.
Anyway...you folks all know how committed I am to the Poem-a-Week deal. Here are a couple more from what I should have called Two-Poems-a-Week. ENJOY! and look below them.
Some Thoughts Cannot Be Shared
You’d swear the ancient gods still live
In the distant thunder’s rumble.
You’d think I’d find some words to say,
But all I do is mumble.
A thought trembles and dies here on
My crooked, straining smile.
A wall of rain dissolves the words
I’ve pondered all the while.
I guess I’ll let the spirits speak,
Knowing their moans will burn.
I feel their pain through dying breaths
The moment when they turn.
I shelter now, here in the dark,
Because I am so weak.
The wind may blow, the rain may beat,
But still, I will not speak.
Were I to rest or fall asleep
Or maybe even die,
You’ll find no words have crossed my lips.
I hope you wonder why.
How's about another one--Just one more!
A Guy in Love Who Cannot Take a Hint
My sweet, I beg your pardon.
Will you join me in the garden
To tidy up a stubborn patch of weeds?
The rosebush that grows there
Is looking pretty bare.
I think some air and sun is what it needs.
My dear, I know your itchin’
For me to leave your kitchen
While you spice up those things I love to eat.
I’ve not be overlooking
The fare that you’ve been cooking.
For my crude tastes, it really can’t be beat.
Dear heart, I think it’s sweet
How you want to be discreet
And keep our love a secret from your friends,
But I can’t get a handle
Why our love would be a scandal
Or why it appears a “means” without an “ends.”
My love, no more excuses,
Your reasons seem like ruses,
And I think you’re unfairly being cruel,
And yet I must confess
My brain is all a mess
“Cause love has got me thinking like a fool.
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