Variations - Words edition...

[CuriousCat89]

Nailed it!

With a little help cuz counting is hard

 

[lingus60]

Tough times
Loving parents
Boomer generation
We did ok, but for our kids
It’s tough
But hey
Ev'ry generation rises
To the new challenges
Human spirit
Goes on

 

[Saltfountain]

Tough times
Loving parents
Boomer generation
We did ok, but for our kids
It’s tough
But hey
Ev'ry generation rises
To the new challenges
Human spirit
Goes on

Love this mate

 

[Cjbdd]

Sisters
One on the bed
Older girl does homework
Music on her record player
Bonding
Today
Still taking care of each other
Still loving our music
Happy siblings
Lucky

 

[Saltfountain]

Sisters
One on the bed
Older girl does homework
Music on her record player
Bonding
Today
Still taking care of each other
Still loving our music
Happy siblings
Lucky

See! I knew you were an old softie really

 

[ScarletDaisy]

Sisters
One on the bed
Older girl does homework
Music on her record player
Bonding
Today
Still taking care of each other
Still loving our music
Happy siblings
Lucky

This is why I always wanted a sister.

 

[lindi_85]

My goodness. The skill and talent in this thread is unreal

 

[ScarletDaisy]

My goodness. The skill and talent in this thread is unreal

It's one of my favorite threads. Such tiny glimpses in cool little slices.

 

[CuriousCat89]

@Saltfountain told me to visit and I’m impressed!

 

[Wand3rlust]

Running
BMX's
Scraping knees, street footie
Endless days, called in for tea and
Kiss chase.
Simple
memories of innocent times
Make me who I am now
Yet somehow still
Running.

 

[lingus60]

Outdoors
Come rain or shine
Playing from dawn till dusk
No smartphones or computers then
The street
The woods
Everywhere was a playground then
Even the old quarry
All the year round
Childhood

 

[Awaywego]

Love that mate, but you missed a line of 2 out in the middle

Fixed, just dropped a word transcribing. Really

 

[Awaywego]

Outdoors
Come rain or shine
Playing from dawn till dusk
No smartphones or computers then
The street
The woods
Everywhere was a playground then
Even the old quarry
All the year round
Childhood

Just talking about this

 

[Awaywego]

Hard year
Three to this day.
First you took my Granny
Then Dad had the close encounter
Now ok
Newest,
She was the best
Friend of youth, we played hard
Sharing life, holding eachother
Now gone

 

[ScarletDaisy]

Hard year
Three to this day.
First you took my Granny
Then Dad had the close encounter
Now ok
Newest,
She was the best
Friend of youth, we played hard
Sharing life, holding eachother
Now gone

I am so sorry.

 

[ScarletDaisy]

With a
Simple gesture
She took my fears away.
Childhood hurts, teenage pain. And then
She was
Just gone.
Alive one day, no more the next.
A hole left in my heart.
She lives on in
My mind.

 

[Saltfountain]

Wonder
What you're doing.
Has your life delivered
All that you hoped it would give you?
Are you
Happy?
Have the years been kind since we kissed?
Is it what you dreamed of,
Or your nightmares?
Wonder...

 

[ScarletDaisy]

The course
was perfectly
Plotted. Each jump, each rail
Was placed with careful precision.
On deck.
Waiting...
The timer dings, we're in the ring -
Perry could jump the moon!
We cleared the course -
Flawless.

 

[Cjbdd]

The gang
Teens and young ones
No fighting no whining
Ran around town like we owned it
Some fun
All games
Had no adult supervision
And yet we all survived
Those were fun days
Back then

 

[CuriousCat89]

Mother
Doing it all
Things no one notices
All the emotional labor
Unpaid
Unsaid
A culture relying on mom
Simmering resentment
Until one day
We stop

 

[ScarletDaisy]

Mother
Doing it all
Things no one notices
All the emotional labor
Unpaid
Unsaid
A culture relying on mom
Simmering resentment
Until one day
We stop

We notice.

 

[Cjbdd]

Happy
Always smiling
Not a care in the world
I want to be a kid again
Have fun
But then
You have to grow up sometime right?
Must be responsible
Must be mature
No thanks

 

[lindi_85]

To be
A kid again
Would fill me with such joy
Carefree and playful, loving life
Instead

Lonely
But not alone, navigating
A world that doesn’t care
Only pretends
Unseen

I don’t know why mine always become dark
Don’t read into it people. I don’t need therapy

 

[Awaywego]

To be
A kid again
Would fill me with such joy
Carefree and playful, loving life
Instead

Lonely
But not alone, navigating
A world that doesn’t care
Only pretends
Unseen

I don’t know why mine always become dark
Don’t read into it people. I don’t need therapy

Funny I have written poetry most my adult life, I look at it as self counseling. I actually used it as a technique when I had a "shingle" hung, one of my client made a book of hers. @lindi_85 this is a great one.

 

[Awaywego]

Muted
I am quiet
The day begins oddly
Cloudy out yet bright, no sun seen
White cloud
Made light, sun rising reflecting
Brings a smile to this day.
Thoughts begin, bright
Smiles come