tranquil the ocean in my dream tonight
Author: bercatliz
Fat
During teenage years
I was fat
I was tiny
I had no friends
The boy next door asked
Many girls out
Except me
My sister’s wedding arrived
She chose the bridesmaids dresses
With her best friend
I went alone for a fitting
My thirties brought the gift
Of diabetes and a strict diet
I could now buy clothes
I retired my sewing machine
A door opened to a world of
Poetry
Cabaret shows
Theatres
Galleries
Museums
Concert halls
Friends.
Crisis
The sun beams down
On this crossroads
Where I stand indecisive
Do I continue straight a head
Do I take a right turn
Ignore the left
I see the positives
I see the negatives
I feel gratitude for the gift
Of choice.
April 2024
Strolling Dublins O’Connell Street
On a sunny April Saturday morning
Observing the colourful clothes
The bags
The shoes
A beret
A t-shirt
Glitter like diamonds in the sun
Protesters on their way to a march
Carry flags that flap in the breeze
A flag touches my shoulder
As if to say hello.
Morning Dream Senryu
morning dream
our heads touching
the baby and me
Slow Senryu
slow walk
to what i don’t want
spring breeze
A Spider
I like many do not have a good
Relationship with spiders
Or indeed any kind of creepy crawlies
I pretend to be brave when other adults
Are around
On my own
I let out a howling scream
Which I am sure frightens the spider
As well as defening my neighbours
Picking the spider out of the bath
I drown him or her in the toilet
Never giving thought to their family
Or animal lovers thinking I am a murderer
I simply panic
When we were young my brothers bedroom
Was dusty
He told our niece that Fred the spider lived
Underneath his bed
She didn’t try to confiscate his childhood
Board games
For fear of encountering Fred
She tried to send me underneath this bed
Without any success.
Ageing Monoku
ageing i declutter in search of simplicity
Health Care – Show Them You Care
After a long queue
I reached the cubicle
Heart thundering
Sweaty hands
Full of nervous chatter
The young man listened
Prepared my arm for the Covid vaccination
Health Care – Show Them You Care
I thanked this angel and told him
What a great job he and his colleagues
Were doing
I took home his dazzling smile.
Fog
The fog in my head clears
I reach back in time
To those guiding signs
Showing me the right path
Previously ignored.