Writing

I write to understand

Thoughts have no form

They swirl and spin

Dodge coalesce and dissolve

Words are my landfall

Where sirens and storms

Come to a stop

When after I read

Now it makes sense

I can breathe again

FloodWaters

I’m going to be

Quiet peaceful and calm

Said the water to

The sea I’ve done

As you have asked

And touched the land

I don’t like it

It’s hard and cold

Always in the way

And life runs away

From me home I’m

Wishing to go where

At least I’m free

Zelensky

Oh that Zelensky

We see you

A lion’s heart

A dove’s soul

And eagle’s vision

Protective and strong

Peaceful and calm

Cunning and determined

Oh Mr. Zelensky

The world sees

What Putin cannot

One single man

Followed by others

We are proud

Of you Ukraine

NotAlways

What’s on the menu

Is never ever served

Heaven is better hoped

Than it is realized

Promises are always made

But seldom ever kept

Laughter doesn’t always mean

That things were funny

I do get tired

Pointing out the obvious

Why can’t people learn

That nothing is guaranteed

Miscast

Just once I’d like

What the movies show

Or greeting cards say

And the fairytales promise

But always seems to

Forget its own lines

And stealing the show

Leaving me to improvise

And play the fool