eM oveL I

Art by Lili Zeng

Loving yourself isn’t just ideal,

It is absolutely necessary

We all do have appeal

Not the contrary.

Knowing your value

Will save your life

In everything that you do

Preventing strife.

Hold on fast

To all your goals

The bad times won’t last

Though it takes a toll.

Push on hard

Through the fire

Even if needing restart,

On life’s high wire.

Be ever present

And live in the now

Drop your past resentment

As you push and plough.

Reap the happiness

Living your best life now

Share with all who’ll witness

Applied lessons and know-how.

-AAA 07/01/2024

New Source

Kick up your heels

Get back on the horse

Adjust your reels

You’ve got a new source.

Set your hooks

Set up your bait

Spruce up your looks,

And just wait.

Get yourself a money train

Someone who’ll support y’all

And when he figures it out in vain

You’ll take him for a cash windfall.

-AAA 06/29/2024

Loving Creativity

Sing me a song

Dance me a dance

You can’t go wrong

If you take a chance.

Write me a sonnet

Or maybe a haiku

Creativity your bonnet

In everything you do.

Play me a concerto

Hold me at bay

Create a libretto

In all that you say.

Let me appreciate

Your talents and all

For everything you create

I further fall.

-aaa

Your Truth, Revealed

Tell your story

Share your truth

Don’t be gory

Or uncouth.

Use all your words

Choose them with care

As they cut like swords

If you aren’t aware.

Testify your life

As your words flow

Good times and strife

All the highs and lows…

-aaa

Poetry, My War

Every poem is a battle

Fiercely fought over:

Words, technique, and style

I wish it came easier.

But I have to claw and fight

For every word or phrase I write

Maybe I’m meant for other things

Like cooking fries and onion rings.

Writing shouldn’t be a war

It should be a lot of fun

Not second-guessing to, abhor

It shouldn’t be fought, it should be won…

-aaa

A Pleasant Date in Laguna Beach

She softly stood near a mangrove bush

My heart blazed as we talked

She turned me to a pile of mush

As I held her hand then we walked.

Her hazel eyes were warm to me

Each time I happened to catch her gaze

I felt the best for being just me

As her charms touched me in many ways.

I stood on the side of traffic

Walking, just to keep her safe

Our mutual attraction, quite prolific

Which was not done in haste.

Checking out the galleries

All nearby Laguna Beach

Not worried much about calories

As we dined at the cliff side’s reach.

The meal was done

All we could handle

For more fun

We shopped for candles.

Bee’s wax formed

And lovely scents

Earlier poured

And cooled by vents.

The store keeper and I

Shared our crafts

Upon which candle makers rely

And other facts.

Later as it had gotten dark

We journeyed back up the hill

To where we’d left my red car parked

And further adventures await us still…

-aaa

Love Rejected 💔

What can I do

What can I say

It’s now all moot

Since you’ve gone away.

I gave you love

Without fear or scare

You left with a shove

I guess life isn’t fair.

You called me a beast

In our passionate bed

Now crumbs and not a feast

In my wearied head

No goodbyes

Or final embrace

I choked on your lies

With tear stained face.

We shared our souls

Mutual attraction fed

Now nothing consoles

You chose him, instead.

At least in the end

You finally fessed up

But late omission is not a friend

But a bitter cup.

-aaa

Three Quantrains on Speech

When words are spoken

Mean what you say

Truth is unbroken

Keep it that way.

Choose them with care

Don’t give into fears

Lay yourself bare

Even with tears.

Just use your head

Go with the flow

Follow your heart instead

Since it’s what you know.

-aaa

The Odd Duck

Stop staring at me

You don’t know me at all

Keep your judgements to yourself

Or else you’ll be the one to take the fall.

Just because I’m not like you

Doesn’t mean I’m in the wrong

I’ll beat to my own drummer

And I sing a different song.

Nonconformity is not a sin

It’s just another way to live life

True uniqueness and weirdness too

Has sometimes been a personal strife.

In my youth I wanted to belong

So much so that it made me sad

But when I didn’t fit in with my peers

It often left me feeling bad.

What could I say to myself

If I could journey back in time

Words of encouragement and self love

Like “No, Anthony, you’re not a slime”

So I let these words flow out of me

My aims are honest and true

I love this oddball of a guy

And I think the world will too…

-aaa

Three Things Challenge M708

Your three words today are:

COVER

PROTECT

SHELTER

Moore, OK Tornado Stock News Footage 05/03/1999
Moore, OK Tornado Stock News Footage 05/03/1999

Hold On!!!

Duck and cover

Head for shelter

Protect, not hover

In the pending helter skelter.

Find a safe place

And hunker down

The storm is coming

Round and round.

The sirens are going

The time is near

The winds are really blowing

And the green sky is not clear.

A sound at first, distant

Starts to grow

Initially, a soft hiss

Then it starts to throw.

In between blasts of hail and rain

There was as a different sound

It’s something like a freight train

With everything twirling around.

Deep inside my hiding place

I hear objects hit the house

As the winds pick up there pace

I huddle quiet as a mouse.

Big things small things

Missles of all sizes

Crash through with a sting

Destroying all our prizes

I hold on tight

The worst is here

It won’t take me this night

Though that I fear.

I close my eyes

With fast beating heart

With tears and sighs

As my house is torn apart.

My ears pop

From the pressure of the wind

I pray for it to stop

And the tornado finally ascends…

-aaa

Hater Comments Designed to Maim

Haters will hate

So the adage says

The ill will they propagate

Can last for days.

Using inflammatory words

They viciously strike you

Though their reasoning is absurd

They have nothing better to do.

We all work hard as we write

Our efforts on virtual parchment, blood

Another such soul struck tonight

And I felt the anger and hurt, flood.

I really need a thicker skin

I shouldn’t even care

After reading what was said within

I had no smile to bear.

Some folks oughta get a life

Rather than writing words unclean

Not since my ex-wife

Have I read such text, so mean.

We’re all authors, trying to succeed

Not hurt each other for sport

Encouragement is my true creed

Not succumbing to petty resorts.

Maybe it’s bitter envy I don’t know

What motivates one to hurt another

Maybe someone loses control

And just chooses to choke and smother.

I guess I just don’t know anymore

Why people would rather be dogging

Instead of setting out, resentful what more

Maybe just concentrate on blogging?

-aaa

Word of The Day “Neglected”

Four Quatrains of Neglect

Oppressed husband and cruel life – Steemit

I felt quite neglected

It’s just that simple

Didn’t receive love as expected

Instead of a wave, a ripple

I adored you every day

And do many little things

That’s why I feel dismay

That inequality brings

I told you truth

And dealt with your vice

You were always were uncouth

With your pack of lies

As I pay this final alimony

It hurts me like a knife

A manipulating phony

And never quite a wife…

-aaa

No Happy Endings Aka The Leftovers

For some of us, there are no happy endings

No twenty year anniversaries to celebrate

Instead, divorces with alimonies pending

Leaves us remaining of in a frazzled state.

Some were high school sweethearts

Or college friends from long ago

Many of which lead to two happy hearts

While the rest of us are just status quo.

What did we do that was so wrong?

To end up with such gruesome loves

I guess we sang to a different song

With circling vultures instead of doves.

We try our best to not have envy

Watching you all celebrate

Hold it together as best we can be

Looking only to ourselves, to appreciate.

A pure love that we all read about

That is what your lives have shown

Selflessness and sacrifice in large amount

Those things, from others, we’ve never known.

So please remember us, solitary souls

As your anniversary years accrue

As we’re finding all the answers alone

Remember, you’re lucky, that someone truly loves you…

-AAA 05/17/2024

Poetic Alchemy

I’m trying to write new poems

And new poetic forms

I’m trying to write my usual gems

While breaking all the norms.

I like the challenge it brings

And the way it pushes my mind

Writing about all sorts of things

No two are the same kind.

Stretching as I try

To contort to all the rules

Feeling my brain fry

As I utilize my tools.

I never know what I will write

Until I reach the very end

With styles, I am an alchemist tonight

As I feel my creativity bend…

-aaa

Mothers

Mothers are definitely the best

They always answer to the test

That’s why they’re better than the rest

Knowing them we are blessed.

Mothers made us our food

Showed how to be good

Did everything for us they could

Like every mother should.

Mothers taught us what to say

How to happily play

That there weren’t enough hours in the day

Mine even taught me how to pray.

Mothers fix our many scrapes

Don’t tolerate when we act like apes

Sometimes give us fruit and grapes

As long as we don’t stay in the drapes.

Mothers are why we are alive

Many taught us how to drive

When mine did I wasn’t sure if she’d survive

Thanks to my mother I learn and thrive.

Mothers show up every day

They keep our tantrums all at bay

We hope forever they will stay

With that wish, I often pray…

-aaa ❤️ 🌹

Journey To Your Self

Don’t sweat the small stuff

Our life is very long

Take each lesson even if rough

In stride for one day you’ll be strong.

Take each opportunity

That comes your way

Don’t get caught up in scrutiny

Make the most of every day.

Just keep going

You’re always in motion

Crushing your journey

With your inner devotion.

Someday you’ll move miles

And on others just inches

Do so with a smile

Even when life pinches.

Always experience grace

With general gratitude

Move at your own pace

Exhibit a positive attitude.

This journey is important

It’s where you become the best

The steepest climbs are potent

But you will pass this test.

Now give yourself a hug

Because you’ve nearly made it

Feel your heart and pride tug

For the progress you created…

-aaa

Ghosted And Dropped

In this time of crying.

You don’t see me there.

Gasping, choking, sighing.

Desperately, grasping for air.

Why did you leave me?

Where did you go?

Why must you deceive me?

I am reeling from the blow.

What did I do?

That wasn’t good enough.

Why weren’t you true?

This deception was rough.

All of your kisses.

Truly didn’t mean a thing.

My perceived hits were misses.

Hence, I was never your king.

I thought you were my forever.

Forever, plus a day.

In reality you were never.

Ever intending to stay.

First, you started ghosting.

Avoiding me in chat.

Barely responding to my posting.

You left me hard and flat.

You said you couldn’t love me.

When I told you “I love you”.

Your rejection, just crushed me.

At the time knowing not what I’d do.

So I bitterly reminisce you.

Now that you’re long gone.

And I’ll never again kiss you.

As you used me like a pawn…

-aaa

Consumed and Tossed Asunder

Art by Melissa Daugherty
https://www.deviantart.com/madartwork42

You tear me apart with every word

You strip away my flesh and bone

This situation is quite absurd

You’re toxic treatment I can’t condone

You manipulated me and told lies

Many false words led me astray

Relationships dwindle when the love dies

The best parts of me were ripped away

I covered you in my blanket of love

You smothered me in your cruel hate

I brought you peace like a dove

And you left me to choke on my fate

Through great effort I lost all that weight

And I gained a lot of muscle

You never noticed until it was too late

Rendering moot much my hustle

A starving man, I was neglected

As your love was withheld from me

Instead of being protected

Your ugliness consumed me

I wanted to be your lover

Though you never really did care

Instead I got screwed over

And you were my cross to bear

So I had bid goodbye to you

Long before you left our sacral bed

Today I try to think the best of you

But worms of your memory burrow holes in my head… ~ ~ ~

-aaa

Bright Yellow Orb

I remember the blazing sun

Bathing me in its golden rays

Hours of playful warm fun

All beneath its burning gaze

Even when it was hidden

Behind a wall of cloud

I knew the sun wasn’t ridden

As did the multitude of the crowd…

-aaa

A Poets Work is Never Done

Consonants, syllables, words, and beat

These are the color pallets of a poet

There are no shortcuts or way to cheat

Ask any one of us, as we all know it

Usually one line comes to mind

As we create something new

Each poem, one of a kind

As our processes are tried and true

Counting syllables with one hand

Per the rules of a poetry type

Only a poet understands

The efforts involved as they write

Often when the writing is done

One stanza must be erased

This is part of our editing fun

As our poems form, post haste

Quatrains, haikus, raikus, and quadrilles

A myriad of forms for the poet to choose

Using our creativity to climb those hills

So that our readers will be amused

Then at last we’re finally through

All the words are down and complete

There’s nothing really left to do

Except go to WordPress and publish the latest suite.

-aaa

A Woman of Three Quatrains

There she is in all her beauty.

A gift to the world is what she is.

Good at all in life, gee whiz.

A wondrous person truly.

Practically a super model and more to boot.

I can’t get her out of my mind.

Dressed to the hilt in the nicest clothes.

Truly a credit to all women kind.

Just being herself she’s happy inside.

Moving through life with a gentle glide.

She’s comfortable just being her.

The best times of our life are about to occur.

-aaa

Separate Ways

We had gone as far as we could.

Said all that we could say.

We can do no further good.

So neither of us want to stay.

Our last words are being said.

Along with a deep firm hug.

For one last time I held her head.

Feeling my heart give that familiar tug.

The times we had were very hard.

Many situations were each unfair.

Our story mapped on a crooked chart.

Painful times we both did share.

As I hold her for the last time.

Fresh warm tears stain my face.

Break-ups are horrible like the scene of a crime.

Pain, ruin, and destruction all over the place.

What was the final cause?

I’m not sure if we’ll ever know.

Many bad circumstances we tripped across.

Never finding any stability or flow.

We share heartfelt goodbyes.

And many “I’m sorries” in our embrace.

We let go, I give kiss her forehead as she cries.

I softly wipe the tears streaking down her face.

The life we shared now at an end.

And the memories of it today, are just a haze.

Once we were lovers, but now distant friends.

Parting, each we go our separate ways…

-aaa

Sekenglif (feelings) 😀😊😔😢

Art Work by Melissa Daugherty.
https://www.deviantart.com/madartwork42

A perfect sphere surrounds us each day

It’s our reality of everything we see

A myriad of emotions, are at play

And many affect both you and me

Outside the sphere, feelings abound

And each its own unique face

Happiness, sadness, and others are found

Surrounding people of every race

Which we choose or rather chooses us

We often have very little choice

Confronting our feelings is a must

When talking in our inner voice

We might as well roll with it all

There’s no need to lose control

Feelings, inside of us rise and fall

Learn to ride the ebb and flow

So how do we deal with all these thoughts

How do we gain an upper hand

Dealing with the past, you’ve wrought

Helps you draw boundaries in the sand

Then one day, you create a space

Between what you see and what you feel

Putting self control in place

Preventing overreaction, a bad way to deal

So as the realities challenge with strife

Remember, you are in control

Of your reality and your life

Don’t let your feelings take a toll…

-aaa

Fun At Last Paid for in my Past

I have been to hell and back

Upon the most treacherous course

My life and memories in a virtual knapsack

Navigating my life, post divorce

I don’t know where I go next

But I know it’s going to be fun

My past days of being hexed

Are all finished and truly done

Endless adventures await my life

I’m enjoying the unknown of each day

Over are all my days of strife

And now it’s time to enjoy and play

Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed

So each our lives, we must not waste

For the hazards of our pasts we all must heed

To thrive inside our happy place

Endless days and laughing times

I look forward to enjoy

Sharing experiences with friends of mine

With hard learned lessons, I employ

Who knows next which way I go

Not even I can answer

But I’m enjoying the ebb and flow

Just like that of the dancer…

-aaa

Dreamer of a Reality

I can taste your color

And it appeals to me

You are like no other

That I have ever seen

My heart flutters

When you are near

I’m melting butter

Each time you appear

Come closer to me

So I can see your face

An endless sea

Of beauty in place

Beautiful hair that’s heaven sent

And stunning eyes that stop my heart

Knowing now what the ‘others’ meant

Truly sets your uniqueness apart

I pinch myself am I awake

Or maybe you are just a dream

Feeling you makes my insides ache

Perhaps it’s somewhere in between…

-aaa ❤️‍🔥

Sweet Sleep Surrender

Feel me, I am near you

Whisper and I’ll hear you

Share those secrets with me

Then let go and be free

Time will slow down, you needn’t worry

The universe doesn’t make us to hurry

Let’s enjoy our silver lining

Meeting in divine timing

The wait we endured has been too long

Any longer and our story would be a song

Through thick and thin clichés galore

Do stay longer and I’ll think of more

Just hold me tight and never let go

Even if the advanced hour tells you so

As the night deepens, you finally rest

Laying your soft head on my chest

I feel my heart start to soar

As you gently snore

Breathing soft and safe at last

From the horrors of your past

I finally close my eyes and drift away

Before the evening turns to day

I won’t move an inch as you gently sleep

For I know its relief is peaceful and deep

Blackness now surrounds this bed

As I drift away and lay back my head

-aaa

Hey There, Watson

Hey there, Watson what did you do?

Where has life landed you, friend?

Tell me tales of what you’ve lived through.

And how on earth they all will end?

I traveled deep into the darkness.

And I found light on the way out.

Most of my lessons far from harmless.

But that’s what my journey was all about.

Countless persons, experiences and such.

Formed the lessons I referenced before.

Love and strength were my only crutch.

Venturing past each slamming door.

What can I tell you my dearest friend?

Of what this world has given me.

Realities harshness doesn’t end.

Or a sweet reward of liberty.

Loving hard is not enough.

For person’s not worthy of a love.

No peace or beauty can be rough.

When all they do is push and shove.

Changes happened at this point.

An adoration for me I did find.

My gifts and talents I anoint.

As strength and power fill my mind.

The answers all kept coming.

To the questions remaining in my life.

With all my passions continuously summing.

I found the courage to leave my wife.

Toxic narcissism was her art.

From the beginning of our life.

Only when we were apart.

Did I realize I never had a loving wife.

Moving to a far away land.

I began the changes that never end.

Feeling empowered and really grand.

Starting affirmations I became a best friend.

A new career, no longer a phony.

I started writing for a living.

Helping me pay my alimony.

And providing me was sorely missing.

Purpose, usefulness, and daily challenge.

Or a steady part of my career.

This is how I get my revenge.

Building a future not muddled, but clear.

Final words my friend for you.

We can drop a needless fuss.

The brightest future now in view.

Succeeding example for the rest of us…

-aaa

I am a Martian

I am one of a kind

Unique is the rule

No one to bind

As I’m a fool

Far from my planet

I’m all alone

I take nothing for granted

A billion miles from home

Sensitive to all that feel

But none of them feel a thing

Truly alone is my real

As I feel often loneliness’s sting

My plight is all mine

And mine all alone

Nobody to match me is a crime

That’s hurt me to the bone

I have a giant third eye

It’s my greatest power

I can feel it when you cry

Or when you’re glowing like a flower

No antennae on my head

I’m not sporting a green face

No what is ever said

I’m scorned by the human race

Being so weird makes me sad

I never do quite fit in

Many frustrations to be had

Despite the effort, I never win

So I gaze low eyes to the sky

As I sit here all alone

Ever hoping a saucer will come by

And return me to my Martian home…

-aaa

Symbiotic Adoration

Mighty Sarafiona approached the crowd

Of many anxious awaiting fans

Prepared to give her their laude

Among a multitude of esteemed courtesans

She steps up to the podium

Placing hands upon a microphone

Scanning a prepared speech for idioms

Just her before them all alone

A silent pause before she speaks

The crowd anticipates and quiets down

Some camped outside of here for weeks

For privilege of hearing the lady in the gown

Her throat is cleared and she’s ready to go

Deafening silence greets her first word

After it the rest all flow

Sounding anything but absurd.

Cheers and applause

Greet her with explosive bursts

Each time she takes a pause

From pages of her prepared words

They have such adoration for her

Hanging on each syllable spoken

The moments pass by with dizzying whir

With their synergy never broken.

The end has come her speech complete

Tears and cheers from everyone

Standing tall all in the street

Her grandiose statement all now done…

-aaa

Divine Timing Love Happens (Just not Right Away for Some)

One day we’ll grow old together

Put our pieces each in place

Share many years through all weather

And each the wrinkles on our face

Finding adventure each unfurled

Dancing to our very own beat

Many travels all over the world

Excitement lies before our feet

No matter the time your eyes are the same

Your smile hasn’t changed at all

I’m smitten that is to blame

And every day in love I fall

I manifest your existence

Each night in my dreams

My true love persistence

Is more than it seems

One day our story will come to be

And we’ll be the envy of others

A new standard for all to see

When our dream life uncovers

Holding hands on porch swing

Watching the evening pass

Fly high on passion’s wing

With many great times to amass

We’re never too old to find a love of our lives

I’m 52 and I’m well on my way

Despite my two and a half ex wives

All my lessons learned and used here today

Synchronies daily often appear

11:11, 1:11, 3:33, and 2:22

All conformation a great future is near

And these numbers portend, well, you

When this happens, brightly clear

A divinely timed union we’ll be

As it happens I’ll blog it right here

Giving hope for all the world to see…

-aaa

Thank You

Thank you for teaching me what love is not

Thank you for poisoning my every thought

Thank you for continuously using me

Thank you for emotionally abusing me

Thank you for not being generous to me

Thank you for taking advantage of all that you’d see

Thank you for mental slaps with a white glove

Thank you for teaching me I had unconditional love

Thank you for showing me all your hate

Thank you for showing me my own strength and faith

Thank you for doubting my every word

Thank you for demonstrating to me the absurd

Thank you for weaponizing love and sex

Thank you for empty accounts and bouncing checks

Thank you for the emasculations you gave

Thank you for the respect you’d never save

Thank you for not being in my life

Thank you for no longer being my wife

Thank you for the dog and pony

And thank you for that alimony…

-aaa

ANXI

Imagery by Melissa Daugherty
https://www.deviantart.com/madartwork42

Clutching you when you least expect

Coldness like a Zombie’s hand

Little to do or even protect

Fear waves its toxic wand.

Heart is racing beating faster

You take deep breaths to try and cope

Your body turns to rigid, skin alabaster

As you grasp at slipping notions of hope.

It’s taken you now you’re frozen in place

Triggered and frayed like a live wire

A icy gaunt look on your face

You suffer deep in anxiety’s ire.

Its Crippling debilitating

And takes a big toll on

Endlessly contemplating

Until happiness is gone.

Many a victim doth it take

Chaining them to over thought

Trying to avoid a break

From a disaster that may be wrought.

Stand in strength and hold on fast

Strength inside far more than you know

This internal nagging will not last

Take this opportunity to grow.

Take control you got this now.

Your mind drifts back to normalcy

Taking command of your fears, wow

It’s the strongest you can be…

aaa

In your Right Mind

It’s time to share a some thoughts

For those who’ve had hearts broken

It’s the ought to and ought nots

To whom that I have spoken

Take a deep look inside

And tell me what you see

If you’re not beaming with pride

You’re stuck and still not free

Look at all you’ve done

And all that you’ve survived

Not all of it was fun

But you’re here and still alive

Don’t worry about the future

Don’t dwell upon the past

Living in the present will suture

All the wounds you have amassed

Take lots of chances

In any opportunity to change

No more missed advances

Embrace your inner strange

Move forward on your journey

But know just where you are

If you’re twenty, fifty-two, or thirty

You are a shining star

So pat yourself right on the back

And have some pride, my friend

For your journeys been on a weary trek

But the worst of it is at an end…

-AAA

Fire Journey

Standing against a fierce gale

A weighted pack upon my back

Taking on my largest fail

And using it to get on track

One step then two

Forward I move

My destination looms

As I get into my groove

Further, now I slowly progress

Pebbles and stones sting my face

Stepping into a new life was for the best

Your happiness will never go to waste

The steepness of this whistling hill

Is now slowly abating

Continuing the journey still

For a great future that’s waiting

The wind whips a final fury

As I reach the top of the hill

The final vertical awaits among the jury

As I reached the summit by my sheer will

I looked down from the top

And I can’t believe how far it goes

This phase, my evolution is at a stop

And I take stock of my previous woes

Who I am and who I’ll be

Was determined by this trek

The world will have to wait and see

My greatness versus the previous spec

Jubilation fills my heart

As I celebrate on this ridge

New exciting adventures will start

Now that I’ve crossed this shaky bridge

This is the end of the the beginning

Applying the lessons I’ve learned

This former loser now is winning

A life of happiness I have earned.

-aaa 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Revelation of Doom

Oh great oracle of our day

What news can you share

What factors are at play

Or do you even care.

🌊

Tell us a tale

Give us some hope

What’s to our avail

How will we cope?

🌊

Will we survive

Will we be free

All of us alive

That’s yet to be seen.

🌊

Just tell us a lie

Because the truth hurts too much

Many will cry

So grant us that crutch.

🌊

You can see all

While others see none

Please hear our call

Lest in panic we run.

🌊

The world is at crossroad

You must be our guide

We stand at your humble abode

On bended knee and swallowed pride.

🌊

The answers have come

And they’re not what we’d like

None of us are dumb

We see the crumbling dike

🌊

The flood will engulf us

There’s no turning back

The world missed the bus

And the trains are off the track…

-aaa 🌊🌊🌊

You Were Meant to be Right Here Right Now

https://youtu.be/L6TJWem-k0A?si=3pbHqlnBd5AQnEZ3

The olden times that we miss most.

If only we could have them back.

If we did that’d be quite a boast.

All one’s dreams in a velvet sack.

But time marches forward.

Therefore so must we.

All goals we move toward.

On that eternal sea.

Make the best of now.

Focus on the present.

It’s a gift with a bow.

Nothing to resent.

Be true to yourself.

That is the best.

Lest you waste away health.

Hence failing a major test.

Many lost themselves.

Pursuing the perfect love.

Now we are found, the wealths.

Self discovery fits like a glove.

Take all the learnt lessons.

And let the revelations run wild.

Realizing they all were blessings.

As evolving to higher adult from a child…

-aaa ❤️