Skinned-knee smarts
You can make mistakes –
life has opportunities
to try it again.
You can make mistakes –
life has opportunities
to try it again.
Siren, sing me a song,
make me feel I belong
in thrall of your charms,
within reach of your arms –
what could go wrong?
– inspired by @kseniaanske’s upcoming book
You leave me feeling
like a cigarette heartburn
on a scar-crossed heart.
Learn from your mistakes.
Grow, change, evolve, but do not
forget history.
Miracles are the result of hard work,
no matter what anyone tells you.
But I sincerely hope they don’t
lose their shine with their secret,
like a magician’s trick
when we know the method.
Springtime in the air,
the world rouses from slumber
and it gets BUSY.
“No wonder you don’t smile much,”
they said regarding my sadness.
I shook my head and said,
“No – it’s a wonder I smile at all.”
Our childhood dragons
outgrow their stuffing and change
into adult dreams.
The curve of her frame
fits neatly into my hand;
it was made for it.
Paradoxically, by saving face,
you’ve abandoned all pretense of grace.
You sound like an ass
without an ounce of class –
you’re why they call it a “rat race”.