Borrowed Time

Swirling, whirling winds

Stirring up the sands of time

Stop you in your tracks

The Love Song of Taylor Swift

I Wish You Would Speak Now.

Tell Me Why You’re Not Sorry after

The Way I Loved You, Forever and Always.

Everything Has Changed. I’m Only Me when I’m with You, but in my

Wildest Dreams, I Knew You were Trouble,

All Too Well.

You Belong with Me, Mine.

The Story of Us takes me Back to December, when I was

Fifteen and 22. I had a

Love Story, but you would Never Grow Up. Now there are

Teardrops on My Guitar, and I am without Holy Ground,

A Place in This World.

All You Had to Do was Stay; Stay, Stay, Stay,

That’s How You Get the Girl, but now This Love is

Mean, Treacherous. We have

Bad Blood. Haunted by your

Last Kiss, it’s Sad, Beautiful, Tragic that

We are Never Getting Back Together.

Innocent, Tied Together with a Smile

On the Outside, I Should’ve Said No to one

Cold as You.  Change?

I Almost Do, but Enchanted,

Sparks Fly, and I play Our Song for

The Last Time.

I Heart ? This is The Best Day,

Better than Revenge. I am The Lucky One.

Fearless, I ride a White Horse with

Style under Starlight and

Stay Beautiful. Long Live this

State of Grace.

I Know Places with a Picture to Burn and

Blank Space where I can Shake it Off. Now I

Breathe Red and

Begin Again Clean. I am

Out of the Woods, Safe and Sound.

Landmarks

“Amen to Love”

Things change

And people’s views change with them

What was unthinkable yesterday

Is confirmed by law today

Just love who you want

Give God the glory

And all will work out

In the end

Feeling Alliterative

Smooth seas seldom spawn skillful sailors.

          -- alliterative version of African proverb

The Game of Jeopardy! in Haiku

First round Jeopardy
The clues easier
My responses right

Double Jeopardy
Tougher stuff I need to know
Will I buzz in first?

The Daily Doubles
Seeking to find hidden gems
And earn more money

Final Jeopardy
Wagering right is crucial
Don't act like Clavin!

"The Tide"

The pain of loss
is like the tides
it ebbs and flows
throughout our days
sometimes we think
it's getting bearable
but always it returns
at an all-time high
and crashes against us
with hurricane force

PTSD

A broken soldier
Torn apart in times of war
Fighting her way back

More Haikus

Writing poetry
Helps to keep the blues away
On winter mornings


Been working so hard
To leave the past behind me
Wish someone would help

Mall Haiku

Naked mannequins
Arms, legs no longer attached
Favorite store gone

Morning Haiku

Long List

I've got a whole bunch of "resolutions" for this new year.  I put that in quotes because they're more like goals for the year rather than resolutions, which perhaps gives me a better chance of achieving them (since I read that only 8% of people actually keep their New Year's resolutions). I would like it to be a stellar year, and I intend on doing everything within my power to make that happen.  Hope yours works out just as well!!