Posted for those 'nicest' Peeps
at dVerse Poetry Pub's
Open Link Night--week #25,
and their poet-Peeps, which
you can visit HERE!
Please do!!!
DO NOT AS I SAY...
at dVerse Poetry Pub's
Open Link Night--week #25,
and their poet-Peeps, which
you can visit HERE!
Please do!!!
DO NOT AS I SAY...
Certainly my child, you may
follow the example, advice.
of those surrounding you
what they do and say
each day
With care
beware,
my friend
of every single step
you take
and food you make—unsalted.
Beware of all--young and old.
Observe askance the
brave and bold,
my Friend
Look at every he and she.
Watch and imitate...
infiltrate--assimilate,
dear Peep.
Neither borrower
nor lender be.
remember--see?
Be skeptical
like me--grin!
And be all I've told
--so very, very careful
of each little branch
lying in wait
across the
trail
you then can end
suffer same fate
like your parents.
Nothing very good or bad
will ever happen to you.
When you finally come to die
Life will have passed you by.
Even worse:
Life and you will have gone
in opposite direction
PEACE
--steveroni
Love that last line--I'd like to be alive until I die, personally, and myself as opposed to anyone else. Great job here, Steve, and happiest of new years.
ReplyDeleteugh i dont wanna go in the wrong direction man...beat that drum in the other...or stroke those chords violin man...time to live...
ReplyDeleteLove the last line...we have to live each day as if it's our last but sometimes that's easier said than done. Peace.
ReplyDeleteWords of wisdom - thanks for sharing your reflections. I like to trip and scrape my knees while walking along the path. Makes me more appreciative of my journey ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you Happy New Year Steve ~
"--so very, very careful of each little branch lying in wait across the trail",
ReplyDeletethis is what I have to be during hiking.
Those dried twigs hanging above are even more dangerous.
This is the path of our lives.
Hi, Steve! Hope all is well with you and yours. ~T~
ReplyDeletehaha...skeptical like you..made me laugh out lout..you seem to be the least skeptical person i ever met..smiles..and it's good...dive into life, making mistakes, fall, get up again...that's the real..right..and you know so well
ReplyDeletelong time no see Steve. Missed reading your posts
ReplyDeleteHard and necessary lessons you offer up here, Steve.
ReplyDeletePowerful ones, too. Essence of life, neh?
Lady Nyo
Fantastic ending! I really like this.
ReplyDeletegreat message here Steve!
ReplyDeleteI'm not homesick yet. I am choosing to keep going on if that is God's will.
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