Brave Manchester

Brave Manchester

I flinch as if struck

Gape hopelessly 
At the evil 
That can so easily
Hastily dispatch
Innocent children
Who are simply 
Having fun

My heart aches

Broken by the evil

That has descended

My eyes fill with tears

For the children 

And adults who died

Then I hear the stories

Of courage and help

Given to the victims

And I realize

Good people will not let them win

There is bravery and love

There is goodness in this world

And only light and love 

Can drown out the bad

We must however be vigilant 

And not shut our eyes

To those who radicalize themselves

To do harm

England and the UK 

Showed the world the way

To cope during

The Second World War

Stay alert 

Go on with daily life

Don't let them win

That's how this war is won
Is the cry again and again

But still we shall 

Forever mourn

Short lives

Stolen by evil deeds

Tears in our eyes

Pain in our hearts

Forever more


Rest in Peace dear ones~

Three Word Wednesday-Politicians

Three Word Wednesday-Politicians

Prompts : Crisis, noun:  stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point, a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change, a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person's life.

Decayed, adjective: decomposed, decomposing, rotten, putrescent, putrid, bad, off, spoiled, far gone, perished; moldy, festering, fetid, rancid, rank; maggoty, wormy.

Embarrassment, noun: mortification, humiliation, shame, shamefacedness, chagrin, awkwardness, self-consciousness, sheepishness, discomfort, discomfiture, discomposure, agitation, distress; shyness, bashfulness, difficulty, predicament, plight, problem, mess, imbroglio, bind, jam, pickle, fix, scrape, surplus, excess, overabundance, superabundance, glut, surfeit, superfluity; abundance, profusion, plethora.

Politicians

A crisis of leadership

Shakes the beliefs of the citizens

The decayed relationships

An embarrassment for the government

The citizens campaign for better management

Change is made

A star is born

Fences mended

But still the citizens worry

Politicians are politicians after all.
Thank goodness for the journalists
Who call them on their bull!!

©Sheilagh Lee May 17, 2017

Three Word Wednesday- Doc & Take me out to the ball game

Seductive, adjective, tempting and attractive; enticing.

Tilt, verb: move or cause to move into a sloping position, change or cause to change in favor of one person or thing as opposed to another, engage in a contest with; noun: a sloping position or movement, an inclination or bias.
Urgent, adjective: (of a state or situation) requiring immediate action or attention, (of action or an event) done or arranged in response to a pressing or critical situation, (of a person or their manner) earnest and persistent in response to a pressing situation.

Doc

The seductive way

You tilted your head

The urgent noise you'd make

And then the words came

"Doc's a good boy. "

So we knew that

You'd been truly bad

©Sheilagh Lee May 3, 2017

 




My Grandmother and Doc

My Mom and Doc

NB:Doc was an intelligent crow my mom and dad rescued. They rescued three eggs when the cat killed the mother. Two eggs hatched but only one survived. Doc imprinted on my mother and grandmother; but he was always my mother's bird and called her Maw or mom. Doc had a huge vocabulary for a bird unfortunately he also picked up a few swear words from his misdeeds of taking things from neighbours that were shiny. My mom was always returning pins, rings etc. Luckily he didn't do that too far from home so they could be returned. Doc would always say he was a good boy when he was scolded or when he knew he' done something wrong. Doc lived 27 years until a skunk sprayed him and it killed him.

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Take me out to the ball game

Take me out to the ball game

where the stadium's

one hundred and forty years old

The seductive lure of cork

Hitting home runs

And men tilting at the bases

Urgent running to beat the ball

As many a game was won.
©Sheilagh Lee May 3, 2017

Happy Birthday Labatt's Memorial Park!!