Three Word Wednesday - The Magic of Christmas

Three Word Wednesday - The Magic of Christmas

Alive, adjective: (Of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead; (of a feeling or quality) continuing in existence; continuing to be supported or in use; (of a person or animal) alert and active; animated; having interest and meaning.

Glaring, adjective: Giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light; staring fiercely or fixedly; highly obvious or conspicuous.

Misty, adjective: Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist; (of a person's eyes) full of tears so as to blur the vision; indistinct or dim in outline; (of a color) not bright; soft.   

   

The Magic of Christmas

Alive~

 I shake off the dust of illness

Recovery is nigh despite the glaring

Shadow of re-occurrence

I will not doubt that I shall overcome

The misty shadowy thing that stalks me

I shall grab happiness and health

With both hands I embrace
 The joyous season of love and hope

And rejoice in family, friends, and love

The inner glow of joy shall keep me

Whole and well to enjoy

This Christmas once more.

©Sheilagh Lee  December 17, 2014

Three Word Wednesday- Distrust

Three Word Wednesday- Distrust

Prompts: Distrust, noun: Mistrust, suspicion, wariness, chariness, leeriness, lack of trust, lack of confidence; skepticism, doubt, doubtfulness, cynicism; misgivings, qualms, disbelief; verb: Mistrust, be suspicious of, be wary/chary of, be leery of, regard with suspicion, suspect; be skeptical of, have doubts about, doubt, be unsure of/about, have misgivings about, wonder about, disbelieve (in).

Hopeful, adjective: Optimistic, full of hope, confident, positive, buoyant, sanguine, expectant, bullish, cheerful, lighthearted; informal upbeat; promising, encouraging, heartening, inspiring, reassuring, auspicious, favorable, optimistic, propitious, bright, rosy; noun: Candidate, aspirant, prospect, possibility; nominee, competitor, contender; up-and-comer.

Tolerant, adjective: Open-minded, forbearing, broad-minded, liberal, unprejudiced, unbiased; patient, long-suffering, understanding, forgiving, charitable, lenient, indulgent, permissive, easygoing, lax; laid-back.

  Distrust 

Distrust of authority

Hopeful people

Embrace protest

Expecting that tolerance

And justice

Will prevail

But fiery, drawn out words

Lead to violence

As the verdict

That there is no justice

Wafts over the crowd

The morally challenged
Strike out on both sides
And protest is viewed 
As troublesome
Because a few
Bad apples who harm
Properties and they destroy

The good voices 
Lost in some eyes
The cause still good
Justice may still prevail
But morale low
As the town burns

©Sheilagh Lee November 26, 2014

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Three Word Wednesday -Betrayal

(This is written about a friendship that was betrayed long ago when I was young, trusting and foolish.)

 Prompts:Error; noun: A mistake; the state or condition of being wrong in conduct or judgment.

Jingle; noun: A light ringing sound such as made by metal objects being shaken together; a short slogan, verse, or tune designed to be easily remembered, esp. as used in advertising; verb: Make or cause to make a light metallic ringing sound; (of writing) be full of alliteration or rhymes.

Vindicate; verb: Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion; show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified.

                         

                                 Betrayal

An error, a mistake, to take our friendship back?

To give you one last time to stab me in the back?

To let you walk all over me again,

To let me worship you as you send,

Me on errands, most futile as you rant,

To let you lord, how much more important,

You are then me, why did I let you treat me,

This way, it was so destructive, why didn’t I see,

You were using me for your own selfish ends,

Why did I allow myself to think we were friends?

I wised up and saw what you were about,

But my soft heart heard your pleas and had doubt,

It gave me no pleasure when I was vindicated,

When I saw you as you truly were, I hated

You

A worthless emotion suffocating me,

So I put it aside forgetting you and your plea,

So your words, the jingle of your ringtone,

Picked specially for you on my cellphone,

Holds nothing for me,

But empty memories,

Of how foolish was I,

To trust my heart and not my eyes

We were never friends, I have surmised,

But it took too long to find that out,

Now with others I’ll always doubt,

Are you truly my friend?

 ©Sheilagh Lee May 30,2012                      

Three Word Wednesday Post:

Demolish; verb: Pull or knock down; comprehensively refute; overwhelmingly defeat (informal); eat up food, rapidly (humorous). 

Resolution; noun: A firm decision to do or not to do something; a formal expression of opinion or intention agreed on by a legislative body, committee, or other formal meeting, typically after taking a vote; the action of solving a problem, dispute, or contentious matter.

Transform; verb: Make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of; undergo such a change. 


As I stare at the goodies of Christmas
I make a resolution to transform
This older body and not eat as much
But still it beckons me
So I hide it in the cupboards
And tell family go ahead demolish
So there's less of me
To have to transform 
And more of them?


© Sheilagh Lee December 28 2011