Tuesday Writings #28-Happiness Personfied

Happiness Personfied

She is tiny and wrinkled

Her face, red and a little battered

Like she’s been through a war

She has,she tried so hard

With mother’s help to be born

But after many, many hours

Her mother worn

They pulled her from her cozy home

Into the cold bright world

She is a newborn baby girl

Long awaited and loved so much

She’ll grow up big and strong

The apple of her father’s, mother’s

And grandparent’s eyes.

©Sheilagh Lee January 24,  2018

Tuesday Writings#27~ End Prejudice

Prompts this week : Impartiality, Enlightened, Educated.

End Prejudice

Words uttered having meaning

They cannot be tracked back

Rewritten with different meaning

Racism is racism

Shameful and demeaning

It should be talked about

Telling the person who utters it

No, this is not acceptable

Educate the children teach them well

So they can teach their elders

No more bigotry,

No more bias too,

Just a world where men,

And women are not judged,

By the differences they hold,

Let’s find the courage,

The dignity and the conviction,

To transform prejudice, backward, beliefs,

Into tolerance and impartiality,

It is possible to become more enlightened,

The words in back rooms,

Behind closed doors,

Still echo in the world,

Let’s end that hidden prejudice, too

For educated, open-minded people

Want to live in that world.

©Sheilagh Lee January 16,  2018

Tuesday Writings -No#26

Tuesday Writings -No#26

Prompts this week: Denouement, Stardust, Turncoat

This is an imagining not anything I know personally.

The denouement of my life

Came when the stardust fell from my eyes

I saw them for what they really were

Not family, not people who loved me

But turncoats who thought of only themselves.

©Sheilagh Lee January 10, 2018

Tuesday Writings 25 - Carrying on

Tuesday Writings 25- Carrying on

Prompts: Adrift, Battering Unwavering

©Sheilagh Lee January 2 , 2018

Stories Coming Alive

Stories Coming Alive

The light beckoned

Calling gently

To come hither

It was all in my imagination

As I stared at the picture

But the stories called to me

The forest animated

Flourishing with life

Made me feel aware

As if the earth called to me

I walked through the forest

In my mind's eye

A world of wonder

Where fairies dwell

Magical creatures inhabited

Appeared before me

For an hour

Then for all time

As I took up my pen

The tales came alive

©Sheilagh Lee December 6, 2017

Tuesday's Writing #No 23~ Wonder

Prompts: this week:  Treasured, bittersweet , anticipation 

Wonder

The wonder of Santa Claus

Seen through children’s eyes

Brings back treasured memories

Of Christmases long ago

The anticipation of Christmas morning

The family gathering too

Seen through rose-coloured glasses

The bittersweet remembrance

Siblings gone too soon

Of parents gone too

Forgotten for a moment

Lost in the anticipation

Of the celebration

So long ago

©Sheilagh Lee December 5, 2017

Guardian Angel

Guardian Angel 

At my lowest point

My heart broken

My spirit shattered

My body’s existence in danger

You came to me

I felt your hands

Take mine, lending strength

When I had no legs to stand

I felt you lift me up

I felt your love

Telling me

You can beat this too

I took those gifts

I soldiered on

I beat that cancer

But never forgot

You were the reason

I won

©Sheilagh Lee November 30, 2017

Tuesday Writings No.22-Ginger Plague

Prompts this week:Prickles, taste, hives  

Ginger Plague

At Christmastide

The smell of ginger

Is in the air

I love the taste but it hates me

Ginger gives me

More than hives

My throat prickles

Making it hard to soon breathe

My epi-pen I’ll soon need

Thank goodness for modern science

When every corner I turn

There’s ginger cookies

Ginger drinks hot and cold

Ornaments and gingerbread houses

Displayed proudly you see

Avoidance is impossible
It seems.

                                                                                                ©Sheilagh Lee November 30, 2017

Tuesday's Writing #No 21- Not to be Denied

Prompts this week:  Pretentious, Femoir, Integrity

Definitions below:

pretentious- adjective

1. attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.

   
   
   

   "a pretentious literary device"

   
   
   

   "

   
   
   
2.                                femoir - noun (is a new word currently being debated as added to dictionary)
   
   a book or other piece of writing based on a female writer’s personal knowledge and experiences, 
3. written from a feminist viewpoint

                              Integrity-noun

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.

1. 
   
   

   "he is known to be a man of integrity"

   
   
   

   
   
2. the state of being whole and undivided.

   
   
   

   "upholding territorial integrity and national sovereignty"

***********************************************

                             Not to be Denied

Pretentious people

Femoir, fake news

Are the cries

But the truth is

Those with integrity

Will not be denied

Admitting wrong doing

Taking their lumps

We forgive those

Who want to change

Condemning those who don’t

©Sheilagh Lee November 21, 2017

I remember

It seems a million years ago

Or just yesterday

I’m conflicted you see

For I miss you just the same

As I did the day you left us

Taking your last breath

And with it a piece of our hearts 

I remember you everyday

Wanting to pick up the phone

And hear your voice

Just one more time

I wish you could see

The accomplishments your kids

And grandkids have achieved

Because of your teachings

We strive for success

And succeed doing our best

You taught so many things

But the most important things

Taught were to love life

Love family, be happy even

When times are tough

For with family

We can weather any storm

Happiness is at our call

Love you Mom

Now and always

Happy Birthday

©Sheilagh Lee November 15, 2017