Sweet Harvest

 In a forest of feelings

We now know

What is good and evil

Because we ate of the apple

Why do we feel?

Such shame and such guilt?

We’re not evil

We just enjoy the fruit

Sweet harvest

Fragrant tasty fruit treats

Apples by the barrel

Cider, apple pie,

Apple crumble, apple crisp

Caramel apples and crisp apples

So yummy

Sweet treats soon to be created

And consumed

For that we give thanks.

©Sheilagh Lee  July 30 2018

Freedom

Freedom an overused word

Often mistaken

For something different

What is free?

You  ask

Freedom are words

I am able to speak

Without retribution

Protests I can make

To right wrongs

The right to be me
Journalists that ask questions
And get answers

Even a holiday

To a seashore

Or pleasant place

From work and strife

All are freedoms

I value

In a liberated society

©Sheilagh Lee  July 27 2018