Not A Robot

Is a picture worth a thousand words?

They say a picture

Is worth a thousand words

But I find the words

Make the picture

A few chosen words

Descriptive and meaningful

Can paint a picture

Of beauty, anguish, or joy

Many situations to see

For words are pictures

A author's paint brush

It's creation to behold

In the Mind's eye

                                                                                               ©Sheilagh Lee March 14, 2018

Tuesday writings~Mine to win

Prompts: underneath, victory, struggles

Mine to Win

Sometimes I wonder why

Others can’t see

The me I see

This hidden illness

That presents to most

As if I were

Like everyone else

I wish I was

But underneath this smile

This tender heart

If you look closely at my eyes

You’d see the struggles

That I have

How much pain

I don’t share

How dead tired I am

Because I try hard to see

The good and not the bad

Ignore the disease

That holds me captive

So I can beat it

In my own way

But from time to time

I forget to fight

Let darkness triumph

Then I look

In the mirror to see

Death warmed over

I purse my lips

And smile

For I won’t let fibromyalgia

Or my autoimmune condition succeed

My life is my own

To be happy or sad

I choose to smile

This victory is mine to win

                                                                                                                ©Sheilagh Lee February 19, 2018

Tuesday Writings - Two Hearts That Beat As One

Happy Valentine’s Day to my husband

Two Hearts That Beat As One

On a cold February night

Fair heart was won

A man gallant

Charming and sweet

Could have had fair lady

At his feet

Instead he elevated her

Took her by his side

Smiled his warm brown eyes

Her heart went pitter-patter

In answer to his

He gave the peace

From the uncertainty and turmoil

That she sought

Happiness filled her heart and soul

She never wanted to let him go

He felt the same

She was glad to know

So they began a journey

Together they could meet

Any strife

For life is the foundation

For two hearts  

 To beat as one

©Sheilagh Lee February 13, 2018

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