lovenlosses

No one there to talk to
You feel invisible
The pain you feel is worsening
Almost unbearable. 

Your legs are weak
Can’t walk or stand
Without your cane
Like bags of sand.

Your legs are heavy
Hard to move
Hard to … put on
Your clothes or shoes.

You spend your days
There all alone
Watch TV
Sit by the phone.

Your doctor’s lines
Are automated
Appointments made
For three weeks later. 

At eighty six
Your body failing
No one cares 
No point in wailing. 

“We’re born alone
We die alone”
Everyone you loved
Is gone. 

Your voice unheard
Your needs ignored
No one cares
They’ve cut the cord. 

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Image: Google Images. 123RF

Six Sentence Prompt Word: ACCESS

Don’t give access to your heart and soul, unless you’re really sure. 
A broken heart cannot be fixed, no repairs or instant  cures.

Mended cracks and fractures will never be the same. 
No tonics or elixirs will ease your heartfelt pain. 

Best to get to know someone … to be sure they are the one. 
If you feel suspicious, just pick up your purse and run. 

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Image: Google Images. Wallpapers.com

Six Sentence Story Prompt: KICK

I gotta kick the habit, of eating too much chocolate. 

Too many bags around the house, containing quite a lot of it.

Some hidden in the cupboard drawer, the kind I keep behind closed doors!

The ones with nuts, the ones with raisins are the ones that I’ve been craving.

I need to share …. yes I do, some for me and some for you. 

Hard to stop …. to give it up , when just one piece is not enough. 

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Image: Google Images. Purdy’s Chocolates.

Plays his guitar
Sings and croons
Sitting there
Beneath the moon.

A dulling calm
He takes it in 
Up in smoke
It’s going to end.  

Years of waste
His talent wanes
As time goes on
Things stay the same. 

Nothing more
Than getting high
So sad to watch
As time flies by.

From 35
To 65
The slow demise
Will kill this guy. 

No reason
It’s illogical
Desire for fame
Debatable.

Tells himself
He plays, it’s art
He knows it all 
He’s really smart. 

Too smart to see
His fate is sealed
So sad to watch
It’s so surreal. 

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Image: Google Images: Sudbury.com

Feeling tired, low energy
No Mojo to speak of
Whatever effort I can make
Should surly be enough. 

In the bed, on the couch
Just want to lay back down
No need to be with friends or foe
So please don’t come around.

Pull down the shades, turn off the lights
Leave the TV on
Leave the package on the porch
And please stay off my lawn.

Too much to do, can’t bear the thought
Just want to be alone
Don’t want to try to muster up
The will to leave my home. 

So sick of conversations
Meaningless and trite
Another noble gesture
By someone I don’t like. 

The cafes and the restaurants
Whose prices are sky high
Leave me no alternative
But, to pass them by.

Eating out …. once pleasurable
Is now a gambling game
Who’s positive for Covid?
Who’ll be the one to blame?

The waitress has the sniffles
Why won’t she wear a mask?
Afraid to tell the customers?
I have the right to ask.

Best to eat what I prepare
I know where I have been
Won’t worry about the viruses
Infecting me again. 

My soup is warming on the stove
I have a loaf of bread
Crusty, warm and tasty
Goes great with olive spread.

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Image: Google Images. My Recipe Reviews.

PROMPT: MAGIC

Out of a notion
A prayer, nothing more
There you appeared
You stood at the door.

Perhaps an illusion
Perhaps a dream
Sent down from

the heavens
Upon a moonbeam.

The magic, the shimmer
The look in your eyes
Overwhelmed with delight
I started to cry.

A hand full of tokens
Some vapor and mist
A hope meant to conjure
A miracle, a wish.

I knew that you’d come
I waited, I knew
I knew it would happen
I knew I’d see you.

As I imagined
A vision of light
I hoped and I prayed
With all of my might.

Got to tell you…. I loved you
Got to tell you…. I cared
I wasn’t afraid
I was happy, not scared.

You didn’t stay long
But, a minute or two
I was grateful, so happy
To spend time with you.

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Image: Google Images. Badon Hill Studio.

Poem Revised…. 1 /12/2024

SIX SENTENCE PROMPT: STOCK

Summer stock meant so much to me,
though never asked to perform, I was still quite happy.
I passed out the programs, showed guests to their seats, and then offered them soda, candy, and treats.
One night, I was shocked when they called out my name. They said, “You’re going on, here’s your hat and your cane.”
I woke the next morning to such rave reviews.
To my surprise, my dream had come true.

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Image: Google Images. iStock

It started as a dusting
Now a blanket on the ground
Quietly out of the sky
It fell without a sound. 

The twinkling, the glimmering
Each flake unlike the others 
Perfectly, intentionally
They fell upon another. 

The crisp night air upon my face
So refreshing, invigorating
The crunch I felt beneath my boots
Amusingly stimulating.

One foot high , maybe two
Exceeding the forecast
We’re off to meet the challenge now
I knew we’d have a blast!

Agreed to meet at 12 a.m.
A midnight rendezvous
The night was still, the wind died down
We brought our inner tubes.

Up the hill, we made our way 
The moon a natural light
A running start, then off we go
Our tubes would soon take flight.

The chill , the thrill … just can’ t compare 
Was a night we won’t forget.
We headed home at 2 a.m. 
With cheeks …. a rosy red.

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Image: Image by Google Images. Pinterest.

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Prompt: TASK 

It all happened really fast.
I was given the dirty task.
No one dared to tell the truth, to tell you what is wrong with you.
So here I am, the only one…. who is willing to get this done.
You need to brush and floss a bit.
Consider this a friendly tip.

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Image: Google Images. Morphett Vale Dental Care.

Who knows …. what you have up your sleeve?
Nothing there that I might need.
Tricks and schemes, slight of hand
Pours out of you …. like grains of sand. 

Every move that you make 
Is not sincere, I know it’s  fake
Anything to get ahead 
Out to take ….  what you  can get. 

Nothing I can do to stop it
You’ve got tricks, they’re in your pocket
Trinkets, tokens, beads and bells
No valuables that I can tell. 

Flirtatious , winsome, flattering
Always seem so welcoming 
Pulls you in, turns you out
That’s what she is all about. 

Must stay alert, must be aware
Be on my guard, but not be scared
Fear, an aphrodisiac
A calling card, sure to attract.

A keen sense, so slick, so shrewd
A calculating attitude
A cunning , charming sorceress
Will do my best, try to resist.

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Image: Google Images. Sorceress elf.