Six Sentence Prompt: OUTLET
I’m gonna need an outlet, some way to blow off steam.
You’re really getting to me, and I don’t want to be mean.
Didn’t know you were so messy, please put your clothes away.
Pick up your socks and underwear, if you have plans to stay.
I’m not your maid or butler, your grandma or mom.
I’m just your anxious roommate, who longs to remain calm.
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Image: Google Images. The Philosophy Man.
Whatever you do
You don’t want to miss
A chance to bear witness
To the total eclipse.
Wear solar glasses
You must be prepared
No need to be frightened
No need to be scared.
The moon and the sun
Will be fully aligned
A few minutes with earth
For just a short time.
Rendering darkness
As if it were night
A shadow will block
The glow of sunlight.
Above the clouds
Up in the sky
A solar eclipse
There before your eyes.
You may need to travel
If it matters to you
To capture the moment
For a much better view.
Whatever it takes
You’ll want to see this
A once in a lifetime
A total eclipse.
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Image: Google Images. Al Jazeera
Put down your phone
For just one day
Forget the madness
Find a way.
You’re focused …. locked in
To such a small screen
With characters imagined
In the worst of your dreams.
Slashing and bashing
Seething with rage
So evil and violent
This power you crave.
Come to the garden
Sit down on the ground
Close your eyes for a moment
Listen to the sounds.
The bristling branches
The cool summer breeze
The sound of the birds
Up high in the trees.
Too much stimulation
You play all day long
Your eyes fixed and focused
You don’t see what’s wrong.
No social involvement
Too busy to chat
A few texts, a photo
Not much more than that.
Your sword and your shield
Your tools of engagement
Your guns and your bullets
It’s all entertainment.
The state of the world
So real …. uninvented
The peril we face
Is unprecedented.
But you want to escape
The game is your truth
I don’t understand
What’s happened to you.
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Image: Google Images. 123 RF
Friends of mine
Make all the difference
They stick around
Always consistent.
There for Birthdays
And celebrations
Planned events
And fun vacations.
Acceptance of
My past mistakes
Don’t care about
The mess I make.
All the years
That pass us by
All the laughs
The tears we cry.
Memories
Heartbreak galore
Happiness
And so much more.
Kids and dogs
Cats a plenty
Like family
We’re oh so many!
Grateful for
Such happy times
So thankful for
These friends are mine.
Six Sentence Prompt: SLIDE
I’ll let it slide, but not next time.
Be forewarned, I’ve seen the signs.
What looks benign, may soon to fester.
Don’t make me feel the need to pester.
I’m on to you and your past lies.
But still will give you…. one more try.
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Image: Google Images. Netflix.
I really love spaghetti
I really love the sauce
Not worried about the grocery bill
Don’t care about the cost!
Love the rich, red, velvet color
From the tomatoes that you grew
The basil and oregano
The cloves of garlic, too!
Angel hair or ziti
As long as it’s al dente
I fill my plate with pasta
As much as you will give me.
Sausages and meatballs
Prepared and served as well
Can’t believe the flavor
And the incredible way it smells.
My plate served, almost ready
Where’s the Ricotta and Parmesan?
Don’t tell me there’s no grated cheese
Don’t tell me it’s all gone.
Ah , here it is …. A Masterpiece
Served together on my plate
Can’t wait to take my first bite
You know…. I just can’t wait.
I am grateful and elated
That you’ve come into my life
Chef Angela, my darling
I’m so glad that you’re my wife!
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Image: Google Images: The Kitchen
Can’t elect him President
Can’t do this all again
You know how this got started
You know how this will end.
A wannabe dictator
Craves power, fame and lust
A vicious, savage narcissist
Someone that you can‘t trust.
Jim Jones loaned him the playbook
They follow like herds of sheep
Such blind, hypnotic allegiance
Makes me cry, can make me weep.
They swallow without question
Even cups of household bleach
Why can’t they see he’s evil?
Watch his face each time he speaks.
Loves to challenge and to bully
Anything to enrage his base
His eyes the mirror to his soul
He cannot win this race!
Age, somewhat a factor
But worse …. fear and cruelty
No question who I’ll stand by
In this fight for democracy.
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Image: Google Images. Amazon.com
Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty
Always thought
You’d be here with me
Year after year we say good bye
To those we’ve loved
To those who’ve died.
Seventy , then ten years more
My legs are weak
My back is sore
No one here I can talk to
I spend my days just missing you.
No one comes, they’re way too busy
No one visits from the city
Memories are all I have
I sit and cry, sometimes I laugh.
The TV’s on …. both day and night
I need the noise, I need the light.
Can’t drive, not now
Those days long gone
So much has changed
So much is wrong
Should I be here left on my own?
I never dreamt I’d last this long.
All my pills , the reds, the whites
In the morning and at night
I take them all religiously
Hoping that they will help me.
Two gel pills, the pink , the brown
Some oblong , some small, some round.
Twenty in all, hard to believe
This is what they say I need
Three for my heart, one for my knee
Another to help my eyes to see
One to poop, one to stop
Too many pills, it’s quite a lot.
One day I’ll go when it’s my time
Wonder if they’ll be a sign
I’m ready now, ready to go
My days are long, my days so slow
If only I could close my eyes
Wake up above the bright blue skies.
Heaven waits, I pray, I hope
I’ll get there soon, till then I’ll cope
Prayer book in hand , my rosary
Just hoping it will be pain free
Another day to spend alone
But soon, I will be going home.
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Image: Google Images. stock.
Six Sentence Prompt: BANK
Bank those hours till the end.
When the time comes, you’ll want in.
Kindness ….. caring for a friend is the way to start, begin.
Pay it forward all the way, lift your voice
make someone’s day.
All that matters is faith and love.
Look to the sky, the clouds above.
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Image: Google Images. Etsy.
Why are you so impatient?
Do you have somewhere to go?
I can’t move any faster
I’m sorry that I’m slow.
My legs and arms are weak now
They don’t bend like they used to
It’s hard for me to get around
To keep up, keep pace with you.
You roll your eyes and mumble
Whispering underneath your breath
I know that you’re frustrated
But, I’m just not ready yet.
Takes me a little longer
I hate to make you wait
I know that you’re frustrated
Don’t want to make us late.
If you live as long as I have
Live well into your eighty’s
I pray someone will care for you
When you are an old lady.
You seem annoyed when you stop by
Had to drive out of your way
Sorry but there are some things
I need to do today.
Don’t mean to be a bother
I know you have things to do
My appointments is at 1 o’clock
We should be done by two.
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Image: Google Images. Free Pik.
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