Rubber Ducky Poetry Hour

[PoeticWitch]

Who are you to tell me
What I can do with my body
You don't know the fear
I have to deal with
Just looking over my family tree

I didn't do this to be "brave"
I didn't do this to be "cool"
I did this so I might
Have some peace of mind
And not fear leaving my children as orphans

So many in my family have succumb
To the cancer gene
Not living through the Chemo
Or radiation therapy
So excuse me if I don't care if you don't like my preemptive method

I didn't do it for you
I didn't do it for the public
I did it for myself and my family
They are more important than anyone I know
But thank you for your opinion.

[PoeticWitch]

Once upon a time
A long long time ago
We were young
And so in love
Once upon a time
We thought
We couldn't love
Each other more
Than we did back then
Once upon a time
We thought we would
Stay young forever
But once upon a time
Is no more
This is the Here and Now
We are no longer young
Do you still love me?
With my grays
Do you still love me?
With my wrinkles
Do you still love me?
With all the fat on my old body
Do you still love me?
Was it better then?
Or is it better now?
Tell me my love
Has your love grown
With time?
Or shrank
With my fleeting beauty?

[PoeticWitch]

Ever have your brain just revolt
Deny working for you
Ever have your brain say
You have abused me enough
I am on strike
For however long I feel like
The simplest tasks
Feel like you need to be
A rocket scientist to do
That old phrase about
Only being 10% smarter
Then the object you're using
Makes you feel like you are
Dumber than rocks
You must remember
To give your brain a vacation
On occasion
Or this might be you
Way too soon
All work and no play
Is detrimental
To a healthy, happy life

[PoeticWitch]

Every day
Sad, bad, even horrible
Things happen in our world
If we face the truth
We know we cannot stop it
Laws and regulations
Try as we might
Won't stop life from happening
We must deal with what comes our way
I am sure everything happens for a reason
Sadly to remind us
To not take life for granted
Which I am sure many of us
Are terribly guilty of
Listen here Lawmakers
And Regulators
You cannot stop the bad guys
From getting the weapons to hurt the masses
And I won't let you stop me
From loving who I want to love
Many may need that slip of paper
But I love my partner with or without
That flimsy piece of paper
That can fly away on the wind so easily
Why don't you stop making all these rules
That only hurt
Which is your total intention
Because you feel you should be able to
Tell people what they can and cannot do
Who they can and cannot love
Live and Let Live

[PoeticWitch]

Ode to a summer cold
Such beautiful weather
And here I am
Snuggled up on my couch
With tissues and cough drops
I would rather be outside
Enjoying the warmth
Of a summer day
But no!
This summer cold is kicking my ass
With coughs, sniffles and sneezes!
Mucus and congestion are my bestfriends
The coughs only hurt my ribs
With nothing productive coming of them
Oh summer cold!
Go away already!
I want to go out and play
On this summer day

[PoeticWitch]

Summer is here
All hot and humid
The Ice Cream Truck is tooling around
Playing it's annoying little diddy

Your local pool is most likely full
Of all the screaming brats of the neighborhood
Your dream of peaceful cool floating
Is shattered before it became reality

In the middle of all this
Is a cooling heavy rain
With thunder and lightening
Sending everyone for cover

After the rains the mosquitoes come out in force
Making any outside time rather miserable
If they pesky bugs find you oh so tasty
While bug sprays are lacking at the best of times

Then you feel forced to spend these beautiful days
Inside your Air Conditioned home
Bored and cranky as life passes you by
All because of Mother Natures penchant for zombie bugs.

[PoeticWitch]

Angst bubbling up
For some unknown reason
An overwhelming urge
To snap people like twigs
To remove heads with a click
Of my teeth
Mayhaps the crappy weather
Being trapped in the house
Day after day
Mayhaps the icky summer cold
Making me more sensitive than normal
Only so much I can take
Before I become
A raging inferno of fury
This weather needs to pass
I want clear sunny days
With bluebirds singing
I am over the summer cold
It needs to plague someone else
As all viruses must do
Let the happiness and love
Into my heart
Release the Angst-ridden and Tortured Soul
May this being be at peace forever more
At least until the next Summer Storm