Glass half empty
Faded paint
Water leaks
Broken sheetrock
Dripping faucet
Stained carpet
Cracking linoleum
Peeling trim boards
Flooding basement
Failed electricity
Endless junk
Overabundant toys
Limited storage
Tuneless piano
Addled computer
Childhood mayhem
Adulthood doldrums
Overdue bills
Curtainless windows
Aging automobiles
Persistent mess
Developing children
Loving wife
Faithful friends
Supportive Quartet
Promising work
Bountiful blessings
Glass half full--
Simple pleasures of glorious creation,
Childish giggles and delight.
Ambling articulation
Methodical, pausing, selecting,
Purposeful and intentional,
Bogged, paralyzed, flogged, beaten,
Train derailed.
Amusement garbled, happiness mutilated.
Ramblings expand, frustration explodes,
Grasping, plotting, scheming, grabbing,
Unraveling, chaotic climax!
Inspiration resurrected, confusion forgiven.
Excursion resumed, deliverance,
Mission accomplished.
About the Creator
Mack D. Ames
Educator & writer in Maine, USA. Real name Bill MacD, partly. Mid50s. Dry humor. Emotional. Cynical. Sinful. Forgiven. Thankful. One wife, two teen sons, one male dog. Baritone. BoSox fan. LOVE baseball, Agatha Christie, history, & Family.
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This was like going on a roller coaster ride, a very emotional one! I loved it!