I have reasons to worry
stubbornly I refuse to send mixed messages
~ a smile I might shatter
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Braving all odds she dares
step out into the rain sans umbrella
~ hair will surely pay dearly
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
you guard your words
like they're atomic bombs
and your worst fears
might to come true
why isolate yourself
the world has so much to offer
dreams are worth fighting for
reach for the moon
instead of worrying
someone may steal your shoes
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
he's a seriously troubled soul
dwelling on regrets
they're eating him alive
things he can't forgive
hurts he can't get past
dreams he left afloat
cobwebs in his mind
his rambling thoughts
will drive him off the cliff
and sink him to despair
it's bordering insanity
i see him surely drowning
and there's nothing i can do
if he won't grab the buoy
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Yesterday has faded away
Tomorrow is an unknown day
One past, the other to come
Twixt the two we dance and mourn
Yesterday holds some mystery
Tomorrow’s hope is clarity
Today, both is out of reach
No matter how hard we seek
Yesterday brought laughter and pain
Tomorrow may bring both again
Filter the past through a sieve
Today is the time to live
Tomorrow never gives a clue
What is in store for me or you
Yet, there’s no cause for alarm
When sheltered in the Lord’s strong arms
Don’t worry about tomorrow
Each day has its joys and sorrows
Yesterday is o’er and gone
Today is gift on its own
Inspired by Matthew 6: 25-34
The world is bleeding
and it seems no one can
do a thing to stop it.
There's desperation
in the urgent need for healing
and no one seems to care.
They've given up,
it's probably too late
as the planet spins out of control.
The greed of men seems boundless,
does no one see the coming of the end?
AP: 3rd place 2025
I can traverse the sand in nudity.
This way nature wants us to be.
Legally, I can soak in the sun.
I can have so much fun.
Everybody else is just like me.
Dancing in the Rain
Let`s dance in the rain,
Come and be my twain,
Let us not worry,
Let us just be free
And dance in the rain.
I’ve found that it’s not so inconvenient
To live with eyes closed from time to time
Towards my troubles I'm becoming lenient
In the appalling news I cannot change a line
So it does seem to me counterproductive
If I’d worry if we're cheaply bought and sold
If I sought a remark that eases the distructive
Troubles they send to share with the world
There’s only one thing I keep wondering about
My darling waits for me out in the summer breeze
Since she has gone my days I have to count
I worry whether she will recognize it's me..
I avoid discussing politics and religion.
Not because I am indifferent or uninterested,
they're both rabbit holes I care to visit but on my own.
My polite silence seems no longer sustainable.
Too many people prove content to casually wave goodbye
to democracy while insanity takes the helm.
There's no hiding the direction where things are going
and there's no turning back the hands of time...
This Titanic is a speedboat headed straight to a big old brick retainer wall.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Front page pick June 24, 2025
Human life is like a water bubble, It appears and disappears for a moment, Try to fill up bubble by your trouble, Soar up your dream and keep silent, Protect your own energy like a bubble, Feel your worry has gone as a solvent.
Don’t Worry About The Small Things
Life is too short to worry.
Burdens are exhausting.
Always stressed.
Water under the bridge.
We all have problems.
We are consumed.
Life can be overwhelming.
Even the small things.
Not knowing.
Leave your worries behind.
Do you trust in him?
Do you ever look above?
Sometimes, wonder.
We don’t have all of the answers.
Waiting for a miracle.
Put your burdens in his hands.
He wants to carry our burdens.
We have to trust in him.
No matter how dark the road.
Don’t have to suffer long.
Hard times to grow.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Be patient for his calling.
No more worries.
Find a way.
His way.
I see you worry and i ask "why"?
I hear your words of doubt and i
will beg you to not give up
And let your faith and desire just erupt
They can only lie and cloud the truth
They look at the heart you bear and deny the proof
And when they fail to claim your soul
You can stand and show the world what is so.
what's this insanity
we're living in a nightmare
that can't be true
i'm dreaming ~ it just can't be
why the chaos
why the hate
can't we just shake hands
make peace and get along
i tell myself that
reason will prevail
but as each day rolls by
the rift gets deeper
the tally is horrendous
and leaves me breathless
i wonder how bad it has to get
before it will get better
AP: 2nd place 2025
the gossip goes that the lad O'Shea
stands accused of mischief and horseplay
worse ~ caught righthanded at the town café
looking for a quick and easy payday
now he's laying low in some forsaken hideaway
waiting to make a swift getaway
trying his best to outrun judgment day
in his best friend's brand new Chevrolet
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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