too much new
tensions wrapping around psyches
tugging
we’re choking on the changes
fruitlessly fearful
waiting for someone to hear us
Relief.
A sensible plan
Workable ideas
Deep breath.
This might just work
poem-relief November 17, 2017
“No” is not always
a negative thing.
.
Sometimes it is
a sweet relief.
.
Sometimes “yes”
brings too much to do,
too much responsibility
too much accountability.
.
Sometimes “no”
breathes a melancholy sigh.
Thankfulness.
This is not the time.
relief July 7, 2013
With your cold grey touch,
my pain oozes up
in a thin crimson line
and drips
…………away
.……………….drop
………………….by
………………..drop.
.
.
.
.
FYI—>This is persona
birthday invocation February 22, 2012
February 23rd is the birthday of Rotary. Paul Harris, was 37 when he gathered some professional connections and they formed the world’s first service club in Chicago in 1905.
Service is action in support of others. A small action can make a difference. It isn’t about glamour; it’s about need. A toilet is a rather basic thing, but the simple addition of public toilets in down town Chicago in 1907 surely offered the blissful relief of basic urgencies for many a person!
Let us remember that service is about meeting the needs of others, and that when we serve those needs, we can provide blissful relief at the most basic level. Let us be thankful we have the means and ability to change lives with our most simple service.
© Shawn Bird 2012. Free use within Rotary. Please credit Shawn’s authorship, and leave a message in the Comment area below explaining when and where you used her words. Thanks!
Shawn L. Bird 