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Slowly life leaves her
Not willingly
Fighting
For every breath

As she drops to the ground
The strand breaks
And the pearls cascade
Around her dead body

'Why Wont We Listen' to advice that assures you avoid a imminent mistake
or accept 'careless decisions' are choices we repeatedly choose to make
"They have got to learn for themselves" is Pretzel logic the ignorant convey
expressing your unsolicited Two Cents more likely provokes them to disobey

You guarantee outcomes but in their world parental input doesn't belong
no matter how many times you're proven right defiance stands strong
The dismissal of every plea most always turns into us paying the price
fact is their kids too shall one day disregard their every piece of advice

Refrain from saying "Don't drink and Drive" so they can learn first hand
'they gotta live their life' doesn't equate to cease helping our kids understand
Suggesting "Just Say No" will keep them from figuring it out on their own
"If Only I'd Listened" was recognized prior to consequences we made known

Kids have become more reckless than ever without any thought to fallout
their mental cognizance has parted ways with reality without any doubt
Adults just like our children are prone to blindly turning the other cheek
many's refusal to listen is because to them it's just condescending critique

Obviously we're unable to assure they don't learn some things the hard way
parents don't parent children anymore they allow them to dangerously stray
Again 'It's Their Life' but parents can't not step in whenever situations call
mother's and father's should let kids stagger but we shouldn't let them fall

TIME WILL TELL
HOW MUCH
I LOVE YOU...

THE FORGOTTEN VETERAN

A lonely figure walking alone with his thoughts
Carrying memories and pictures in his mind
Of all the faces of those he had fought
Not being able to leave these memories behind

The horrors of war keep coming in his mind’s eye
Not having anyone to share these thoughts with
Thinking of his buddies who could not say goodbye
Of their ultimate sacrifice that they did give

Returning home with no hero welcome
But instead being treated like wartime criminals
Exposed to ridicule and words of venom
Or treated completely like being invisible

Nightmares regularly occurring
Making nights long with very little rest
When suddenly a backfire is a gun firing
Employment possibilities difficult at best

Other illnesses caused by chemicals used
Supposedly as wartime tools
Others ignoring the problem unmoved
Turning their backs on the Vet as a rule

This is the life of many of our Veterans today
Making the future pretty dim and hopeless
Please when you see a Veteran don’t turn away
Thank them and remember - hugs are painless

Tell thanks before going to bed
For the fact that you have the house
For what is what to eat,
For that, is where to sit down.

For the fact that you have a friend
For the fact that your spouse is faithful
And if there are no friend, the husband,
Then, for the fact that you see light.

To see light, eyes are necessary
And hearing to hear voices,
Eyes on the place, are also hearing,
Tell thank you that I am not deaf.

Still thanks to two legs,
That go everywhere, here and there.
There are people that live without them.
Well the lucky you has become silent?

I will agree that there is a mess,
That in life a lot of things not so,
But nevertheless, you think, weigh,
Appreciate what is now and here!

And before going to bed
In the cozy bed,
You remember, my friend, about one -
Tell thanks before going to bed.

We talk almost every day
You are always in a positive mood
Love every minute or our conversations
I think of you always caring for me
We are made for each other
You are always on my mind
I think of you of a moment
A moment of love and passion
A day where we will spend the time of our life
I don't know why I always think of you
My special rose

poems in silence
sparse as winter branches
leaving a few disheveled words
without a script

I have so much love to give.
Lots of care and affection to share.
So..let...me...ask...you...now...whilst...I..dare
Will..you..be..my...precious..treasure?
Will...you...be...my...man ?

Will..you..be..my..superhero ?
Let...me...be...your...super-woman ?
Then...together...never...single...handed...we
can..rise..up..stand..up..tall..and..take
on this world,warts and all !

Standing on the outside looking in
Still a stranger after all these years
Of striving to become a friend
Realizing things are not as they appear

Like a wallflower at a dance
Standing on the sidelines hoping
Staring at others as in a trance
But instead with sadness and coping

Going away to lick the wounds
Of disappointment as once again ignored
Moving off to a different room
Striving for emotions to be restored

When all else fails slipping far away
To escape the rejection once again
To come back and try another day
Striving once again to become friends

Kathy Ostrander © November 15, 2017

My soul belongs to the Stars and Heavens
It is captured inside this earthly abode
It struggles like a bird to be free
So that it can fly carefree to its star home

Not meant to be weighed down here
It strives to be happy and carefree
Needing to join in with the stars above
Where it is free to twinkle for eternity

Free to follow its dream without any care
To do what ever it wants without fear
For my soul was born in the Stars above
It yearns to return to twinkle with love

Kathy Ostrander © November 18, 2017