a cooking pot and twisted tales
Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
You were afraid
to live your dreams,
and you buried them
in the place you believed
they would be safe;
now everyone who goes by
sees a forest of possibilities.
#Buried dreams
©
Jacqueline
Mama said to me, baby
never go borrowing
those things meant for others
or
be prepared
to live with the discomfort
that accompanies them.
©
Jacqueline
Mama said to me, baby,
when you find yourself stuck in a deep hole
just look up and see how tall you are
©
Jacqueline
you cut my tongue
took it to the morgue
to stifle my words;
•
you chopped my fingers
burnt them to cinders
to bridle my vigour;
•
yet my thoughts
cease to staunch
from fluttering out
©
Jacqueline
Excerpt from my work-in-progress poetry book 3 – Check out Unbridled
Mama said to me, baby,
not all your problems
are worth bringing into the light
of the day
We tie such petty issues
beneath our George wrapper
and squash them squarely
between the resilience of our thick thighs.
©
Jacqueline
This is an excerpt from my work-in-progress.
You can read my book, Unbridled on Kindle Unlimited for free.
Mama said to me, baby,
never make fun
of the burden borne by others,
—
‘cos if they perchance share their load with you,
you would find that
its weight could bend your spine.
©
Jacqueline
This is an excerpt from my work-in-progress.
You can read my new book, Unbridled on Kindle Unlimited for free.
Mama said to me, baby if you find that you are not happy there,
never choose to remain there in a sad state,
because you haven’t been planted like an Iroko tree.
Don’t you know that even an Iroko tree can decide to excuse itself
by choosing to rot and wither from within,
rather than suffer the insult of insolent birds?
©
Jacqueline
An excerpt from my work-in-progress.
You can read my book, Unbridled on Kindle Unlimited for free.
Mama said to me, baby,
if you try to move forward
and it fails to work
Why not use the reverse
to get yourself
out of that spot?
©
Jacqueline
An excerpt from my work-in-progress.
You can read my book, Unbridled on Kindle Unlimited for free.
My mama said to me
“Baby, don’t look for others to lift you up,
‘cos you’ll be disappointed.”
“Rather, make your shoulders
strong enough to support others
and you’ll rise up with them.”
©
Jacqueline
An excerpt from my work-in-progress.
You can read my book, Unbridled on Kindle Unlimited for free.
a cooking pot and twisted tales 