If ...
Tea parties and family saying, "How do you do?"
When they truly mean, "Oh it is her..."
I must sit through for honor.
I will swallow.
If ...
Dear Uncle Pete
Makes up his mind to play 20 questions with me
Or makes colorful and cheeky remarks about Grandfather.
I must close my eyes and be deaf.
For I cannot hold any fury.
I will swallow.
If ...
The gentle ladies
Take out their claws during tea
Because of last year's sins.
I must cover my face with a mask of joy.
I will swallow.
If ...
Sitting in a dark cave of wicked snakes whispering,
"Welcome child!"
When I know they mean harm to my soul and kin,
For father's shake.
I will swallow.
If...
To be witness to the vile offspring of
Strange beasts be my role while at tea parties
For enduring unity.
I will swallow.
But in my pages of pen and ink I will scream!
Ideas and thoughts run loose and free.
Here I will not be abused!
Here I WILL NOT SWALLOW!
YOU ARE READING
Poetry of the Tides
PoetryA series of poems with different meanings and moods. They are all here and have been here a good time from the tides of my mind. I give you some entries of earnest tidings.
