Archive for July, 2024

Enough is enough

July 13, 2024

If anything keeps me up at night

besides worrying about my kids,

it’s worrying I haven’t done enough,

no matter how much I did.

Enough connecting,

making friends,

caring for someone in need,

enough praying,

painting, reading,

texting grandkids,

But who decides, what is enough?

what if I’ve done what I could?

I HAVE done SOMETHING, even if small,

We are not perfect,

we don’t have to do it all,

and I may need to learn

what’s enough relaxation?

enough free time,

for just being me,

staying in tune with my own body

and doing what it needs,

taking more time for other things

— and enough time for SLEEP.

cfblack 7-12-2024

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I love you all

July 7, 2024

Dear peoples of the world,

I love you all.

I love the different shades of us,

all the different ways of us,

those who worship, those who don’t,

those who eat meat, those who won’t,

mothers nursing their newly born,

old ones who won’t leave their homes,

North South East and West,

which part of the world do you love best?

The tropics, where it’s always warm,

or Northern lands of ice and snow,

Dark brown, cinnamon, tan, and light,

Blue eyes, Brown eyes, looking bright,

Let’s stop the madness, stop the games,

End the needless suffering,

End the wars and children’s cries,

End the never ending lies,

Our leaders left it up to us,

WE must come together, at all costs,

What is more powerful than greed or fear?

LOVE and COMPASSION for all you see, and hear.

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