Day 73, Happy Halloween

So no one will really read this post and heaven knows I need an excuse to take it easy today so here is the challenge... describe your favorite thing about Halloween in a couplet (2 lines). 

Pumpkin

a tender orange hue
that makes me dream of winter warmth.

Day 72, Curse God and Die

Trying times get you to thinking and I've had some of those this year, this week :O. I've always thought Job's wife was cruel, unfeeling when she said that but then a bit of stress hits and I feel that breaking point and I get it. She wanted out, she lost how many children? how much suffering had she endured? how much had her husband suffered too? She was weary and weak and angry with God, maybe even her husband but I don't think she was cruel, I think she was scared and tired and didn't want to see more suffering, she was hurting, like so many other people. I go through some little thing and hit the breaking point and then I try to critique this woman? Really...

Curse God and Die
"Curse God and die,"she keened
rocking on her knees,
head bent down
she could not look him in the face.

"Curse God and die," she said
her heart puckered like a prune
barely beating
from the pain, barely beating.

"Curse God and die," she mumbled
eyes blurred and stinging
throat too dry
she could not face his God.

Foolish woman that she was
she would not see the good
soul too weary
so he did what she could not.

"Youth Mourning" (1916) by Sir George Clausen (1852-1944)

Day 71, facades

It's been a trying week. I am tired and ready to relax this evening. This is what crossed my weary brain...

Facades

Blistered heart and
wounded pride
sacrifice the things inside
just to wear an outer shell
that says I'm great,
all is well.
When all the world around
is certain it's not true
and the only one that's fooled
is the fool inside of you.

And on day 70...

she went kaput! :) Ever read a poem about being kaput? You are about to! I'll be back to writing tomorrow!

Kaput

Worn and weary
ready to fall
into a bed
and that is all,

that is all!

Day 69, blasphemy

Definitions of blasphemy:
noun: blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
noun: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character

A haiku in honor of a word that was running around in my mind today. 

Blasephemy

knowing you are there

but denying you exist

so that I don't have to stop

 

Day 68, Ms. Sara

Ms. Sara won't be forgotten because I think, upon loosing her, we realize most how very much she mattered. I'll probably redo this a different day as I would like to dedicate more time and effort to her...
Little Lamp

Little lamp
constant warmth
laughter hiding
behind the seams
and it seems
we knew too little.

Little lamp
steady glow
the smallest favors
the seeds you sowed,
loving our children,
never asking
for more.

Day 67, When in doubt.

Don't write what you are really thinking :) Major plumping problems at the Gregory home, which really stinks, really! So tonight I am WORE OUT, can anyone relate, is there anyone that can't? Back to my plumbing, it has me in a bit of a mood, an aggrivated mood so I thought I would talk about good things that together aggrivate me... a complaint poem of sorts.

The Complaint Poem
Fall and heat.
Humidity and Halloween costumes
Wind, long hair and great lipgloss. 
Toilets and toddlers.
Bedtime and laundry.
Horomones and men.
Facebook and productivity.
Facebook and privacy.
Friends and Alabama.
Soccer and mosquitos.
Target and frugality.
Clothes shopping and good self esteem.
Car pool line and effeciency.
Football games and weather alerts.
Fall and heat...

so what are yours? Tell me!