Salad

Tomato chopped

Cucumber diced

Avocado for creaminess

Lime juice sprinkled over all

Freshness of summer

Anytime of the year

To Learn

To learn without a textbook

Is a challenge in a society

So dependent on written instructions

But other ways to learn are real

Take a deep breath

Accept the challenge

Jump right in to the experience

Gerber daisy

A  single flower

Poised on a long sturdy stem

A pop of colour 

On a dreary day

To brighten the moment

Clouds

As simple as water above the air

That bring rain

Or cooling shade

Yet shape, colour, density

Lend themselves to moods

Whether frivolous or overpowering

That texture our lives

More than droplets of mist

Could predict

Success

Oppression of the many

For the greed of the few who succeed

In the struggle for power, wealth and luxury

The equation set by the fall of mankind

In the beginning

Oppression of none

Was the original goal

As man and woman faced the garden and battles together

A partnership intended to produce joint power and success

From the beginning

Clogged Drain

Puddle

In the sink

That remains unmoving all day

Requires a plumber's

Expertise

Poetry

How does poetry

Differ from prose?

Why do I enjoy writing my journal

This way

But balk at full sentences?

Somehow this expression

Works for me--

But why and how?

Here I can focus on a word

Or a phrase

To illuminate an idea

Without concern for every bit of punctuation

Topics vary greatly

As life presents new questions.

Thank You, Lord

For providing variety of form

For sculpting thoughts

Within our languages