Monday, September 26, 2011

A Falling Progession of Haiku's

Many yellow leaves
Falling from the trees onto the road
Fall is beginning

Large pumpkins are ripe
Time to carve Jack-o-lanterns
Down at the pumpkin patch

Pumpkins are on the porch
Ghosts and goblins are in the streets
Halloween is here

Now leaves are brown
The last leaf is rapidly falling
Trees are almost bare
 
Food is piling up
Time to enjoy the hefty harvest
Winter is coming
 
Lights glow from houses
Cookies are fresh from the oven
Christmas is coming

Presents are under the tree
Family spends time together
Christmas came today

Snow fiercely falls down
Littering the icy ground with snow
Fall became winter

Friday, September 23, 2011

Paralyzing Perfection

The need for perfection keeps me from going for my goals.
Fear of criticism binds my body like I am being held hostage.
Criticisms have stolen my breath and turned me into a coward.

Why do I allow "it" and self imposed negativity to control me?
Why do I let these nasty parasites stop me from moving on?
The past is the past and what has happened is ancient history.

I am a legal adult with a job, schoolwork, bills, and a full life.
Yet I act as though I am a child that has to answer to others.
My present suffers from my self imposed, paralyzed free will.

Perfection is impossible for a mortal human to achieve in life,
Yet I keep trying to be a superwoman in everything that I do.
I feel I must always keep balance of my stuffed tray of duties.

I need to relax and just settle for doing my best in everything.
Life is meant to be enjoyed while giving it all that you can.
I would never ask others to push themselves the way I do.

In fact, I would advise a friend to be easier on themselves,
If they punished themselves the way I often do in many ways.
Why don't I follow my own advice and settle for my best?

Thursday, August 18, 2011

A Letter to My So Called Former "Friend"

Dear Person Who Perpetually Took Advantage of Me,

I am not going to let you win and beat me down. You think you can take me over and rule over me like an overbearing parent. This is where you are wrong. Don't mistake a nice person for a doormat. I am not going to let you wipe your filth on me and make me feel worthless. Your crazy antics are not bringing me down and I am using my time away from you to better myself. I always thought you were helping me, but really you were hurting me.

I let your manipulative actions cloud my mind and I lost control of myself and forgot who I was. Your growing web of lies was covering my judgement and turning it into a fog. Once I was able to untangle myself from you and stop being your prey, I started to see what a pathological liar you really are. I believe you will be exposed for what you are and who you really are as time passes by. You will get pay back for the lies you told about the person you called "my best friend"! I don't need to enact revenge, I fully believe God and the universe itself will take care of that for me. What comes around, goes around so watch your deceitful back! Don't let the door hit your behind on the way out of my life, you have hurt me more than you would ever know or care to know! Goodbye and good riddance to you. I am better off without you in my life and am over letting you walk all over me.

Rae Jeannine