It’s happening again A nightmare relieved A groundhog day becomes a year Almost certain it’s not 2020 I swear I saw this episode already So mad and confused No end in sight But stay positive and do the right thing Blah blah blah I guess everyone is dusting off their notes from last year Is […]
Month: December 2021
Can’t Stay
Better that I left You didn’t want me around Kept checking the time Too nice to say leave But just mean enough to cheat You had a long day Didn’t feel like hanging out Maybe tomorrow I left and got in my car I charged my phone for the GPS In comes the man you […]
Cut Strings
We are puppets Made to feel free Yet still connected to strings Here are some scissors Cut yourself free But don’t let them see They will only string you up again Day #402 SJD © 2021 Segundo Juan Devora. All Rights Reserved.
Pull Strings
Never free Indoctrinated into our beliefs What is right and wrong Who is good and evil What is expected of me Make the Gods happy and your parents proud From the moment we could think We were taught not to think for ourselves Critical thinking you’ll never need it Every decision already made It was […]
Exhale Truth
Before we speak Inhale a deep breath Let the air fill our lungs Time will pass Our thoughts will become uncomplicated On the exhale Let go of our judgement Of the indignation we hold The idea we are the victim That we have no blame As the air escapes It will take the lies we’ve […]
Anchors Away!
Anchored are we Freedom never a reality The waves move us in every direction Yet we go nowhere Times passes and the tide rises We rise and fall with it Believing that our perspective has change and therefore we have moved A child’s idea of hope Forever in the same water only at different seasons […]
Parenting
Life was simpler Went my own way Never having to look back No one worrying to come home to Carefree and mistake filled days Just me and tomorrow Now I’m surrounded Questions everyday, with no answers to some I need to plan ahead Have to make time for them all No more sleeping in Getting […]