Weathered Walls – Reprise

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

The Paint Has Peeled
On Weathered Walls
Baked By The Midday Sun
Aged By Nature’s Elements
It’s Usefulness Is Done

LEFT IN THE WOODS – REPRISE

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

If you get left in the woods
don’t worry, be calm
someone else will come along
don’t chase after
the one who left you 

First Responders say, “Stay Put”
and they are the experts
when it comes to
the left and abandoned

THE WORLD IS FLAT – REPRISE

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

‘tis sad that minds are closed so tight
like iron gates in prison walls
locked within their inner cell
with covered ears
and hidden fears

One at a Time

Please come and enjoy – ONE AT A TIME

A Tangle of Weeds

Amidst peals of laughter
Our layers fell off
One smile at a time

Amidst love typos unintended
Our butterflies fluttered
One wing at a time

Amidst hurried I love yous
Our story ended
One goodbye at a time

©Nandita Manan Yata.

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HAIKU: WILDFLOWERS AT HEART – REPRISE

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

Wallflowers blossom

Finding My Way

Please Come and enjoy the heartfelt piece – FINDING MY WAY

Sarah Doughty

“We were perfect.
Because we were together.”

I think I’m lost without you. The way you used to guide us, like you knew exactly where we needed to be and where we were going. It was perfect. We were perfect. Never a wrong turn, never a place I didn’t want to be. Because we were together. And without you, everything is dark, the roads are twisting and turning, and hope is running out the more life knocks me down.

Yes, I miss you. But I can find my way on my own.

We all experience pain. Heartbreak. Loss. It hurts. And sometimes that pain is unbearable. Just because you can handle your pain better than someone else, it doesn’t mean that person is weak or less of a person. It doesn’t mean the way they feel their pain is any less valid. Accept that people feel and sometimes they can…

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Author Tip 101: Never Stop

KaylaAnn

So, they tell me you want to be an author . . .

That means you should be doing 1 of 5 things: brainstorming a new story, writing/drafting, editing, researching publishing houses (or self-publishing methods), sending our query letters or submissions.

One of my favorite creative writers, Derek Updegraff once said:

Keep writing. You are a writer, not a submitter. Once you’ve written pieces and submitted them for publication, forget about them and start writing something new. You haven’t produced your best work yet. When you finish a new piece of writing, admire it, take joy in it, and then submit it and move on and write something better.

Being an author does not mean being famous or going to book signings every other week (although that could be super fun). Being an author means never giving up and never stopping.

In my own experience…

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Inefficient

Megha's World

I fail miserably to guard my self

my heart

my emotions

my eyes

which gives away

every single feeling

every moment

I spent;

I try so hard to disguise

I try to stop

those fleeting memories

of the time spent

near the corners of my smile

near those dimpled bends;

Nobody blames you

for turning my world

upside down

drowning me with your love

and painting my heart

in the darkest shade of crimson

you can possibly found;

All I hear is the word of advice

a hush

a whisper

to safeguard my precious heart

they say

they all talk in unison

and declare me

inefficient.

 This post is in response to the daily prompt  Inefficient

Photo by Edward Cisneros on Unsplash

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Kiss the Dawn

Venice Diaries

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TICKLING THE WIRE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Never Knew
That I Was
Tickling The Wire
But It Seems I Did