If life had an option Like the USPS Return to Sender For these, check yes: A cold, the flu, feeling blue Bills, mortgages, taxes due Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes too Depression, anxiety, haunting you Poverty, hunger, times of war Insomnia, nightmares, evermore Missed opportunities, Failing scores Heartbreak, death, nevermore
Warm thoughts Crack the ice Of winter days Before it gets so thick We can’t help but sleep ‘til spring
The end of a decade Ten years are gone Seconds are slow As day is long Moments tick by Another hour goes Day turns to night A new moon glows The earth spins Our heads do too To places we’ve been To the faces, we knew To a new decade About to debut
Winter sun sets On another cold day As darkness falls A light guides the way The way for wanderers Who can’t pay the cost The way for wonderers Who in dreams are lost The Christmas Star shines For all as they roam With radiant light It guides travelers home
It’s sad to see The trees left on the lot All of the orphans That Christmas forgot Cold and bare In quiet desperation Hoping for a home And festive decorations But new hope is found When the birds fly in They fluff their feathers As tweeting begins They sing Christmas carols From days of… Read More Christmas Orphans
The midnight hour Has come and gone The minutes tick Down to the dawn Still, sleep evades The weary ones Who wait on rest That never comes
The Christmas tree stood All merry and bright Ornaments glistening With colored lights Storage boxes were shut And put away Up in the attic For another day But, one ornament Was overlooked In the storage box Buffy the cat, shook Loosening the lid She ran out the door Stair after stair Down to the… Read More Mischievous
The table is set For Thanksgiving Day The turkey and sides Are all on display But did you know They are there to compete, To become Thanksgiving’s Favorite treat? The turkey says, “Clearly, I’ll go far! My plump breasts and thighs Will make me the star!” The potatoes argue, “I’m fluffy!” “I’m sweet!” Before… Read More Thanksgiving Food Fight
I looked for meteors But didn’t see one It seemed to be over Before it’d begun Searching the sky Cursing at cloud cover Not a meteor was seen But a plane did hover Yes, a plain old plane Not even a UFO Crashed my expectations Of a meteor show
Do you have a song That plays in your head You hear it all day And at night while in bed It awakens nostalgia’s Long lost days It makes sure the past With you always stays It transports you back To another place When you were you With a younger face It’s that favorite… Read More Music and Lyrics
Jessica M. Collette 
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