Simple Things (Ain't)

The "simple" things

Too often just ain't

Making it through

Is not for the faint

We can't choose the colors

That the day will paint

And in the end

What use is complaint

Because the "simple" things

Too often just ain't

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2024

Reviews

[Green]

I think my favorite thing about this is that ain't was used and was a part of the rhyme; that just made me happy for no real reason at all. But the rhyming here really was nice because it didn't feel forced and I know that that's incredibly hard to do. This just reads so smoothly because of that. And it's definitely a sentiment I can agree with, there really is nothing in life that's simple or easy, even the things we sometimes fool ourselves into thinking should be.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you so much ! ~Jim