Maisy & Tom

... just a play with words really, oh and a reminder to myself that we all view the world with unique eyes ... perhaps a kiddie poem :)

Pickle Daisy 

Aunty Maisy 

Where did you hide your heart 

Angry Lady 

Always made me

Cry from the very start

Scaring me with your scowls

And your bitter undertones

I wanted to run and hide 

Away from your creepiest unknowns…..

Uncle Tom

You are the Bomb

Always making me smile

Kindly Man

Did what you can to

Evaporate sadness for a while

Gifting me with your love

Allowing me to believe

Reminding me that life 

Is only what we perceive….

The two of you 

Perplexes me

Both worlds apart

This reality 

___________________________

Aunty Daisy

Uncle Tom 

Loving together all along

Simple kiss

Married bliss 

Relationship ever strong

One scares 

The other dares

A balance of souls of sorts

One fights 

The other delights 

Living within each others thoughts 

Strolling through life 

Husband and wife 

Melding into each others soul

Lesson learnt 

My judgement burnt 

Acceptance is the goal

Reviews

[Terpsichore]

I remember my grandpa as fierce on the outside, (but it was just an act,) he was a lovely man and I loved him so. Grandma wasn't so much scary, as just sort of detached and efficient. They made a good team, that 'balance of souls of sorts' you describe.

T

[NoelHC]

I like the child-like quality of the rhyme, this one just rolls off the tongue when read out loud. Well done.

[wordman]

a sweet little write uncle tom and maisy takes you back to fonder times

[R Smith]

love it Elizabeth, the start is almost a nursery rhyme, the second part pulls it together into a life of two lovers, their marriage and subsequent happiness, the lesson of life judgement not included, the goal is enough, remarkable writing :)

[Rene Salinas]

This to me a continuation of our conversations KWP somehow you seem like a seeker always trying to question what's in front of you and then maybe not intentionally compare it to human nature that could be yours or anyone elses. In this case what in the volumes and volumes of books of inner development being pSychology or Philosophy or anything in between denominated as positive and negative. The writing tries to invite the acceptance that both coexist and that there seems to be no point in associating oneself with thenotion that if you get rid of one side the other would conquer so to speak. Whichever your preference might be. Intriguing as usual. But your desire for answers is enthusiastic.

Thankyou

[KWP]

ha - you know me so well - I also like to add a 'positive' spin and perhaps a little 'message' as to the way I perceive the world - I made a pact with myself a long time ago and that was just to try and be a better version of me each day (not always easy) but within that pact lie many layers, and I am sure you yourself are in touch with many of them, but one, importantly is to only ever put good into the world into the ethnosphere - yes perhaps as my own little counter balance, but also to emit goodness and hope and watch the flow on effect ...

this poem was just a little ditty I wrote this morning as a distraction from editing my novel - I started out with the best intentions of writing just that - a ditty - but then as usual my strong moral codes that I continually enforce upon myself crept up and said - 'yeah but what the point?'

hahaha - I am trying to loose the conflict - ahhhh one day ....

[Rene Salinas]

As I said the enthusiasm that comes from you could "fuel a car"

[KWP]

interesting visual :)

[KWP]

oooh and thank you as always for your lovely thoughts x

[jacob erin-cilberto]

opposites attract, and balance each other out...others say, "how can they be so different?"

but underneath it all, auntie maisy is full of love....tough love maybe, but tough, nonetheless.
i like the balance of souls...we need more balance in this world.

jacob

[KWP]

Cheers Jacob yes - just a simple observation this one :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i think there are things in our subconscious that come out in our writing, maybe things we aren't even aware are there...even with what seem the most simple poems...
i really like your writings, whether you are playing or serious.

[MomzillaNC]

A lovely tribute to Aunt Daisy and Uncle Tom. I learned my best relationship lessons from my Gran and grandfather; my poem, "Walk On, Walk On" is a tribute to them. I think my current happy relationship is due in large part to the lessons I learned from watch those two. They were such opposites, yet fit together so well. I remember them taking me to the mall and walking around holding hands and stealing rather chaste little kisses. As a teenager, I thought it was totally gross -- naturally -- for an elderly couple to behave like that! But, now, I look back fondly and feel blessed to have been witness to such moments.

[KWP]

ahhh wow - yep - that's beautiful - very precious in each and every way - lucky two to know and understand what real love is ... Thanks for reading :)

[MomzillaNC]

You're welcome.