Barbara Haskell Poems

We hurry and we scurry,
stressing other's and ourselves,
speeding through life,
as if it were a race,
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I long to play softball,
bowl on a team again, too,
camp out in the desert
or on a mountaintop,
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We were actors,
cast in a comedy/love story
or so we thought.
How were we to know,
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I perceive confidence, strength,
in command, take care of it all,
but I fear the truth
is an elderly woman,
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Unrelenting yearning,
interminable anguish,
shackled my heart;
undeserved redemption,
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Midst towering green branches,
bird's chirp and flutter,
fashioning their nest with twigs and leaves
and their pantry is supplanted with delicious victuals
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Many shades of green
in striking hues,
flowers blazing forth
in dazzling shades of
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My life's been such a journey,
I've had some high's,
but Lord Almighty,
they're out-weighed by many low's.
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