Take your pick!

Sandwiches to go in a nice large plastic.. carry all...A nice yummy picnic...
A few Ziploc bags to pack, bread, cheese, cookies..nuts, all finery...
Paper towels, trash bags, and of course...disposable cutlery...
And yes, for the journey...a dozen bottled waters to pick..
Don't forget the straws, All use and throw! Easier and quick!
Buy it, Use it, Dump it!....Forget it!....Oh! such luxury!
Tons of trash! Of course...Don't yet make me sick!
Generations from now...or is that  the next one...decries the augury
When my daughter's granddaughters will be terribly sick...
Sick of living in a plasticky hell...And of course! Breathing is a luxury..
Until then..Quick! Load up  the Ziplocs, the ones that never leak
Yes...Of course...A leak, a spill is a  serious problem...A big quandary!
Until then...let us live happily in plastic heaven...or is that hell? Take your pick!

Ode to a tiger mom...

My kid..a genius! I declared!
A normal kid...who plays in the sun and sand?
A kid who... not for pressures of adulthood... cared?
No! Not for me! A genius! A prodigy!..I demand!
My kid..must truly study ahead of her grade...
And in every competition...my kid..she must be first!
If her grades dropped, her playtime, I forbade
My kid should have such hunger for knowledge, Oh! such thirst
My kid...her accolades...her achievements...I love to boast...
And her failures..Ahem! Scream and Yell! She is toast!
And if I hear another tiger mom speak of her kid..boast!
My kid, I shall compare, compete, analyze..until she is roast
Scientific inquiry, mathematical genius, street smart...all in one
Art, dance, and music lessons would add to her repertoire
Coding, yes..robotics will make her the chosen one...
All this while she works hard at her escritoire...
Yes, chess and tennis and swimming would be good
Help prepare her to be an adult who can do it all...
Alas! When my daughter thinks back someday of her childhood..
She will find to her dismay... She was always an adult who did it all...
Yes, She did it all...but be a child and feel the joy of being a child...
My kid..a genius! I declared!

Come to me

When you hear a song... Any song.. Beautiful like us...us together...
When you see a couple.. any couple.
Smiling  in foolish love like us... us together
When you see them hold hands... Entwined clasped hands..
A silent declaration of an endless love, like us together...
When you see someone...anyone... wait for another ..
Yearning... To be together.. Like us together
When you read a poem, a book.. a joke.. A quote.. Words .
That calls out to be shared between souls.. Like us together
When you see a scenic mountain, a river.. a shore... The skies
That taunt and ask you... Why we are not  together...?
Yes. . Then and now.... Whenever. . Your heart will call  wildly for me...
And yes, you will come to me!
You will...