FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: PIE SIGHS Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words pie and/or sigh, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on March 15th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Pie Sighs will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, March 16th between 3 and 5 pm PDT.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Petrouchka Alexieva

Be Prepared to do Fine

Credit: https://www.whats-thesayinganswers.com/slice-of-life/

 

We don’t remember everybody’s delight

when we scream with the first breath,

but to the rest of the life

so many people try to close our mouth

and…this is the very first slice of the life’s pie

that we have to chew to the last day. True.

 

When we start to walk, we are afraid of fall,

all clap hands with a smile and support,

but to the rest of the life, there is always somebody

who tries to throw us back from the stair while walking up

and…this is just the second slice of the life’s pie

that we have to chew to the last day. True.

 

When we kiss for the first-time craving love,

we remember the shy and the joy,

but later in life, the love pain struck many times

- even in the last moment until we are gone.

and…this is just the third slice of the life’s pie

that we have to chew to the last day. True.

 

Oh, life is this oven with stone plate

on which we bake, rotate,

slice problems, sprinkle courage and hope. Some parts

might be undercooked, overcooked or just fine,

but everyone wants a slice from our days

 – big bite, small bite or just medium one.

So, be prepared to do fine, my newborn grandson.


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