Chilli Peppers Please

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014Vonita 10 Comments

I have always not liked my
Success stories to be
Spicy at all
In fact just the other day
Father’s Day to be exact
Invitations did I extend
For a lunch of curry
We dined, we feasted, it was grand
Until I was told
The menu is great
It is wonderful
Thank you so much
But just so you know
The menu did not contain
Curry at all
Casserole maybe, there was no spice
No chilli pepper can one taste

Take a bit of risk
Let loose in the world
I have been reprimanded
At least four times today
Told what to do
And what to say
And what not to say
And what not to do

Get some sleep
Eat well
Be in balance
Moderation is key!

I have lived my life
Cooking curries that are not
Curries at all
Dining on casseroles

Perhaps it is time
Oh yes please!
To add some spice
To that casserole
Of mine

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/the-spice-of-success/

Midnight Hour

November 3, 2014November 3, 2014Vonita Leave a comment

No morning picture
Today, I am still upset
At having found out

That Daily Post now
Only gets posted at Twelve
O’clock my time, here

In Sydney, Aussie
Time, this is now two hours
Past my bedtime, now

What should I do? Should
I go to bed at normal
Ten o’clock bedtime

And post in morning
What if I’m not inspired?
Should I stay awake

Every night and
Then look like a zombie the
Next day, or should I

Go to sleep at ten
And set the alarm each night
Like Cinderella?

Open Letter to a Narcissist

October 20, 2014March 14, 2015Vonita 2 Comments

(Weekly Writing Challenge – Genre-Blender)

Dear Toxic Person

Just a few questions to ask of you. How can you say, ‘It’s good to see you are smiling again’? When it was you who took the smile away. How can you say – ‘Glad to hear you are good’? When you didn’t care when I said I wasn’t.

How can anyone ever believe anything you say? It is all a facade. I can see through you, and I always did. I always will. My heart was too soft. It is too soft now. But I can touch it. And nurture it with my soft hands.

Which is something you can never do.

Farewell from me, I say goodbye.

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_writing_challenge/genre-blender/

Celebration of Spring

October 13, 2013February 27, 2015Vonita 1 Comment

First day of Spring today. A new month, a new week, a new season. May it bring in a new season of our lives. A season where we can be confident, assured, content and happy. Joy-filled. May all the past and any bitterness and regret be washed away, and a new beginning welcomed. I look to the sun and blue skies and the buds and blossoms and I feel encouraged and strengthened and joyous. The warmth fills my heart and lifts me up. Allows me to grow from where I am, my despair and anguish and pain is cast aside. And filled with laughter and love and joy, and there is a smile on my heart. That smile that radiates from within and bubbles out and springs forth and cannot be hidden.

We are blessed indeed.