Writing

Writing is self-indulgent, she said.
I smiled, but thought,
“So is eating but we have to do it.”
Maybe she doesn’t
but writing to me is as necessary as eating.

©2017 Sharron R. McMillan

Who Is Crazy

 

Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which it is. It makes a lot of difference. ~ Charles F. Kettering.

Blackberry Time

Time to pick blackberries.
Pop a few berries in your mouth
– warmed by the sun,
fresh off the vine
while dreaming of blackberry  juice,
homemade platz,
pie with ice cream –
then pick, pick, pick.

 

After The Rain

Garden is grinning from apples to tomatoes,
smokey skies have changed to blue.
One night of rain has polished the forest
and pasted smiles on the gardeners too.

©2017 Sharron R. McMillan

Character

Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man’s character,
give him power.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Shade

In the shade of the old orange tree. . .

Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

You no sooner get your head above water than someone pulls your flippers off.

           ~Unknown

Justice

Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream.
~Amos

Kindness

One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
~ Malayan Proverb

Watching Ants

Like mushrooms on the forest floor,
houses appear overnight
where once deer and birds
shared solitude with trees.

Like ants single-minded march
to unknown destinations
we lug all we own from home to home
telling ourselves this will be the last time.

But once again convince ourselves
more and bigger is better
and profit
is our god.

Forests become ant hills,
woodland paths, highways
trees extinct and bird song only heard
through ear phones.

And we find ourselves searching
for the quiet, peaceful place
in the woods
that once was home.

©2017 Sharron R. McMillan

Success

To be where I am,
love who I am with
and let them love me.

To share what gifts are mine
and allow others
to share their gifts with me.

To live in gratitude daily,
and be content now.

This is SUCCESS.

©2015 Sharron R. McMillan