5-minute flash poems to keep the hamster wheel rolling...
Pink worm wriggles up
The rancid apple's core, so
Turning green to grey
Looking back
In the grey places where we once played
Life now stands still and empty;
A basketball hoop bends this way
The split black net having met its day
In my mind I wander down these streets
Where we used to hang and chat
In a bid to kill time that lasted too long
Laughing and singing to some 80s song
These days I sit and count the hours
As sweet blessings I do not deserve
We treated things lightly like a feather
Yet a chance event changed us forever
It's funny how innocent we all were
Larking about in the midnight hour
Now I watch life pass outside my window
As this sand of mine nears the end of flow
Copyright Vickie Johnstone
