Pause and replay

Pushing the pause button,

Looking around in awe.

Life is just passing us by,

And what do we have to show?

***

Mindless chatter, silly blabber,

Things that don't mean a thing.

Sometimes life is quite the opposite,

Of what your mind leads you to think.

***

Running around,

Earning your keeps,

Spending it away,

What's there to reap.

***

Making your moves,

calculating the gains.

Another chess piece,

On life's board game.

***

Is that all there is to see?

Is that all we have to do?

***

Maybe life’s just that,

a game of chance,

Toss the deice,

And hope it will go your way.
***

© Sherine Meshad, 17 Jan 2002

New Beginnings

From the depth of despair,

Comes new beginnings.

And when one light burns out,

Another one starts beaming.
***

When you think you’ve had enough,

Of this life to keep on living.

That’s when you need a miracle,

For you to believe in.

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In the midst of the dark,

Do you wake up screaming.

Shaking from the nightmares,

That for month you’ve been dreaming.

***
Do you stay awake at night,

Listening to the rain falling.

Wondering about what,

Tomorrow will be bringing.

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From your window breaks,

The sunlight starts beaming.

A new day has a beginning,

And life …. It just keeps on scheming.
***

© Sherine Meshad, 17 Jan 1997