OctPoWriMo 17 - Protect My Family

Prompt: Family
Form: Kyrielle

Protect My Family

When I hear the news I weep;

I don’t know how some people sleep.

I wish that all were safe and free;

God, protect my family.

It seems as if the world’s gone mad:

What’s bad is good; what’s good is bad,

And selfish people gloat with glee.

God, protect my family.

I thought He died for everyone;

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done:

Wasn’t that the guarantee?

God, protect my family.

OctPoWriMo 28 - Home

Today's prompt is belonging, and the suggested form is the clarity pyramid.

HOME

refuge

family

sometimes where you’re born

is not where you belong

your community is home

“where you find yourself you belong”

OctPoWriMo 9 - Don't Want to Fight

I've already written a Cascade this month, but I love the form. I decided to make it a bit more challenging today, so I added rhyme. The prompt 'spiral' is cool, and I would have done it if not for something weighing on my mind. We hosted Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, and a family member made a homophobic comment that really bothered me. I'm not going to get into the details, but I had to write about it.

Don't Want to Fight

Her words are ignorant and rude
I bite my tongue and look away
I don’t want to fight today

She would think I’d gone astray
If I told her with “attitude”
Her words are ignorant and rude

And so, I focus on my food
No matter what I want to say
I bite my tongue and look away

Perhaps I’m lacking fortitude
My heart betrayed, full of dismay
But I don’t want to fight today

OctPoWriMo 28 - Mom is Sick

So nice to see my brothers
So nice to see my nephews
So nice to see my sister
So nice to see my mom

But mom is sick
So sick
It’s hard to look at her
It’s hard to be with her
It’s hard to leave her

Why don’t we spend more time together?
Why did we wait ‘til now to see each other?