going to the fair

going to the fair
leaving behind
each care

leaves room for fun
knowing it has
just begun

walking through
the midway
time flew

seeing each sight
smelling the foods
everything's right

the prices all too high
but free fun too
before long, saying good bye

watching tv with my teens

I don't much like
to watch tv

but I know there are things
my kids want to see

they are getting old enough now
that it's hard to refuse

so I feel like if I watch with them
we don't all lose

watching together brings out
good discussions

about characters, their actions
and the repercussions

it's nice to have them listen
and also hear what they say

so I feel like watching tv
isn't such a waste of day

noble endeavor failed

looking to a novel
to explain how I feel
may not be healthy
and may be unreal

but it shows the emotion
and taps the root
of what is in my heart
even if it's moot

I cry out like the
doctor who created
and then let him go-
the created's will was sated

but in the end
nothing but sadness
ruled over everyone-
no closure other than madness

5 am exercise class

starting the day
at five o'clock

makes one weary-
and something to talk

about with neighbors
and on the blog

but is it really best
to get up and slog

down to the Y
to join the crazy

folks who make it too-
at least don't call us lazy!

virtual school

a new school
without brick
or mortar

will help us
learn and cross
new borders

it can be a
time to ease
transition

and help us
gain perspective
on our position

learning without
boundaries is
not a new take

we will see
if we can
now make

this standard
curriculum
our own

and how it
fits into
our home

learning to tweak
where tweaking
is needed

is important and
by this school
it's heeded

so far so good
I will have
to say

though lots of
work is crammed
into one day

living in this era

"it was the best of times,
it was the worst of times"
seems to echo to today

"these are the times that
try men's souls" and cause
many of us to pray

when we see history repeat
itself before our very eyes
it can be so hard to stay

the course and do the right
when others don't seem to care
to hear what we say

it seems as if it's getting worse
and that something wicked
is coming this way

nothing matters (not even the rhyme)

You matter
doesn't matter

life is harder
each and every day

nothing solved
everything revolved

again and again
with no end

nothing works
all is wrong

even the rhymes
don't rhyme

and time after time
I see just how blind

we all are to each
other's views

will it ever end?
neither of us willing to bend

how can we go on
and how can we not?