Blackbird Poetry

She decided she needed something different She decided to change something for real She always had hated her earlobes Her lips would never "seal the deal". Her tummy was now flabby And her arms now jiggled when she walked She wanted some quick fix that reflected a "new" girl Instead of the girl she got.  So she went to the cosmopolitan city And checked in at the spa And she had her looks evaluated They even checked out her ta ta's!  And when they finished up the exam An estimate they had comprised They told her to come back again,  Once she had gotten over her surprise.... Because the list was now quite long Longer than she suspected once before And she wondered how she had not known To much of her bitter horror! She went home and thought about it And cried a little too-  How could the people at the spa Let her leave with so much left to do?  Then she drove back to the city With all the money she had saved,  And asked for botox, l

Bury the stories I've shared with you Put them in a box for a rainy day When you're home all alone And you're scarred- and your torn You can come back to them. Love isn't just passion in the dark It's when you've been through something together And you open your heart And you give something away,  and you get something back, And you find beauty, trust and love there Don't forget the stories we've shared Remember what it all meant and how we got there Remember the games that we played  And the bed that we made and promise me that you'll remember So we've had years of both bad and good Had busy lives in this neighborhood May've fought once in a while But we always reconciled And we always had trust and beauty there. I was in the yard when I got the news It was a letter from my doctor about the bruise I had a positive test The timeline was hard-pressed. God smashed my beauty and trust there.  They s