Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Warnings

Don’t skate on thin ice
nor take a position that is slippery
Don’t put pansies outside 
when the weather is fickle
Don’t argue with someone
who digs in and can’t listen
Don’t forget to look beneath
a hard exterior to find the why
Don’t stay with something
as if stuck when it’s best
to dust the dirt off your feet
Don’t forget to remain open
to each moment, every second—
once it passes by it’s gone 
Don’t say if I only spoke, did,
returned, turned around, touched
Perhaps a time will come when
you’ll be given another chance—
and can say
I spoke up
I made a place for you
I returned to where it began
I turned around and listened
I enveloped you in my arms
Perhaps another time— another chance


April Poem a Day
Prompt: a warning poem

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