Does time move faster each year?

Or is it just in my head?

Does the turning of the earth have a 5th gear

Secretly engaged?

It has been a year of turmoil in this life …..

Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jew

All embroiled in daily work ….. and pestilence ….. or other strife

Nowhere within view

seems to escape to a quieter, calmer pace.

The world’s a melting pot.

Inhabited by people in an endless race

Each trying to improve their lot.

So, take a break; take stock

Join with those of differing belief….

…. or none at all ….

And feel the relief ….

…. from deadlines, from pressures, from speed …

Suspend briefly, the worry and fear……

Walk the countryside, recharge, and return refreshed indeed

To who knows what …. perhaps a better time!

They read their verse

In monotoned voice

Droning on and on….

A dirge.

No soul.

No expression

As if ‘twere 

‘de rigeur’

To sound as though

They preceded the funeral bell.

I don’t want my verse

To be read….or worse…

To be heard

As though from a graveyard skull.

I don’t want it to be dull!

I want it to ZING

And PING

And STING

I want it to charge like a bull

I want it to laugh

And cry

And heave a sigh

And show emotion

Through the reader’s voice.

And….

I want the listener to enjoy…

And share the thoughts…

The pleasure…

The doubts…

The laugh…

The shouts…

……so…….don’t ever read my verse in a dreary tone!