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Dee74 07-20-2014 11:04 PM

Haiku Part 4
 
last part here:

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...rt-3-a-22.html

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Gilmer 07-21-2014 04:44 AM

I will get Shotgun
Someone has to take the spot!
Might as well be me

Gilmer 07-21-2014 04:47 AM

Life is going well
Though I am too busy now
I can handle it.

That's an improvement
From my life a year ago
More capacity

I have grown a lot
Many thanks to my HP
Sort of blindsided!

I just walked through life--
All at once I was improved!
What a miracle!

Tiptree 07-21-2014 05:28 AM

Monday morning song
Not the same old tune these days
More polka than dirge

Elseware 07-21-2014 09:00 AM

You dance the polka
I sure love the sound of that
Tippity, tap tap

Elseware 07-21-2014 09:05 AM

I got out of bed
I'm content to only walk
Least I'm out the door

I shall dance again
Determined is what I am
Two steps up, one down

zerothehero 07-21-2014 09:06 AM

Monday morning dirge.
Those jigs on saturday night;
that was the true cause.

zerothehero 07-21-2014 09:09 AM

already loaded
a yard of pea gravel and
shoveled it all out

that will be it for
me until it gets down to
maybe eighty five

hiding in the house
away from the sun and heat
drinking much water

nineties every day
for a week or maybe more
i'm ready for snow

people thanked me for
writing nonsense but the truth
is that's all i write

Tiptree 07-22-2014 09:19 AM

What utter nonsense
TV's high paid talking heads
Pontificating

zerothehero 07-22-2014 05:42 PM

still busting my butt
in the hot sun with shovels
dirt, rock, and hard clay

it's painful progress
but i'm finally laying
pavers in gravel

i want to be done
by friday so i can cook
on my patio

i'll drink seltzer in
the shade and say dude i made
this all by myself

Gilmer 07-22-2014 06:26 PM

Now where is Elseware?
She has lurked; now she must post!
Tell us something good!

Elseware 07-22-2014 09:03 PM

There's rain! there's thunder!
The lightening is cracking,
I'm under the bed

Gilmer 07-23-2014 07:21 AM

I am in a lull
I have nothing good to say
Even in my threads.

I wish someone would
Share a really deep concern
Then I could respond.

zerothehero 07-23-2014 07:44 AM

my deepest concern
is out of my control so
i try to forget

trying to forget
was a central reason for
frequently binging

i grew up near a
nuclear weapons plant and
had many nightmares

i didn't think we
would make it to 2000
but here we all are

i wanted to start
a class action suit citing
mental distress but

it's a lost cause so
i just try to look at the
bright side and bury

my disappointment
with humanity and learn
appreciation

for the good in the
world and in the hearts of the
good people i know

otherwise i would
go mad and probably kill
myself or something

i can't let disgust
lead me into relapse or
something horrible

so i'm making peace
with my demons and breathing
the clear toxic air

zerothehero 07-23-2014 11:09 AM

my mom used to say
be careful what you ask for
you might just get it

Gilmer 07-23-2014 11:12 AM

I am in a rut
Even though the errand queen--
Must engage my brain

Tried to start a class
Won't be able till next week.
At least I have hope!

zerothehero 07-23-2014 05:37 PM

hope is better than
soap on a rope or even
dope to help you cope

Elseware 07-23-2014 07:08 PM

I've heard otherwise
I have heard there is no hope
It's a one note song

But I make a stand
Sunflowers peek out and up
Symphony explodes

Elseware 07-23-2014 08:09 PM

I play let's pretend
I listen to old music
And dance with myself

Quietly sit and muse
Wish for things I cannot have
They do not exist

No, not anymore
Though I want to be in love
The best high there is

zerothehero 07-24-2014 05:24 AM

then ask hope for what
tomorrow afterlife death
today meaning life

fall in love again
with life - in that there is hope
dance to your heartbeat

the cool morning breeze
reminds me that the day is
born to be pleasing

craving is futile
and for what - booze love more less
all we need is here

all we need is now
this moment with its pains and
pleasures will suffice

zerothehero 07-24-2014 05:31 AM

when i poo i smell
muffins which remind me of
Northof49

Gilmer 07-24-2014 05:36 AM

Holding high the bar--
Many people come and go.
This is where I'll stay!

Gilmer 07-24-2014 05:37 AM

Though I'm not limber,
I can limbo with my mind!
Not too good for low!

zerothehero 07-24-2014 05:38 AM

that's an inside joke
not quite mean and quite funny
but only half true

zerothehero 07-24-2014 05:40 AM

Gilmer wisely changed
subject and did not engage
in my juvenile...

Tiptree 07-24-2014 05:41 AM

What the world needs now
Is love sweet love, not just for
some, but for everyone

Gilmer 07-24-2014 05:41 AM

When I smell muffins,
I think, "Breakfast! Yum, yum, yum!"
All else fades to black!

Someone just praised me,
said I'm on a higher plane!
Edit that last poem...

zerothehero 07-24-2014 05:44 AM

and limbo you will
how low can we go before
we hit the bottom

zerothehero 07-24-2014 05:47 AM

self deprecation
does not preclude self loving
we joke and yet love

Gilmer 07-24-2014 05:49 AM

You should hear my house!
Husband is the king of it!
Never hear the end!

I am quick to scowl--
Can't be associated!
Inside I crack up!


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