Blurred Lines

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Temper https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/04/24/rdp-monday-temper/

The hot anger rises
and tempers soon flare
their innocent squeals
fill the thick sultry air
Adults do not know
that they are okay
to allow these young kids
to go ’bout and play
they think that the kids
are not being good
or that they’re not fine
doing what they should
‘Cause no one has told them
that playing is fine
that some noise is okay
a laugh’s not a whine
All they can feel
is shame and despair
to think that the public
does not really care
that they are the ones
struggling the most
needing some help
all bumps never coast
in their sheltered world
noise is never for fun
it just means that someone
is coming undone
So why can’t we help them
to see that the kids
are doing exactly
like all others did?

I thought of all the kids I used to work with and the families they came from. The parents were so used to being judged for the “bad behavior” of their kids that they didn’t have the ability to see that some of the squealing and screaming was just for fun and was okay. When parents are tormented with shame and constantly being blamed for the “poor behavior” of their children the lines between acceptable and unacceptable behavior start to blur. Who can blame them for feeling this way? They see a face talking to them and they barely hear what is being said because they only see the mouth moving and feel like they are being talked at. I don’t think there is enough empathy in our world.

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The Right Way: A Compilation 04/15/2023

According to the pact
please act genial and pleased
show an upbeat mood
Fancy done with ease
Ignore the bad side glance
Snickers be ignored
Life is just too short
Negativity be abhorred.

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fancy, genial, pleased https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/04/15/three-things-challenge-m299/
pact https://fivedotoh.com/2023/04/15/fowc-with-fandango-pact/

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Short, blissful day: Compilation 02/20/2023

The allure of the water, so crystal clear and blue
made my attempt at serenity actually come true
I reacted with elation, no need to feign my glee
The gauge of my happiness was easy for all to see
With twilight awaiting, near the sea, a slab of glass
I tried to interpret how time could go so fast
For the beauty in front of me was way beyond delight
Concluding my peaceful day before it came to night.

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react, allure, feign https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/02/20/three-things-challenge-m245/
gauge https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2023/02/20/gauge-2/
interpret https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2023/02/20/your-daily-word-prompt-interpret-ydwordprompt-february-20-2023/
twilight https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/02/20/rdp-monday-twilight/
slab https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2023/02/20/slab-2/

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Love at the Tower: Compilation 02/02/2023

The image of the city’s clock amidst the chilly air
its origin unknown for now and nobody did care
The chiming in the tower made my deepest wish come true
as if a dream had happened, I could finally sit with you
We crunched on our late breakfast, my Lucky Charms the best
compersion to my sugary desire never added to your stress
We locked our hands together and vowed to always stay attached
in the perpendicular arm embrace we were so closely latched.
We gazed at one another with no care to who could hear
Our love could show and grow some more, never more to fear.

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chilly air https://alwayswrite.blog/2023/02/02/wq-5/
wish, dream, image https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/02/02/three-things-challenge-m227/
crunch https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/02/02/rdp-thursday-crunch/
breakfast https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2023/02/02/breakfast-2/
compersion https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2023/02/02/compersion/
perpendicular https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2023/02/02/your-daily-word-prompt-perpendicular-ydwordprompt-february-2-2023/

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Little Creature Surprise: Compilation 01/29/2023

The shriek slowly faded as I walked away
Ruining my exercise that precipitates my day
The drumming continued and the peacefulness topped
Like vines along barns grown too thick to be cropped
I clung to my sweater spread right ‘cross my back
I was flummoxed to see the cement had a crack
Was it water in there hunting for a space to hide?
Like a natural trowel I impulsively tried
To look in the crack, a real tight place to see
If this was the place the cacophony might be
I employed all my senses, visions coming right back
Like the floods and the blooms of springtime’s attack
When all of a sudden I saw in that space
All the creatures were having a chummy embrace
There was music and balloons like tiny small dots
There were young little creatures banging on pots
They were celebrating something, I’d never know
But back to my exercising I had to go.

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impulsive https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2023/01/29/your-daily-word-prompt-impulsive-ydwordprompt-january-29-2023/
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trowel, cement, water https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/01/29/three-things-challenge-m223/
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Conspiracy: Compilation 01/27/2023

You live in a world where no Gods exist
where fantasy’s real and wishes will die
Nefarious creatures you face by the dozens
to do nothing more than than leer and tell lies.
But how do you yield to a power so bold
To lurch to the front of this crowd?
Without leaving truths spun so even and fine
yet speak in harsh words so terribly loud.
Time to throw in the towel, leave through the door
put the past far from that part of your mind
Of course the best path to take this time ’round
Verify any old clues you can easily find.

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nefarious https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/01/27/rdp-friday-nefarious/
course https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2023/01/27/course/
dozen https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2023/01/27/dozen-2/
verify https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2023/01/27/your-daily-word-prompt-verify-ydwordprompt-january-27-2023/
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Winter’s Depth: Compilation 01/17/2023

Limbs pruned from the large, green pine
severed from the roots
cut so deeply
As if a door has shut out all light
and an immanent cold settles
All spatial reasoning gone
rationed by the falling snow
Any breath is a deviation
from the warmth
and beauty
of spring’s sweet air
and peaceful breeze

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immanent https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/rdp-tuesday-immanent/
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ration https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2023/01/17/your-daily-word-prompt-ration-ydwordprompt-january-17-2023/
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Realization: Compilation 01/15/2023

Despite the manifestations
To determine a moment or two
Where gratitude is not held down
Where a strong stand is taken by you

The silence is suddenly broken
When gossip is shuffled around
People around shilly-shally
You shoulder the words and the sound

You wrap your arms around slowly
An afable look on your face
And find that the truth is the one thing
That can fill nearly all of the space

Your guard is suddenly broken
A powdery dust no longer seen
Like the blade of a knife that is bent
All severe feelings is how it has been

The situation is fine now
The look on your face shows a smile
The sweet minty taste on the pallet
Once again you have gone the whole mile.

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determine, strong, mint https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/three-things-challenge-m209/
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The Pastor and the Chief: Compilation 01/14/2023

Once upon a time
in an ordinarily boring way
a stodgy tribal chief
made a platter out of clay
He measured inch by inch
the details are a blur
He awakened the next afternoon
His speech a weak, low slur
The pastor in the town
came giving out good vibes
His beatitudes were sincere
He knew the chief imbibes
They sat quiet in a chair
to ponder the last day
and realized with a start
there was a new ceramic tray.
The tray was full of food
there was fruit and a lot of meat
They lunched and said with grace
That each bite’s a yummy treat.

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The Proposal: Compilation 01/06/23

Bite your tongue he said to me
While nipping at my toes
A keyboard lay there silently
The candle burns and then it glows
I’m swept away by his soft words
Quickly drying up my tears
As if a load is taken back
A halfpence trade for years
My neck begins to slowly flush
My heart just skips a beat
My love for him continues on
He is my heart’s sweet treat
I pinch myself to make sure now
that this is all true life
when suddenly he asks me if
I want to be his wife.

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