They flicker like millions of candles.
To remind me I have a pulse; while I play in- this brick monopoly.
Roll twice
Clean up on aisle “6”.
So I do it, so my son Dante can feel the hell with 7.50 an hour.
Mopping swirls of vomit from green drips of snot we call kids.
“Wax floors know no clarity.
Pass go, don’t collect 200
Breaking stale bread and grape juice at our last supper.
Laying on steel Tempur-Pedics sending cold drips of stress
down my back.
Power lines write out the 23rd psalms at night Saying “thou
anoint my head with oil”.
Praying I can wrap one of those lines around my neck to feel
some surge of power in my life.
Entering soup kitchens filled with dried bodies
watching those murmuring tales of the past.
Gracious hands serve you but in their minds it’s judgment day.
I saw some children play hopscotch on the boardwalk.
Others planted a garden with a Phoenix’s ashes.
While I lay on the deck
all I wanted was a get out of jail free card.
Awesome and Deep!!@ so proud of your accomplishments 🥰
Thank you so much Ms. Syndi
Awesome!!!! So Proud of you!!!!
Jana I can only say Strong Ink. We often write from what we have lived and I can feel this story is close to home.
Thank you, very much Larry it was inspired by several observations.
I look forward to to reading more of your stories
Thank you, Jana and sharing your article.
So Glad you enjoyed it
Powerful, impactful, Jana. Thank you for sharing this. Your words took me right inside your world.
Thank so much, that really means a lot xo