Wales' Tales 2/18/15

Just when things were going fine,

The roof caved in again,

The pipes were frozen,

Power went off

And it was only then

I realized that I had a chance

To choose a different road.

But maybe if I went that way

I’d have to bear the load

Of something unexpected,

Of something just brand new,

A possibility things would change

And leave me in a stew.

I might require surgery to make room

For new thoughts,

I might discover that my life would

Then incur new “oughts”.

New names to then remember,

New ways to make my way,

I just might have to then become

Another self at play.

I’d have to make adjustments

To how I live my life,

Including how I deal with trust

And pain and woe and strife.

Who knows what else would happen?

What things would soon occur?

I might discover different food,

Not things that I prefer.

So maybe now I think that

I like my little rut,

I feel so safe and satisfied,

No turmoil in my gut.

Yet maybe God has other plans

For me and for my life

That might make all the difference

Just like butter cut by knife.

So being safe and sorry

Are the things I must release,

And follow where God leads me

Is perhaps my path to…

                                                Peace,

                                                    Alex

Wales' Tales 2/9/15

The world is in a sorry shape

With wars, and floods and storms,

One might expect a change in things -

Instead we see these norms.

With neighbor killing neighbor,

And drug deals going bad,

With hi-jackings and terrorists,

I have to think it’s sad

To know that after centuries

We humans have not grown

Instead we seem to reap the pain

From all the seeds we’ve sown.

Why don’t we learn that violence

Is not the way to go?

That eye for eye and tooth for tooth

Is just a way so slow

That keeps the anger growing,

That lets hate overflow

Until the world is in this mess

As we so easily know.

The problem is we do not trust

The people at our door,

So trying to accept the folk

From far hurts even more.

But we forget that there’s a bond

That links us one to one,

From when the chaos ruled the dark,

When creation was begun.

God set the way  to peace, you see,

When making you and me,

A plan that called for sharing love

As we were meant to be.

And if we really want to change,

Our fighting then to cease,

We need to put our trust in God,

And seek the road to…

                                    Peace,

                                                Alex

Wales' Tales 020215

The sun is shining, bright and bold,

But let me tell you, it is cold!

The temp was sitting right at 7

Cold enough, my life to leaven.

When it’s frigid like today

We know that there are ways to pay

For all the heat we did enjoy,

When balmy temps we did employ.

I thought of golf, of raking leaves

Of taking down the Christmas sheaves.

But now, I’m sitting in my room

Filled with an unsettling gloom

Because the break that we once knew

Was just a tease of winter’s clue

To make us think that cold is past

That surely winter cannot last,

But as the ground hog sees his cast

Upon the snow that holds him fast

He promises we got six more

We know what winter has in store.

More ice and snow,

More winds that blow,

The cold that chills the nose and toe.

It pushes spring a long way off,

Before our scarves and gloves we’ll doff

But since we know that spring will come

It helps relieve the numbing some.

So we will wait for warmer days,

When trees will bud and sunlight plays

On grass that growing green and strong

And birds repeat their summer song.

So, find a book and blanket warm,

Avoid the wind and blustery storm.

With cup of cocoa, chills release,

And watch the snow, enjoy the …

                                    Peace,

                                                Alex