It’s a
Sad commentary
On the
State of our society
That
From day one
Children are taught
Not
To trust the
Kindness
Of
StrangersDaily Prompt – Suspicious
Brief
Deep
Oblique
CompleteHAIKU
Daily Prompt – Simplify
If you allow
Others
To define
Who you areYou settle for
But a
Vestige
Of the
Real youThe biggest
Risk
Lies in
Not
Being yourselfInspired by Daily Prompt – Candid
We are not nearly as
Prominent
In the awareness of
Other people
As we might like
To believeYet that doesn’t
Stop us
From fretting about
How we think
We are
Being perceivedPerhaps
Seeing ourselves
Through
Our own eyes
Should come
FirstAfter all
We are
Our
True NorthDaily Prompt – Compass
It’s the
‘Unvarnished truth’
They
Used to
SaySmack on the
Line
It used to
LayBlack or white
Devoid
Of
GreyA gauge of
Integrity
Near
Extinction
TodayDaily Prompt – Varnish
A
LetterWord
A
Phrase
Or twoEach
But a
SnippetTill the
WritingIs
ThroughDaily Prompt – Snippet
Revisiting
Regret
OccasionallyIsn’t all bad
As long as
You
Don’tBecome
Roommates
Sometimes
We
Have to
Stop
Searching
So
What we
Are
Seeking
Can
Find usInspired by Daily Prompt – Release
Life
Is likeA
Roll of filmDeveloped
Day by day
Frame by frameIndelibly
Imprinted withAll the
Joys and sorrowsEncountered
Along
The way
Out of My Write Mind 