Do you practice religion?
Knowing right from wrong
Respecting the kind and, oh
My, the unkind. The rough
And tumble. The good, the
Humble. No religion can ever
Guarantee me that. Too much
Partisanship in God's work
Whoever she thinks she is
Author Archives: TheRealTamara
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Yeah, That Good
What are you good at?
I'm a whiz. There is nothing I
Cannot do. That makes me
Good. Good at this and that.
Great at most anything I want
To undertake. A job needs doing
I will do it. And I will do it well.
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What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable?
Whacha got? I want me some.
Bigger car. Fancy house. Money.
More. Or less. Can't get enough.
Clear it all out. Start afresh. It's
Never gonna be all it's cracked
Up to be. More. Or less. Enough.
Nostalgia
The past was built to last. I know.
So our history follows us. The used
To be is our now and we are tugged Towards what was. The emotional
Draw is strong, strange, electric as
Immediate as this morning's coffee.
It can cheer or haunt, that past of
Ours. I know. It is best to live with
No judgment, just our memories.
Call 📞 Me
Who would you like to talk to soon?
We haven't spoken, you and I,
In what just feels like forever.
Let's talk. Soon. Okay? I miss
Hearing your voice. The sound
Is like ripples on a stream. Soft.
Soothing. I would say mellifluous.
Unsure
It's ambiguous and uncertain
As is all life and living, yet the
Uncertainty makes for nerves,
Unsteadying my gait, changing
My pulse. My heart beats more
Insistently. Ambiguity is so grey.
It's washed out, and the edges
Are unclear. I long to be sure
What exactly will assure me?
At a loss
His time is lost and eludes him.
Words are hard to find, but anger
Rises easily. Maybe it's all those
Missing words and the slipping
Time that make him mad. I know
It makes me sad and infuriates.
I feel unmoored. How must he be
Feeling? He's the one whose lost
Time and misplaced his thoughts.
Too darn cold*
How do you feel about cold weather?
*Too darn hot…
Cole Porter in Kiss Me Kate
Weather it's hot or
Whether it's not or
If I’m warm or feel
The cold, weather I
Like. The seasons I
Mean. What seasons
We have left to us. I
Mean spring when it's
Nice and no jacket is
Required or Autumn
When it's cool with a
Breeze.. I'm inspired.
Seasons are weather
Whether it's hot or if
It's not. Winter's chill
Is too cold until I'm in
My overcoat. Summer
When it's hot makes
Me long for the cold.
Weather it's discontent.
Whether it's hot or if
It's not. Too hot, too
Cold. Weather I like.
Red sun
Tonight, the sun was a red so
Improbably fiery, it slipped
Outside of all memory. It was
As round as a beach ball but
Left the feel of a full moon in
Its passage across my near
Sky. Bright and beautiful it
Disappeared, peaking behind
Familiar buildings in its odd
And unfamiliar voyage. Red.
Not the red of sunsets but a
Big red setting sun filling my
Window with its unusual
Presence. No precedent for
A sun like this. Fiery and red.
Balance
How do you balance work and home life?
Up in the air, on a trapeze, on
A rope, rappelling a rocky
Mountain slope. It all makes
Me feel like a superstar. I can
Juggle, I can balance. I will
Get dinner on the table, wow
Them with my powerpoint. I
Keep work in the office, home
At home. That's balance. Peace.
Tamara, really 