How We Measure

I’ve heard the thought
life will go on
whether or not
we’re here or gone
What we endow
depends on how
we play today

So in the end
the love we share
will help transcend
places we err
and memory
of you and me
could be happy

© Stephen W. Buchanan 2021

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

Sign of the Times

The riding’s hard
while team’s assert
staying on guard
for crashes hurt
The peloton
keeps racing on
Can’t miss Paris

© Stephen W. Buchanan 2021

Image Courtesy Twitter/@NBCSNCycling Jun 26, 2021

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

Consolation

Though you have doubts
what "they" say’s true,
it’s what one spouts
to console you.
Maybe not what
you wanted, but
well-meant intent.

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

Inspired for The Little Charmer of Ramblings Of A Fragile Mind‘s post “Slipping Back“