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  • A POEM A DAY 162

    A POEM A DAY 162

    June 2, 2021

    REPLY-ALL

    Please disregard the prior email
    Unless you know it to be true
    We all know Sharon is shallow
    And doesn’t have a clue
    Her managerial skills are lacking
    And her people skills are few
    I may lose my job today
    But I will never rue
    My accidental Reply-All
    Because every word is true
    
    Simona A. Brinson

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  • A POEM A DAY 161

    A POEM A DAY 161

    June 1, 2021

    YESTERDAY’S MISFORTUNE COOKIE

    Yesterday, I had a fortune cookie
    And the words I read
    Got it wrong
    Cause this is what it said:
    "Behind this fortune
    Is the love of your life"
    So, I looked behind the fortune
    And my heart swelled with strife
    Because in my line of sight
    There was only you
    My joy turned to melancholy
    And my yellows turned to blue
    
    Simona A. Brinson

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  • A POEM A DAY 160

    A POEM A DAY 160

    May 31, 2021

    the venditte effect

    You would be so beautiful
    If you weren't so bitter
    What happened in life
    That caused you to wither?
    And your light inside
    To slowly dim?
    What happened to make
    Your outlook so grim?
    When did you lose sight
    Of who you are?
    My Sista-Queen
    You are a star
    That fell from heaven
    Not by chance
    But by destiny
    You were meant to dance
    To shimmer and shine
    Like gold-colored glitter
    And have the grace
    Of a switch pitcher
    Like Pat Venditte on the mound
    So calm and so cool
    That MLB had to 
    Create a new rule!
    
    Simona A. Brinson

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  • A POEM A DAY 159

    A POEM A DAY 159

    May 30, 2021

    IN HARMONY

    There is no place
    In time or space
    Where you can reside
    And our souls not collide
    In harmony
    Charmingly
    Seeking the other
    Whether by cover
    Of darkness or by light of day
    We will always find a way
    To connect
    While our souls recollect
    A past the flesh has forgotten
    And we will become besotten
    While love falls like raindrops
    And kisses that taste like lollipops
    Will quench our souls
    It will be like times of old
    Because there is no place
    In time or space
    Where you can reside
    And our souls not collide
    In harmony
    
    Simona A. Brinson
    

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  • A Star-Spangled Night

    A Star-Spangled Night

    May 29, 2021
    I remember when the sun failed to shine and flowers didn't grow 
    When stars fell from the sky and the winds ceased to blow 
    When I stood staid and motionless and my heart wept and moaned
    For love had lost her shimmer and her shine had turned to stone
    But then one starless night I sat beside this soul
    And much to my surprise, beside him I felt whole 
    
    And with the slightest touch, I remembered when…
    
    The sun shined and flowers grew 
    When the skies were the brightest shade of blue
    I began to feel the wind once more
    Emotions long since buried danced upon the shore
    Weeping and moaning turned to joy and delight
    Love regained her shimmer on a star-spangled night
    All because I sat beside this precious soul 
    And he became the other half of my whole.
    
    Simona A. Brinson

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  • A POEM A DAY 158

    A POEM A DAY 158

    May 29, 2021

    MANY SPLENDORED

    Love is a many splendored thing
    It can walk on water
    And it can take wing
    It can sprout flowers
    And move mountains
    And flow with passion
    From concrete fountains
    It can interrupt space and time
    It is pleasure 
    It is divine
    It can make a grown man weep
    As he watches his baby sleep 
    It can be big and grandiose 
    It can influence the ethos
    Like when Rosa sat on that bus
    Or like when Jesus didn't make a fuss
    As the crowd yelled, "Crucify, Crucify!"
    Even on the cross, he said with a sigh,
    "Father, forgive them, 
    for they know not what they do."
    He did that for me
    He did that for you
    "For God so love the world"
    Is a many splendored thing
    Love walked on water
    And love took wing!
    
    Simona A. Brinson 
    

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  • A POEM A DAY 157

    A POEM A DAY 157

    May 28, 2021

    ONE

    Lying with my head on his chest
    I am at peace
    I am at rest
    When two become one
    
    Listening to the beat of his heart
    Where do I end
    And where does he start
    When two become one
    
    When he moves, I move
    Lovers in sync
    Lovers in groove
    When two become one
    
    His breath becomes mine
    Lovers in tune
    And in time
    When two become one
    
    We become, in essence, a singular soul
    That even the angels
    Question our melded mold
    When two become one
    
    Simona A. Brinson

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  • A POEM A DAY 156

    A POEM A DAY 156

    May 27, 2021

    A REMEMBERING

    On a bench
    I sat with you
    And watched
    The world go by
    We felt the breeze
    From the trees
    Breathed in
    The salty gulf air
    And as the waves
    Caressed the shore
    Time stood still
    That day
    On Cedar Key
    
    Simona A. Brinson

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  • A POEM A DAY 155

    A POEM A DAY 155

    May 26, 2021

    FIRST DATE

    The man that sits beside me
    Is he who I wish him to be?
    I wonder, 
    Who really is he?
    When I look into his eyes
    Who do I see?
    A broken man
    A dapper-dan
    A lonesome fool
    A devilish tool
    A wretch or a louse
    A man or a mouse
    A winner, a loser
    A midnight bruiser
    A con or a fake
    A slithering snake
    From this train of thought
    My mind will not abate
    And this is just
    Our first date
    
    Simona A. Brinson
    

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  • A POEM A DAY 154

    A POEM A DAY 154

    May 25, 2021

    ME WITHOUT YOU

    Into your soul, I cry
    Because you've gone
    And said goodbye
    I'll never understand why
    You had to leave
    Left me here to grieve
    Months gone by
    With no reprieve
    I still can't conceive
    A world where there's
    Me without you
    So, I cry into your soul
    The other half 
    Of my whole
    Hoping that you can console
    My melancholy heart
    From these shadows
    And shades of dark
    Help me gather earth and stone
    To build a rampart
    So that I may exist
    In whole, not part
    In a world where there's
    Me without you
    
    Simona A. Brinson
    

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