Life without empathy
Photo credited to Unsplash Living without empathy is like riding a bike without a handle. There has to be a balance or the results would be catastrophic. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2016
My only Choice
Photo credited to Unsplash It is often stated That was my only choice I had no other place to go Stop and retract Choices occur in every act Don’t stack all the wrong choices like cans on a shelf and expect positive results If you ask of self what action to take and act […]
Escape
Be like cats, escape to that place, that’s called, contentment. It brings relief and a new perspective to all the situations that we experience in life. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2016
Masked
Photo credited to Google I choose to wear a mask Society expects me to I walk everyday knowing rejection paves my path I turn a deaf ear to rants and dissent That is the price I pay I must assimilate I did all I could even selling myself short I thought I could […]
A bouquet of flowers
Your life is like a bouquet of flowers whose scent waifs in the air and mesmerizes you with it’s sweet aroma. Be like that bouquet, give of yourself to yourself first. In doing so you would be better able to give of yourself to others. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2016
Alive but Dead
Photo credited to Unsplash They walk the streets We see them everywhere smiling while planning their wiles If you need a Saviour they are at your side They are the dead that walks Their aids are a vacuumous heart and a sack full of tricks They have no interests other than to dispossess others of their […]
Cunning
We are cons when we live in denial masking our tracts in a cloak of deceit Swimming like sharks in a sea of discord Entrails keep floating in our wake of destruction A vortex forms, we are trapped within Spare the words, didn’t we see that coming © Norma Bobb-Semple 2016
A Constant Ally
People and things can take up occupancy in our lives. They are not constant, they abide for a while. The only person who will be there with us and for us at all times, is the one who peers back at us while we look in the mirror. We must get acquainted with that person, […]
Flower Talk
If flowers could talk, they would say, you can plant me around roses or amidst daisies or bushes, they won’t take my uniqueness away from me. We are all beautiful in spite of our diversity. © Norma Bobb-Semple 2016
Beginning and Ending
For everything in life there is a beginning and an end. We get excited about the beginning and like children lose ourselves in the thrill of the moment and do not contemplate, that however regretful it might be, there is an ending to every beginning. Life is a continuous circle, you can’t have one […]
