Thelma & Louise

Louise a waitress in small town
Not known to be much of a clown
Thelma married without a life
Is miserable as Daryl’s wife

Drive away for weekend retreat
No clue of what fate they’ll meet
Encounter with a macho cad
Turned their weekend from good to bad

A girl cries like that she’s not happy
Keeps the movie from turning sappy
Stop his words and gun him down
Hurry up and get out of town

A hint at Louise’s secret past
Cop with pity wants to help them last
To Mexico they must make haste
Avoiding Texas time to waste


Make a stop to get some money
Thelma finds herself a honey
Sexual awakening for our gal
She learns too late he’s not a pal


Money gone and time running short
To rob a store their last resort
Thelma shows off her new learned skill
Cops closing in armed for the kill

Comic relief in the truck driver
His gestures insult every nine to fiver
Final standoff with obscene man
Set ablaze his rolling gas can

Thelma, Louise in their car sit
Symbolizing fear and grit
A friendship till it’s dying day
That’s something fate can’t take away


* I usually try not to give away my sources of inspiration since I firmly believe that the wonderous thing about poetry is individual interpretation. The inspiration for this piece however, besides the movie, is credited to two fun and amazing artists. The idea originally came from Kat (Poetikat). Knowing that I like the movie My Fair Lady she posted a comment with the link to her poem. The idea was to whittle a movie down to it's essence in rhyme. It sounded like a fun exercise and I spent many days trying out prose for my favorite movies, but I just couldn't find one that I could write about! Until that is, Chris (Photography139) posted a fun picture involving 2 crayfish in a car, that he entitled Thelma & Louise I encourage any of you that write to try this exercise, it was fun and different!

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Happy Birthday Daughter

Happy Birthday Daughter of almost two
From the mother who loves and dotes on you
Let joyful play and endless chatter
Be in your life all that matter


Happy birthday daughter of nearly five
Let long your love remain alive
Silly adventure and endless play
I wish to always fill your day


Happy birthday daughter of mostly ten
I pray for you endless zen
Peaceful play and endless question
Fill your heart with quiet contention


Happy Birthday Daughter of almost twelve
Into womanhood do not yet delve
Remain my child a few years yet
Stave off heart pain and young regret


Happy Birthday Daughter of almost fifteen
With love and compassion, still pristine
Let innocence linger yet another year
Be happy and joyful without any fear


Happy Birthday Daughter in the coming years
Live life strong, without any tears
Turn to your mother or to Lord above
Remain strong always on our love

Wishes

I wish you could see the damage you’ve done
I wish you could see the tears of your son
I wish for a moment you’d just go away
Let them be children and happily play
I wish everyday I could ease all their pain
Bring forth the sunshine drive away rain
I wish for their safety all thru the day
When the wishes are gone I just stop and pray