Up and Down ~~ a Poem of Fire for The Sunday Muse

 

   Image: Brooke Shaden 

The Night 

We're setting the night on fire 

You sing we'll get a lot higher 

To the left rise above the smoke 

Smoke ruins brain cells of the dolts  

Higher and higher, light the night 

Come with me and we'll make the light  

Feed the birds we'll soar with sparrows  

We'll not come down till the morrow 

Burn burn burn we cuddle and play   

Sing and dance burn the night away 

Drive down main street cruise with the fold 

There'll come a day when we're to old 

When we come down don't hit the ground 

In to the day glide together 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved 

 - Photo Image by Brooke Shaden used as inspirational prompt was suggested by Fireblossom at The Sunday Muse # 126, http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/2020/09/sunday-muse-126.html?m=1 

 - After seeing the picture I immediately thought of Jim Morrison of The Doors song, "Light My Fire" (https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/doors/lightmyfire.html) and of Johnny Cash with "The Ring of Fire." (https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnnycash/ringoffire.html ) 

 - P,S,  I am too old for this now, I can only reminisce 

Goodby World--Cruel or Nice ~~ a Poem for Weekly Scribblings

I am writing;
  final message to the world 

I am writing to my dear friends
Acquaintances too
With time passing fast near my end
Numbered days are few

I'm saying my goodbyes to you
Be my end tonight
Or several dreary days or two
I'll give up the fight

Don't worry for me cry boohoo 
I've led a good life
Done everything I need to do
And nice to my wife

Raised five good kids they're much like me
Six grandkids like them
Four great-grands aged twenty to three
And two Diadems**

Been places I wanted to go
With six continents
Artic Circle and Cape Good Hope
Skyscrapers and tents

Kissed the Blarney Stone saw the Queen
Pet the kangaroo
Walked the Wall of China between
Twenty times I've cruised

Lay here bored to tears on my face  
Aimed to better place

Farewell

Writer's Notes: 
 - I am in fairly good health and dying is not in my plans for a bit.  But "I have done all the things I need to do" and most of the things that I want to do.
 - **Diadems.  They are the two Family Jewels, great-great-grandchildren, ages one and three.
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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved
 - Photo and theme, A Last Written Work, hosted by Rosemary for Weekly Scribblings # 37 at https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/09/weekly-scribblings-37-last-messages.html?m=1
 - Per Rosemary's request, "today I ask you to write your own death-bed reflections – way ahead of time, we trust! I'd like a new piece of writing, please, in prose or poetry."