My Rhyming Mind in the Shower

My Rhyming Mind in the Shower

By Mary J Williams ©

I am so exhausted

And writing poems in my head

But was standing in the shower

So, I didn’t have any lead.

No pencil to write with

Soap would go down the drain

Alexa was in the other room

No recording, Echo’s not to blame

One of the thoughts

Was about my older brother

Was he saving any money,

Since the passing of our mother?

I looked out the window

Saw a few birds flying by

Looked at the neighbor’s flowers

They look so pretty, “sigh”!

Then I thought about

How fast the year is passing

It’s the end of July

And the cold weather is amassing

I don’t like the cold

I want the warm instead

I can go work the garden

And pick some flower heads.

My other brother takes off for Florida

So, he can golf and fish

I would really like to visit

If all goes well, I wish

Then maybe go visit Laurie

At the lake in South Carolina

I could maybe see an Osprey

But it might as well be China

We have two dogs, you see

And Jim’s health is not the best

I would hate to leave them

‘cause then, I would be stressed

Wondering how things were

Was hubby doing all right

The most I have left

Is no more than two nights

  

Those are the LIR trips

I really like to do

I have signed up to go

But already have missed a few

Supposed to have a trip

On the Mississippi River

I already laid the law down

No falls! I hope that he delivers

Not going to visit Laurie

At least for a little while

Maybe brother Tom

I say this with a smile

My mind is whirling

For everything is in rhyme

I have no clue why

But it happens all the time

I am out of the shower

And trying to remember all

The thoughts running through my head

This poem is sure not small

So long for now

Until another day

When my mind just keeps going

And everything rhymes away.