Joy of Words

Beginnings are quiet,

Bursting into flaming passion,

Brilliant blinding joy.

What was sweet, so sweet,

Slowly drifts to bitter
Regret

And

Reluctant endings.

Cheesecakes

Have

Short lives.

Go to this site if you love cheesecake!

Many thanks to Delores @ thefeatherednest
for this "Joy of Words" Prompt!

Just You Wait

Source

Once a young woman,

I shopped alone with a confidence

Almost pride

That I was an adult,

Ready to take on a wifely role.

Once a young mother,

I put the children in the cart

And looked at my coupons,

Put away stray candy treats.

I looked at those young women alone.

“Just you wait.”

Once a mother of teens,

I pushed a heavy full cart

With gallons of milk, a few bags of

Potato chips/crisps,

And food for a giant refrigerator.

I looked at those young mothers with little ones.

“Just you wait.”

Now a grandmother,

I push a light cart with

Sugar-free, low-fat, full-fiber

Whatever.

I look at the other women,

With their struggles, their lives,

And their growing children.

“This will all pass much too quickly.

Just you wait.”

Mega something vs. ?

From Wikipedia

A do-nothing weekend at home occurs only because migraines have determined this.  My husband John stays close, almost hovering because he knows how bad these monsters can be.

To entertain ourselves, John accesses a bad film.  Since subscribing to Netflix, he has discovered a whole new world of bad, really and truly awful movies that use every cliché known.

Wikipedia knows all.

How do we know this movie is a bad movie?  There are some indicators:

It is always filmed at the same time of day, when the sun is the brightest.

Jungle scenes are sparse on greenery, with the same trees filmed over and over from different angles.

It has generic music that never seems to match the action. 

The film is ‘grainy’ and tries to be artsy, like “Blair Witch…”

Hero is always a tortured soul with a scarred past. Vague references are made to Somalia, Vietnam, Bosnia, or Gulf War. 

The dialogue is corny, predictable, and always leads to bad stuff.  Examples are:  My way or the highway…Roger that…We need bigger guns/boats/knives…Let’s split up and cover more ground…Get the lead out…Bad-ass rebels, man…

Character names have character, like Cajun, Poison, or Scar.  And at least one of the commando-types will have a Native American connection with a meaningful tattoo. 

Watching mindless bad films together and creating our own withering critiques somehow drives migraines back into the cage. 

Time spent laughing is what really locks the cage doors.

Wikipedia has great knowledge.