In A Day of Three & Seven by Alexandra Fleege

In A Day Of Three And Seven

I see, I live, I feel, I breathe three and seven, the ages I see. What I hear?  Oh please mommy???

Sweet, gentle, loving kind, happy, sad, crying, boastful, tearful, joyful, lazy, rude, so forgiving… 

TV, Nintendo Wii, beagle and guinea pigs. Toys toys and baby books and more toys- favorite things to me, as I see these I see three and seven.

Can we go to McDonalds? I hear- not today I say.

Happy Meal please, so many dreams, hopes, desires, thoughts questions- oh the questions, too many to say.  CURIOSITY- UN endless to me- treasuring each day, as it goes so quickly, I have heard say.

Can I make it last??? Everyday?? If I could I would- and so I find a way- in my heart I write down what they think and do and how they play, I take pictures with the camera of my mind- run, laugh, sing, cry, shout, scream, plead, enjoy  so many things all in a day- of three  and seven.

Every day I live aware of borrowed time I have to share.  They are with me constantly- I have new inspiration and old remembrances as well – the first time I saw three and seven I was a child, now I get to see through their eyes, what I did not see for years- happy ,  free to play and be me.

Children gave me a new way to see, I had forgotten.  I hope to see this way forever as I also am three and seven put together.  I know I will be old one day, but inside there is still a child longing to play- play with me I hear- and sometimes say- not now I am to busy to play, but the child within says I want to play!!!!

So maybe we grow up believing that the little child is gone forever but this is not true you see, it takes a child to find one, whether your child ,or a grandchild , a neighbor or a friend’s child , nephew or niece they will reach in and find that child once again, and if you let them, the child within will come out and play.

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Waiting by Alexandra Fleege

Waiting

Wait,aniticipate

Eat, eat again

Sleep, and so sleepy still

Grow,  grow, and grow

Think, showing, wondering

Daydreaming, hoping, waiting

I cannot move so fast

What happened to me?

Where is my energy?

Why so much food, 

So much water

I wait and wait

WalkingI, hoping, growing and growing

I have a hundred names

One favorite to me

I cannot wait any longer

Screams

Pain

Trevail, trevail,trevail

Relief

I hold new life, so thankfully.

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Know More by Alexandra Fleege

Know More

I am free to be and to play, to laugh and to run 

I am free to sing and dance and say what I feel and see.  

I am free to fly with birds or swim with fish 

A world of endless possibility

I know no bounds

I know no rules I play all day, but soon I will know more

I sit and read, wishing to be outside

I sit and listen, wondering why am I here in this place

I sit, and obey

I sit and try to obey

I am free know more

I go to school all day, and then I still don’t play

I study and study wants to make a way

I try to laugh I try to sing

Somehow   everything is different now 

I now care what people say

I don’t want to care but I do

I work all day

Hoping to make a comfortable way

They look to me

And what do I say?

Have fun be free

Play and play

I sit once more tired and alone

And now I feel like I have done not much

And soon I too will be, know more

I wish I didn’t know so much

Like lemonade on a summer’s day

I am ready to once again play all day.

Do I see what I can?

Or am I completely blinded by what I know?

Where once I saw I can see , know more

Where once I went , I do not visit

Strange is the day I fade away

Glad once again I am free to play

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The Governor by Alexandra Fleege

The Governor

I go and never stop

Everyone looks to me to see

However I cannot see I can only tell

What is it that I tell? 

All day long, all night long

I tell, with a bird, with a bell, with a song

I tell all day long

I move people, I move things,  

They all revolve around me

From the day they arrive until the day they are gone

They will all look to me

Everyday some will look to me all day long

Some wish they could push me back

Oh, how they long to push me back

However I can never go back- just forward

That’s the only direction I know- forward

Some would like to push me faster others slower

And indeed to some I go fast and to some turtle speed

The most famous one of me resides in a city made for kings

And people look up to see, yes almost everyone knows Ben

I am a clock and I tell time,

So I will now let Time speak:

Sailors made my home in Greenwich long ago they say

And clocks the world over my orders obey

Some people are right on me

Others always behind me

I seemingly govern the realm you know 

Will I be gone one day?

Oh, I think so

One day I will be no more

I will marry eternity and it will not just be me

So make every decision wisely, you see if you waste me

You cannot replace me, nor buy me; some borrow me for a while

I can be on your side or I can be against you

I can be your friend or an enemy

It is all how you see me

You cannot live in my past as some would like

You cannot live in my future as some would dream

What you have is now

So enjoy what you have

Every opportunity freely take  and please do not waste

Neglected opportunities bring regret

Do not neglect ,you will have no regret

Time out.

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You Wait For Me by Alexandra Fleege

You Wait For Me

In hopeless and helpless despair you watch

Knowing, feeling, understanding, holding

You watch, you see, you wait, you hear

I am not alone, you are here

I know you wait and wait and wait

In darkness of the mind , in joy of the heart you wait

You see and you know me

In every way you know me

You feel me

You see me

You understand me

Can I see you?

Do I feel you?

Do I understand you?

I want to

Please help me to see

Without you there is nothing for me

I will hold onto you

I will hold on to you

I will know you again

I will hold onto you 

I will see you 

I will yet see you move for me

I will see

You are who I long for- without you I cannot be

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Help Me by Alexandra Fleege

Help Me

Can you help me?

No, I  choose not to

Can you help me?

No, I don’t want to

Can you help me, please

I would , but policy says I cannot

Is there anyone out there that can?

Please help me?

I cannot, but you could try another

And another

And yet another

Please someone help me

I would, but it’s not my problem

Can you help me, let’ see

I cannot, but maybe he could

I cannot, but maybe they could

They cannot, but maybe she could

I can’t but I would if I chose to, but I choose not to

Why won’t anyone help me?

Why cannot they see?

Why, I cannot see them, they can’t see me

What if they saw me, would they choose to help me?

No, it’s not our issue

It’s not our problem

So I will go on, there is someone that will help me

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