Friday Musings

Poems that tell the story of my week.

Perhaps the World Ends Here – By Joy Haro

The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.

The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on.

We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it.

It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human. We make men at it, we make women.

At this table we gossip, recall enemies and the ghosts of lovers.

Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children. They laugh with us at our poor falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back together once again at the table.

This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun.

Wars have begun and ended at this table. It is a place to hide in the shadow of terror. A place to celebrate the terrible victory.

We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here.

At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow. We pray of suffering and remorse. We give thanks.

Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.

I'll Always Be There For You – by Toni

Lately I've been trying to find the words

To prove my love is true

And that no matter what happens in this world

I’ll be there for you

I’ll be there for you when you need someone

To come and hold you tight

I’ll be there for you even if you call

In the middle of the night

I’ll be there for you when the rain won’t stop

Falling upon your life

I’ll wipe your tears and chase your fears

I’ll help you with your fight

I’ll do my best to protect you from harm

To keep you safe and well

And when you have a problem hidden

I’ll be who you can tell

I’ll take your very darkest night

And I’ll make it bright for you

And even if we are far apart

My love will still be true

And even if they send me away to

That hospital far away

I wont give up… I’ll fight for us

Every hour of every day

When this world turns bitter and cold

And you don’t know what to do

I’ll be the one that’s there to hold

Together we’ll pull through

When you're alone calling out for help

Struggling to even stand

I’ll use my strength to keep you up

I’ll hold out to you, my hand

And I know these are but just words on a page

But they mean so very much more

They are everything that I promise to do

They are everything for you, I’d endure

And I know I’m not as strong as before

And maybe now I’m a little weak

But my love for you still stands as strong

Even when this world turns bleak

You've given me a reason to live and to fight

So I’ll live and I’ll fight for you

For I know together, even though we've suffered

In the end we will pull through

All this pain that you've been handed

You don’t deserve a drop

You're not a bad person and you've done nothing wrong

So I’ll fight for your pain to stop

It makes me angry that someone so pure

Should be made to feel this pain

I know that there’s no miracle cure

But I’ll try to stop this rain

So when the world turns bitter and cold

And you don’t know what to do

You never have to be afraid cos’

I’ll be there for you