Sharebroker called

Sharebroker called:

Ma'am,

there's been a slump

market is bust

with share prices record low

the opportunity's best

to sow

for future, its good time

to invest.

I said:

yeah you're right

I've heard on the news

recession's rife

and businesses on close

in millions are numbers

with no wages to keep

families 've broken

lives been lost;

gover'ments announced

public coffers are dry

banks've been funded

for executives to thrive

with workers at strike

home 'n' hearth

at threat-

the present sounds dire,

thanks for the tip;

as stakes seem high

it must be opportune

to risk good fortune

act before delay

hampers any chance

of projected growth

go ahead, do secure

abide by the no'm

can you please buy

for me

the best shares

in contentment.com

Zebra Crossing

Four decades

It takes -

more or less

to see across and through

understand the hue

of stripes

in black and white

laid on way

that is meant

to be crossed

to be on other side,

to accept it all

then walk in control

unperturbed

putting on hold

waiting traffic rush

as its time here

to let fears go

be safely on move

for at middle age

is reached-

the zebra crossing

of life.

Networked

I was a small-town girl
so grew up
chatting, talking, laughing
living life with a swirl.

I am now
a grown up part
of a complex globe:
with changed dynamics
in order to survive
it is inevitable to try
struggle to belong
instead of self
to a plexus of people
that take pride
more than themselves
in those that they know
by positions they hold;
so energies are spent
to painstakingly plan
where to be and when
how to sell
self credentials of worth
look happy, wear smile
feign cheer to befriend -
never the person
but their post is beheld.

I too do
still chat, interact
communicate, connect
and talk with a screen
when reading and listening
in between the said line,
I however remain
consciously on guard
to save from hurt
li'l girl that hides
behind expertly worn
veneer of a pro'
as regretfully with past
ways of the carefree
are gone-
it seems indeed

into a jangle of nerves
I am truly networked!