TIME DOESN'T HEAL!

Time is a great healer that's what they say,

I do not agree, as I have seen this as clear as day,

When you are happy a moment passes in a jiffy,

When in pain the moment becomes an aeon,

As time passes, we cover up the pain,

In a dust cover we let it remain.

In moments of strife, loneliness or grief,

The dust cover moves away, to uncover the wound,

Time doesn't heal, that's what I say!

A SPECIAL INDULGENCE!

LIFE'S INDULGENCE!

The giggles of my  grand daughter,

Fills my heart with laughter,

She comes down with a game and says "Sur-pri-se"!

She teaches me all the rules,

I nod and we begin to   play,

She can cheat, she can bend the rules,

She can count fast and take double turns,

When I have to count,

She complains,"Daaadi, noooooo, count slower"!

I SMILE

I smile and appear very tame,

I allow her to win every game,

Then I wonder what am I up to,

I cannot let her get away with cheating,

What is she learning,

What am I teaching?

Then I quickly gather my wits around me,

We are having fun at our pace,

Let her parents teach her about the race,

The right and the wrong,

The fair and the unfair,

I taught my children the rules,

Didn't I?

So let my children teach their young ones,

Let me indulge while the parents are away,

Games that I never played in this way,

We cheat, we play, we laugh and we live,

Harbour happiness which that  moment gives