Month: March 2017

Phoenix

With so much stacked against me

the odds were never in my favor

but still I rise out of the ash,

my strength, it will not waver.

I may not know what to do

and where to go is still a haze,

but against all odds I will fight,

I will always have my ways.

© Autumn Siders 2017

My Favorite Toy

If you ever asked,

I would never really tell,

but I have this favorite toy

that I love so well.

It’s not a mouse or bird,

nor does it crunch or ring,

it holds no catnip at all

but I sure can make it sting.

It’s not a red dot that you

expect me to chase up a wall

but sometimes the color red is present

if I can make my big toy fall.

Have you figured it out yet

about what I like to do

since after all my favorite toy

looks an awful lot like you.

© Autumn and Emilita Siders 2017

Happy Birthday, Apes!

There always seems to be

a smile upon your face

no matter what life brings,

a certain cheer, you embrace.

This cheer it is contagious

and you infect all around

with such love and excitement;

your energy runs abound.

So since today we celebrate

the day of such a special birth

it’s time we repay the favor

and show you all you’re worth.

© Autumn Siders 2017

Love and Hate

That look still lingers in your eye

from when we had other reasons

to stay up all night.

And all these hateful words

pour from the putrid wounds

caused by love.

We each know just how to twist

the knives we stab in places

we used to kiss.

But even still, you look so good

as I watch you walk out

of my heart.

And that look still lingers in my eye.

Perhaps we could find another reason

to stay up tonight?

© Autumn Siders 2017