AprPAD Day 21 prompt: love/anti-love

BY HEART

There's no love like family
It's unique, crazy, sometimes
Difficult,but always true.
Not just your blood family
But those you've adopted too
Family chosen by heart.


Caren E.Salas

AprPAD Day 16 Prompt: The Last ______

THE LAST TIME

The last time I saw you

Seems forever ago

The way that I miss you

You can't possibly know.

Only limited minutes

I can see your sweet faces

To hear your laughter

When we're different places.

I pray for an end

For the longing I feel

For when I can hold you

In my arms for real.

The last time I saw you

Didn't know I'd be wrong

Thinking all of this craziness

Would not last this long.

Caren E. Salas

MY STORY (Day #16 a Message to the World)

My story isn't finished

I'm nowhere near "The End"

I've many more adventures

On that you can depend.

They may not all be wondrous

But I know they will be fun

Because when it comes to living

I've barely just begun.

Since none of us can know for sure

When our role in life is through

It's best to make the most of it

And that's what I plan to do.

Caren E. Salas

LUCKY ME (#11 an "unlucky" poem)

Apparently, I'm special,

One of ninety, out of one

Hundred thousand, lucky me.

Plus, being that I'm female,

Two or three times as likely

As a man to get this...gift.

Although most cases are found

In northern states and colder 

Climates, I live in So Cal.

The age bracket is between

Twenty and forty, but me...

Diagnosed at twenty three.

There's no cure, but it can be

Slowed down a bit, with a shot

Three times a week, oh goody!

Feeling better already. 

Thank God for good insurance. 

Shots are seven thousand bucks.

Still, I'm luckier than some

I have friends and family

And a wonderful husband.

I have four beautiful kids

And if that wasn't enough

Now I'm even a grandma.

I have a lot of bad days,

I have really good ones too

And although those tend to be 

Fewer, I know that I must

Make them count, and knowing that

Makes me luckier than most.

Caren E. Salas

A really good day "Muck Fest" 2014 

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I CAN DANCE IF I WANT TO (#9 ____if____)

I don't care

If someone's watching

I can dance

If I want

I will dance while I'm able

Til the sun comes up.

Caren E. Salas

Photo: Bachelder Photography

ENOUGH LOVE (#6 a praise poem)

My parents have been married 

For sixty-four years and if

That's not enough, they had eight 

Children who all got married

And had children who had more

Children...so great grand-children.

And no matter if you are

An in-law or an out-law,

One of their own, or a friend

They'll greet you with open arms

Because there's always enough

Love and hugs to go around. 

Caren E. Salas

Just a few of us

RINGS (#1: "A New Day")

White dress
Black suit
Sunflowers
New shoes
Words spoken
Vows made
Music, cake
Champagne.

Rings exchanged,
And love...

Lots of love.




Caren E. Salas



Robert Lee Brewer's first prompt was "A New Day". I thought it fitting to write a poem for my son and his new wife who just got married. It was a beautiful day: a new day for them.

Photo: care of Bachelder Photography.  Used with permission.