Alida ClementPreoccupiedHow come am I so quick to speak? So slow to know when to retreat My judgement cast on tired souls Whose thoughts I hadn’t cared to know In…Jul 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023
Alida ClementCagedWhat cages me when I see you? What are the bars that I look through? Perhaps I’m locked in my perspective And yours seems lost and…Apr 3, 20231Apr 3, 20231
Alida ClementMud puddlePerhaps our lives can be compared To a mud puddle — if you’re prepared. It’s calm serenity, undisturbed, until - You take a stick and…Mar 27, 20231Mar 27, 20231
Alida ClementMoonYou quiet onlooker of our circling lives Voiceless watcher, do you realize — How fortunate you are? Away From the thoughtless fray But…Mar 14, 20232Mar 14, 20232
Alida ClementTo a MotherIn a life of hurdles that some deem choices A madding crowd of senseless voices Their darkened destiny doomed from the dawn A tumult of…Feb 27, 20232Feb 27, 20232
Alida ClementWakAcross the whitened wind-blown cliffs that hold the pounding sea The salted gusts sweep in the tide and drive the tired geese A drift of…Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023
Alida ClementDeath to TimeTime — if only I could grab you by the horns And rip your pounding heart From your ever-throbbing chest. Merciless Time; forever watching…Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
Alida ClementWhat if time is a tightrope?What if time is a tightrope? Taut and stretched with immeasurable scope Fused with the vastness of limitless space A solid framework…Jan 2, 2023Jan 2, 2023
Alida ClementWho are we?Who are we to think we can rob A child of her mother? We — who have the world and more, And still take everything from another? From a…Dec 27, 2022Dec 27, 2022