LIKE THE FLOWING RIVER'S POEMS AND SCORES #3

Lap 25 Round 3 AABBA rhyme

Happiness swallows
you're deathly sorrows,
love growing,
you're heart knowing,
and uncertainty follows.

Lap 25 # 4. Free

Free comes down to paying nothing
for something someone else has crunched
because when you add things add
there really is no free lunch

Lap25 round 5
Nuts

I have never written about a squirrel
Suddenly I'd like to give it a whirl
Sometimes I feel like a nut
Scampering into a rut
Bright eye and bushy tailed
As a cliche about to be unveiled

Lap 25 # 6. Wild card (Insect )

Ants and grasshoppers give lessons
of industry and sloth
but I say a fluttering butterfly
is not as wise as stealthy moth.

Lap 25 Round 7 insect

Like an insect I will crawl
through the roted wood,
underneath a rock.
Like an insect I will live
in a dark decenirated place,
mildew will be my name,
in a place wet and cold,
a little bug in a big world
and nature takes place,
like an insect I will be.

Lap 26 round 8 acrostic

BUS

Black red yellow green stuff
usually seen to get many people
Saves the journey time is called bus

And in the end
when the contest is done
it's not the accolades
nor the prizes awarded.

The victory is crossing
the finish line,
having run the race
leaving nothing to spare
your body heaving
with the effort
knowing your team has
placed a personal best.

Abby, those who were about to die
salute you.

Exeunt.

LMC