Crazy Beautiful Drive

Indeed how they

did drive me crazy

one by one all

again and then some

each in singular

yet similar ways

but had they not…

I would dearly

have missed rare

journey of travels

adventure unparalleled

beautiful, most blessed

jeweled canals of my mind…

not optical illusions

no, exquisite channels

leading me soon toward

river of heaven

flowing from throne

of God and the Lamb–

~ Cale

https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/11/writing-prompts-102/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/canal/

Flavor of Grief

Grief has a flavor…

burnt toast

(burnt everything)

and hostile aftertaste…

crushed by your departure

I’ve no appetite…

even chocolates

taste of ashes–

And mourning has

no sense of time

it resists scheduling

ignores seasons…

within heart perpetual

calendar pages turn, turn

as mourning wears a style

all its own, regardless

of fashion trend…

elaborate sighs of silk

in pale to pewter shadows gray…

that’s what you bequeathed to me–

~ Cale

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/elaborate-2/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/sigh/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/style-4/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/hostile-2/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/02/07/rdp-saturday-time/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/rdp-saturday-crush/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/flavor/

 

Beware…

Be careful of what eyes

see and claim as captivating–

whatever its shape, shimmer’d flash

may prove to be Temptation’s

subtle slithery shift in mind

heart or weakness of flesh

make one or the other

vulnerable…lead

to slippery compromise

swift sin before soul might

take flight…then curse:

“damn my eyes!”

~ Cale

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/rdp-wednesday-captivating/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/rdp-saturday-flight-2/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/compromise/

 

 

 

Prepaid Home

A sweeter deal I’ll never find:

prepaid home eternal, mine–

the price to Builder?  EVERYTHING

His Son on cross, pain echoing…

sound of pounding nails resounds

today in hearts where His shed blood

beats song of salvation, victory.

I’m no longer poor wanderer, stranger lost–

a heavenly mansion waits for me

dressed in glory, grace…and great, the cost.

Jesus, true Savior paid it all–

everyday I wake, call Him LORD

and thank Him for what I

could never afford.

~ Cale

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/prepaid/

May-December Attraction

It was mutually alluring

the magnetic pull between

film-star handsome

older man, and younger

woman of head-snapping

beauty…

wherever they went people

stared, sometimes with smiles

of subtle envy–

Like soldered hearts

the match continued

through “better or worse”

they clung to each other

when Life’s sands shifted…

happy, content, grateful

in love…

And when Time

took the shine off

youthful good looks

they refused to mourn–

Decades after they’d maried

they laughed…thinking

their age difference

would have raised

eyebrows if reversed…

strangers’ admiring

glances turning aghast

if they mistook her

for his mother ~ Cale

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-alluring/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/reverse/

Unusual Coupons

Back in my day we lived for, and by, coupons for groceries and other essentials.  It was a thrill to match them with our current needs, thinking about all we could buy on a stretched budget.

Today my crazy ageing brain wandered to “weird coupons”…

It might be exciting to wake up

some days and collect a different

kind of coupons from the mailbox

not ones for coffee or catfood or

likely-freezer-burn cabbage rolls–

Imagine the relief to find savings

on things like knots and wrinkles

typical of normal days

(abnormal ones not included)–

Here are a few you might

be interested in:

50% off negative feedback

“2 for 1” sale on profanity

(limited quantities)

10% off artificial smiles

but Look! there’s a 

“manager’s overstock”

basket of eye-rolling…

The best one, to me, would be

75% off that troublesome

situation I still haven’t 

found a positive and doable

solution for.

~ Cale

(If I’ve lost you, the idea is that all these things would be less distressing than usual…doable😉)

Here are links to the prompt words I’ve used:

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/abnormal-2/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/rdp-tuesday-situation/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/feedback/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/burn-4/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/rdp-sunday-artificial/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/solution/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/profanity/

https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/coupon/