An Extended Vacation Poem

[Midnight Starr]

I wrote this poem after reading a chapter in You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. Hay.

Responsibilites
Bills have to be paid
Work has to be done
Then there's boredom.

Boredom numbed by TV
Boredom numbed by the Internet
Boredom numbed by shopping
Boredom numbed by drinking
Boredom numbed by eating
Boredom numbed by being busy.

Where's the time
When we were all free
To have fun
Now it's all gone.

The so-called recession is here
The excuse to jump on the bandwagon
Of saving money and lay offs.

To lay some off
Over work others
Send the jobs overseas
And pay poorly

That recession
Is an extended vacation
More work to get educated
And to find work.

A vacation
Should be rejuvenation
No alienation
Or starvation

To relax
To rethink
To pretend to be a fairy
To pretend to be a queen
To be a child again.

[Mindy]

Your welcome! Creativity of any kind is always good for the person doing the creating.
Mindy

[Midnight Starr]

Mindy and Loretta,

Thank you very much for your feedback. It is great that something like a Self Help book can create a personal poem.

[Mindy]

Hi Midnight Starr,

I agree with the last two vs. Vacation should be a fun and carefree time. A time to get away from all worries and just have fun.

Mindy

[Loretta Leslie]

Hi MS
I share your suspicion that some unscrupulous business are using it to cut wages and jobs and that will be slow to re-instate workers, wages etc. Although most of it is genuine.
Enforced *holidays* are not fun - particularly if you have to study and apply for work etc.
Loretta