Day 22 | April Poetry Month Challenge | Intervention
- Writers Foundation of Strathcona County (WFSC)
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min read
WFSC Creative Writing Facilitators, Mike Deregowski and Kelsey Hoople, challenge you to participate in national poetry month. 1 poem per day for 30 days with no working ahead. 😉
Overall theme 'When Life Changes'.
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Day 22 | April 22nd | Intervention
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April 22nd – Intervention
It’s a big world that surrounds us
With different points of view
We disagree and make a fuss
Opposing thoughts from me and you
Common sense would make it easy
If only sense were common
We choose our stance – choose it freely
Though on misinformation often
Withhold a comment, keep it close
Or share, if begged to give it
Based on knowledge experienced dose
Not just theory but how we live it
Despite all these things to be true
I intervened and alienated you.
© Linda J. Pedley – April 2021
DAY 22- INTERVENTION (and other words for the new parent)
Self-absorption→Relaxation→Celebrations
INTERVENTION (you’re going to have a baby) …
Stupefaction→Prediction→Preparation→Anticipation→
Agitation
INTERVENTION (you’re going to deliver a baby) …
Oxytocin→Intensification→Obstruction→Exhaustion→
Frustration→Extraction→Completion→Recuperation→
Introduction
INTERVENTION (you have a baby) …
Elation→Realization→Obligation→Adoration→Devotion→
Transition→
Cessation→Individualization.
WRITTEN BY LANA O’NEILL APRIL, 2021
Intervention
Familiar faces gathered
Wasn’t expecting
Showing that I matter
An evening of listening; reflecting
They’re only here to help
Listen to their share
Not just hurting myself
They intervene because they care