Life

Life goes round and round

Like fruit whirling in blenders

We get all mixed up

We don’t travel smoothly

We need things all steady

Like the totals on a spreachseet

Organised and sorted

Easy to track and understand

If only we had sensors

To help us on our way

To show us when it’s not safe

If we are too close to the edge

Life is not what it was

When our grannies were young

Things were relaxed and slow

But now life is lived in the fast lane

We get tired more easily

And run ourselves down

We die younger and younger

As the old outlive us all

Our generation is so different

Our moods change more often

From laughter to tears

Depression is on the rise

We need to stop running

And learn how to chill

Life is for living and enjoying

Appreciating the beauty around us

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2015

(149 poem using the words blenders, sensor, outlive and spreadsheet)