Showing posts with label Learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Learning. Show all posts

Saturday, June 20, 2020

I Know Where I'm Going

I Know Where I’m Going
© 2019 by P Michael Biggs


I know where I’m going.
You are welcome to tag along
if you like.

Know this …
I wanna be what I wanna be,
not what you want
me to be.

If you can handle that,
then let’s go on some adventures.

If not, then we shall agree
to disagree in an agreeable fashion.


Originals by P Michael Biggs

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Hand-Me-Downs

Hand-Me-Downs
© 2019 by P Michael Biggs


I grew up in a
hand-me-down time and place
Clothes passed from Donny
to Me to Randall.

I had to grow into
many shirts and coats,
pants and shoes.

And all was right
in my world.

I’ve been given
hand-me-down ideas.
Yes sir, no sir, please and thank you.
Religion too.

I remember this story.
Bob and Jane are preparing
for Easter dinner.
They are having ham
And all the fixings.

Jane reminds Bob to
cut the ends off the ham.
Why?
Because that’s what
my Mom always did.

Why?  Let’s call Mom.

She said, “That’s what
My Mom always did.”

Why?  Let’s call Grandma.

Grandma, why do you
cut the ends off the ham
before baking it?

She was suspicious,
And answered cautiously.

Because my baking dish
was too short.
That’s why.

So, what hand-me-down ideas
are you passing on
just because your
baking dish is too short?


Originals by P Michael Biggs

Friday, April 3, 2020

When Things Go Wrong

When Things Go Wrong
© 2019 by P Michael Biggs


(This poem is marked UNKNOWN. It is not
mine, yet I love the thoughts found here.)

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow,

Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
~ Unknown

Originals by P Michael Biggs

Friday, January 24, 2020

Hiding from My Dreams


Hiding from My Dreams
© 2019 by P Michael Biggs


I’ve had grand dreams,
and the I hid from them.
I was fearful.

Fearful that I couldn’t,
I was too …
I wasn’t …
I didn’t know this and that.

I think I was hiding
from my dreams.

As I grew older,
I thought that was a silly idea,
and so, I pursued a few.

Wow!  What a journey.
Here’s the thing …
Fear is the enemy.
You probably can do
a lot of things you want to do.

Will you kick fear to the curb,
and dream and do?

By P Michael Biggs 

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Becoming You


Becoming You
© 2019 by P Michael Biggs


Are you becoming you,
as you pass through
this sphere called earth?

The longer I live,
the more I want to give
of what I do best.

I’ve stopped rainbow chasing,
I’m getting good at facing
my best side, my strong side.

When God looks at me,
I want Him to see
the best Me I could ever be!


Originals by P Michael Biggs