Once upon a password
I used to recollect
the obscure encryption
I invented to protect
my email from those hackers
so they wouldn’t see
my personal correspondence
or steal my ID.
But now it’s getting harder
to invent those ciphers
that defend my info
and permeate my life.
Upper case and numbers,
symbols interspersing,
make it look like comic book
characters are cursing.
And by the time I’ve memorize
the password I’ve arranged,
a faceless message tells me that
it’s time the password changed.
And now I must start over…
seriously? really?
I wonder how you spell
‘password’ in Swahili?
Tag: frustration
Built to Code
Me and the mice and our
best laid plans
are gonna have another go
at making some sense of our
plans and schemes
though you’d think by now we’d know
that this roller coaster freak show, life,
isn’t built to code.
#351
This is Good Morning
This is my apology for projecting
my fears and frustrations onto you.
You are not a blank wall or a white sheet.
This is not the Can’t Film Festival.
No one’s getting an award for best angst.
This is life.
The only true awards will be the smiles along the way.
This is me taking a deep breath, sucking it up, and carrying on.
This is a good morning because we believe it to be so.
#315
Linda Studley 