Perfectly Ironic

Perfectly Ironic
c. Marla S. Laurin, April 29, 2009
In G-dless places
Are G-dless faces
Am I one
In a crowd of none
Bereft of blessings
I walk alone
No footprints follow
Or walk beside
Nor on life's
Periphery of
Perfect irony
Paradoxical
How hysterical
Situations seem
When only the
Possible comes
Alive in my dreams
So it seems
I am doomed
I've been conditioned
Like a dog
Mistakes I've made
Loom like clouds
Or a death shroud
From unintentional
Perfection revealing
Flaws unforgiving
In a merciless place
I reside
Where my fate hides
My purpose unknown
With such senseless
Doublespeak ruthless
Demands impossible
Meet the probable
Like a set-up for
Failure
Where no
Mechanisms
Grow
To mitigate
Mistakes we all make
In lofty quests
To please
The implacable
For reasons
Unmistakable
Sometimes utmost best
Is not enough
For those who live
Above it all
But don't speak loud
Enough to hear
Only soothsayers
Might
Know what I cannot
But dearly try to
Read between
The lines I'm tied to.
---Written by Marla S. Laurin, April 29, 2009

The best gifts are people not packages!

Photos of Maddox provided by his Nana Lynn & Papa Howard, from April 12, 2009

How blessed my cousins are! Their son is so cute he steals the show wherever he goes. Photos include me, my ma, and my dad with Jacks and Drue's son Maddy.

XO to my aunt, uncle and cousins for providing me with this wonderful memory.

~ Mar;-)

QT-Pies Kaitlyn, Megan & Michelle in their Easter Dresses!

Maddox decorating Easter eggs w/his G-Pa/G-Ma

Our fabulous nephews and their gals...