when fear knocks daily at our door
we can’t ignore

the looming sense of dark’ning gloom
that we are doomed

when terror reigns our days and nights
let’s set things right

resist the urge to flee and fight
to make all people safe again
if not now there’ll be no when
we can’t ignore that we are doomed; let’s set things right

~kat

The Oviellejo is an Old Spanish verse form (derived from ovillo, a ball of yarn). A stanza consists of 10 lines, with a rhyme scheme of AABBCCCDDC. The second line of each rhyme scheme, Line 2,4,6, is short line of up to 5 syllables. The last line is a “redondilla,” a “little round” that collects all three of the short lines.

be kind to others you don’t know
the smile they show

is their way of grin and bearing
may need caring

of a tender hearted stranger’s soul
to feel whole

and when they growl under life’s toll
please don’t take it personally
their brokenness is what you see
the smile they show may need caring to feel whole

~kat

The Oviellejo is an Old Spanish verse form (derived from ovillo, a ball of yarn). A stanza consists of 10 lines, with a rhyme scheme of AABBCCCDDC. The second line of each rhyme scheme, Line 2,4,6, is short line of up to 5 syllables. The last line is a “redondilla,” a “little round” that collects all three of the short lines.