Sow What?

Status: Quo.

🥱

Mojo yo-yo.

🤨

Oh-so-so-so.

😐

Oh no!

😩

So sow.

🤔

Hope grows.

🙂

©️ matt decker 

Battle Cry

Awake to light

Faith to fight --

Strength to stand

Will to withstand --

Devotion to defend

To the very end --

Angle to attack 

Angel at my back --

Wherewithal to crawl 

When all else falls --

Vision of victory 

Witness to history --

Energy to endure 

For today

Lord

I am at war.

 Behold my

fighting stance.

This is my

fighting chance.

Thank You for this

chance to advance.

Amen.

©️ matt decker 

Food for Thought

A Delish Dish of English 

Do you oft bite off

more than you can chew?

Who doesn't want his cake

and to eat it too?

Bad apples fall not far from the tree.

Bad eggs can become the big cheese.

Ginger is one spicy carrot top.

Full of beans, she's the cream of the crop.

Hazel Nutt is out to lunch.

Will she ever come back?

Well in a nutshell

She's a hard nut to crack.

Pie in the sky is half-baked.

Sizzle fizzles.

Where's the steak?

The gravy train crashed and spilled the beans.

A surprising yet appetizing scene!

Hot potatoes don't quit cold turkey.

Cows are had before beefs become jerky.

The couch potato is slower than molasses

Drinking like a fish from half-empty glasses.

Breadwinners make the cheddar 

and bring home the bacon.

There's an apple in her eye 

and a bun in the oven bakin'.

Spilled milk 

ain't exactly 

Joe's cup of tea.

Sugar Daddies 

Hot Tamales --

Honey is bittersweet. 

He egged her on when she buttered him up.

That's the nature and the flavor 

of sugarcoated love.

Humble pie takes the cake.

That's the way the cookie breaks.

©️ matt decker

Petals For The Mettle

The common daisy is an uncommon symbol for the renewed hope and promise of each given day...

Oops-a-daisy!

Fears face me.
Demons chase me.
Haters hate me.
Gamers play me.

"Friends" shade me.
Shots graze me.
Tomorrow is hazy.
It's so crazy.

I see lately 

It may be 

There can be

Daisies in Hades.

Some days

You faze me.

Always 

You amaze me.

Grace

You gave me.

Daily

Rays raise me

Till the day, see,

I'm 

Pushing up daisies.

©️ matt decker 

Which Magic?

So there's this question 

to be hurdled 

on the restless quest 

for a portal.

Left or right

Right or wrong --

Which road leads home?

Which side are you on?

That or this?

Which is which?

Which switch 

fixes the glitch?

A heavy burden

Pleasant excursion

Better or worsened --

Which version?

Hell avoided

or

Heaven voided?

Hell hath no wrath

like the scorn 

and thorn

of a wrong path.

To think --

A word.

One syllable.

A symbol.

So simple!

This reality is optional.

This mentality is optimal.

"I OBJECT!"

You're honored 

to 

smarter select.

Be not dumb.

Thy will is done.

Tragic calls for drastic.

Drastic needs a tactic.

Which tactic

turns tragic 

into magic?

©️ matt decker 

Wild Words

English can be a wild adventure...

 

I think we need to address 

the elephant in the room

and while we're at it

that 800-pound gorilla, too.

Welcome to the one-trick 

dog-and-pony show

where sitting ducks are daffy 

and angry birds eat crow.

Hello kitty,

it's dog-eat-dog out there.

Eager beavers 

get the lion's share.

The way-too-early bird

opened a can of worms.

But @ little birdie tweeted:

The worm has turned.

Rats race in a wild goose chase.

Bird's-eye view:

monkey see,

monkey do.

The herd makes a beeline

toward the hive mind.

Legions cast their pearls 

before pig-headed swine.

Survive the vulture culture 

and the world is your oyster.

A bull market is a cash cow.

Fat cats milk it for all they're allowed.

Chicken or Egg

Cart and Horse

Ducks in a row --

Which goes first?

Chuck chickened out 

and clammed up.

Billy pigged out

and went belly up.

There's a bee in Bonnie's bonnet.

Ooh...she's mad as a hornet.

Hold your horses!

Don't have a cow.

Patience is a virtue 

and the cat's meow.

The eye of the tiger 

watches like a hawk.

Plenty of fish

swim with sharks.

A silver fox is guarding the hens.

Watchdogs cry wolf in the lion's den.

The GOAT is a sacred cow.

The top dog plays cat and mouse.

Maybe it's cheesy

but Mickey smells a rat.

It could be a weasel 

or a snake in the grass.

Hear the lines roar

and silly bulls speak.

That's just the nature 

of the beast.

©️ matt decker 

Prism Sentences

Black sheep tell white lies

and serve red herring.

Hotheads see red and turn blue

before swearing.

🔴

Purple squirrels 

don't get pink slips.

The golden goose 

won't lay goldbricks.

🟠

The green-eyed monster 

wears rose-colored shades.

Little green men

turned out to be grey.

🟢

Scarlett walked the red carpet 

and in a green room relaxed.

Then after that

faded to black.

🔵

A redhead named Sienna 

borrowed something blue.

Now she's tickled pink

with Rusty her trusty boo.

⚫

Ruby read a black-market

little black book

whited out by a blacklisted 

yellow-bellied crook.

🟡

Rose got caught red-handed

with a green thumb

growing garden-variety goldenrods 

outside her brownstone.

🟤

Purple rain fell from gray skies

out of the blue

onto a colorful character

named Hue.

🟣

In a purple haze

Misty strains to see.

To be clear

Crystal needs transparency.

⚪

A world of words

under the microscope --

Symbolism. Prism.

Kaleidoscope.

©️ matt decker