Sandals or Sneakers: Poem

 Sandals or Sneakers: Poem

Let’s see which one wins.

Smart girl said: depends on the weather

Wearing jeans and shorts.

Sneaker hates dirt between my toes.

On the other hand,

Does not stop me

From having bins of sandals.

Bare feet had their own opinion on greatness:

Sandals when it is warm,

Sneakers when it rains.

Hmm, what do I wear? –

I think, any footwear

My size, matching the dress and the weather.

Do you remember? –

Going out to eat

Actually meant

Dress up

As no flip-flops allowed!

High heels it is,

Look, it fits!

Tomshinsky@2026

A Different Life: Poem

A Different Life

I.

There was another life

That I might have had

When I was young.

But now, I am having this one.

This time, it is all about me –

My thoughts, my feelings, and emotions.

I am trying my best –

I live and breathe.

I am breathing life back into me.

There is not any fee

To be free.

Some people call it strength,

Another group looks through the lens –

Perhaps this loud mosquito is something up

With things which I will not put.

II.

There was another life

That I might have had.

Now, I must start over –

New resolutions and goals

Are different from before.

I am challenging my brain

To a battle of wits,

Both mental sharpness

and inventiveness.

Now, please move out of my way –

Your big head blocks my sunshine,

I am on my way to creating keen intelligence.

Tomshinsky@2026

In the Fairy Tale: Poem

 

In the Fairy Tale

In the fairy tale

For adults

Were a Snow White and seven dwarfs.

They taught respect for those

Who practice the love arts.

Little Red Riding Hood

Outsmarted Wolf in the wood.

She taught us bravery,

Never unneighborly.

The Gingerbread Man

Who looked for love

In all the wrong places –

Too much, too little,

Too late to look for Thumbelina,

The flower garden ballerina.

She married the fairy Prince,

In the Garden of Barleycorn.

After it was planted and sprouted,

Yardwork gets you a husband.

Tomshinsky@2026

Great Expectations: Poem

Great Expectations

I.

Sprong people respect

The boundaries of others. –

Do they know what to aspect? –

Perhaps great expectations

Because of prospects of inheritance,

Learned from beliefs

And mindfulness of acceptance.

Something happened

To switch from mentors

To supportive peer individuals.

II.

When strong people respect

The boundaries and strategies,

You grow and achieve

Personal and professional goals

Without weighted down

By excessive expectations.

It was a blank page.

Now, it does not have perfect lines,

Just honest ones.

Tomshinsky@2026

The Spring Story: Poem

 The Spring Story

I.

The first blooms of spring

Make my heart sing.

I need spring to feel

The way people need coffee

When the green of any tree

Dominates my heart to sing.

II.

If comfort grows behind the benches,

It would be clusters of lilac branches.

Satisfaction is not about speed

But about direction

And yardwork persistence.

I learn that humans who garden

Remain unseen.

They bring warms and smiles

To places they touched.

III.

Is it enough? –

Not always. What should I do? –

To be persistent,

I must live with the brand

I planted.

It is the right place to be.

Spring delights to feed and feel

My bare feet.

The wind plays along

With my hair too long.

Tomshinsky@2026

On Life and Living: Essay

 On Life and Living: Essay

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale!” said Hans Christian Anderson. It is difficult disagree, I believe in the power of words. Words make it possible for our thoughts to travel through time and survive it. Imagination creates energy to believe and to create. In addition, we love, learn and grow; manifest and heal.

In real life, I am tired from pots and pants. I am not a housewife, more like a Princess promoted to the Queen status. I never was an ordinary woman. I am extraordinary and have power owned by information literacy that is obtained throughout daily continuing education. I am not a robot, and I am not happy that artificial intelligence rules life on social media.

Funny how time slips away. I am so lonesome, I could cry. Without love there is nothing to hold down to. The love keeps lifting us up higher.  Eventually, everything you love will eventually be lost Our fears do not stop death, and they stop life. Is it a fear of living? I think it is possible that love will return. Sometimes, love returns to earth from the universe in a different form. People say, after April showers come May flowers. When people love you, they pure hope in you. Those who we love do not go away forever, they walk beside us every day.

I am here, on planet Earth, because of my parents. I am a professional and always was a working mother. Besides, I am a Florida Author, poetess, love baking and knitting. Recently, a co-worker called me ‘the Renaissance person.” I always tried to live life to the fullest. Personally, for me, there always was a big joy and delightfulness to welcome, cradle, and raise a new life. Squeezing tiny fingers that resembled my own, knitting little boots for a newborn, celebrating life, acknowledging, and preserving the memories, which all are some components of life. To stay positive and share the joy with others: speak well, respond well, create well, because there is a delight in the everyday routine. The quality of life connected in the devotion to any family, professional responsibilities, and the society, in large. We are standing on the shoulders of people in our life from the past and bringing traditions in the best way we know, and by doing it, we are building the future. Past, present, and future make the trinity of life allied historically, sociologically, and even in individual physical health issues.

What is love? I would say, it is reaching out for the hand that was waiting, a who has a hand for me to lean on. Love is a powerful force of life. It is this binding element of dual attraction that steers our emotions and physical health. Love comes in different kinds of heart affairs. Beatles sang, “All you need is love.” No secrets, much about love remains a mystery. Life experiences taught us that they can be nurturing, humble, and healing, and it is typically worth every ounce of effort. There is a book written by evolutionary anthropologist Anna Machin titled “Why We Love.” Only in the dictionary, the word ‘love’ comes after the word ‘life.’ In retrospective, love makes life possible.

Tomshinsky@2026

Something Personal: Poem

 

Something Personal

Let me tell you something personal:

I am not getting old.

I am just becoming a classic example.

Because I believe in myself

When the room is silent.

I do not need anybody to clap for me.

I am proud of myself

When I fight my personal

Battles in silence.

The classic example

It is to rise and shine,

Smile and love life more than self.

Tomshinsky@2026