National Limerick Day May 12, 2016

Today I picked the prompt: “Hope,” for National Limerick Day May 12, 2016

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The Optimist

There was a man who was full of Hope

The people around him could not Cope

He had a good heart

And was very smart

The good old man who  was  full of Hope!

……………………………..:)

This limerick is for the swan mother, who protected her cygnets from me, even though I wouldn’t have hurt them

 

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Mother Swan

I met Mother swan on my way home

she with her cygnets ready to roam.

The moment  I was in view,

she impatiently  turned blue,

She stretched her neck down and drove me home.

…………………………………… 🙂

The above is a true story, I was eight years old, going home after school. When I saw the swan with her cygnets, I had an eerie feeling, before I could go further she lowered her long neck and ran towards me, I was scared, walked backward, and took a different route home. I felt although not human, the Swan showed me how protective she is of her cygnets, just like a human mother. 🙂