Happy Easter!!!

The White Day In Happy Purple

This day, was so special, when big chocoholics so little,

sang the jelly bean prayer from the basket of victory.

You may have heard, or never, of this for-surreal history;

So please do listen as I share this, ever real, bonny story.

There was a knock at the door, I wondered who could it be?

Was it the Easter Bunny with some scripture candy for me?

I looked through the window, and seen every precious hue.

All about the green grass was eggs scarlet, yellow, and blue.

The sun has beautifully risen from the wonderful east.

I felt so happy with the magic of life within released.

There was a flash, visual music, just past the red oak tree.

I seen his tall ears, marshmallow tail, then his quick feet.

He has to be from heaven, I do give him merit

He left us proof, he left us a half bitten carrot

And when I went to bed that warm spring night

Mother told me why the egg was the color white

I thanked my dear mother with kisses and laughter

I told her I loved my basket with the purple wrapper

She said, it was my father’s idea, I’m his dear child

He said, it’s the meaning of life, to again give me a smile.

By John E WordSlinger

The Bunny Tale

I thought it was a kitty cat

But saw it was a rabbit

He was hopping down the trail

And then he stopped to sit.

He looked back at me

And wiggled his nose

Seems he wanted me to follow

So, I quickly arose.

I started down that trail

Amongst the forest's trees

As that rabbit scurried off

As quickly as you'd please.

He stopped at the next bend

He once more looked at me

And as I moved nearer

He turned once more to flee.

I moved deeper in the forest

It was dark and kinda silent

I looked around the trail's curve

To see where that rabbit went.

He sat in an open clearing

Of clover covered ground

Amidst a group of creatures

That had gathered around.

They all watched me warily

But, they didn't turn to run

The rabbit said, "Come join us.

Come join in our fun."

I asked, "How do you speak?

Am I losing my mind?

If I close my eyes and look again,

I wonder what I'll find?"

He said, "You're in our world now,

And if you'll truly believe,

You will be amazed at things

Your heart and mind perceive."

"You will see life as it should be,

If you'll take the time to look.

You'll find all those stories true,

As told in the fairytale book."

"You'll see we live in peace,

And nearly perfect harmony.

You'll learn what it really means

To be happy, safe and free."

I sat down with legs crossed

And said, "Please tell me more.

This sounds like the very place

That I have been searching for."

"I'm tired of all the hassle

Of this world in which I live

Where they all think, I want to take,

When I only want to give."

"It's a plastic/cardboard place

Where nothing's really real.

Where so many things are only said,

Without the will to feel."

"So, if I like it here with you

Will I be able to stay?

Or will you force me to return

To where they play those games they play?"

He said, "Humans are so foolish!

They are filled with hate and greed

They rip the life from the Earth

After they've planted it's seed."

You say you want to stay with us

But, that can not be allowed,

For if we welcome one of you

Before long, there'll be a crowd."

"We will let you stay for awhile

Try to teach you what we know

That this World can live in Peace

And then, you'll have to go."

But then I awakened

And realized, I'd dreamed

But I can't get over how real

That Easter Bunny seemed!

By Del "Abe" Jone

Easter Bunny 

In memory of all the bunnies we couldn't save.

I remember Easter Sunday

It was colorful and fun

The new life that I'd begun

In my new cage.

I was just a little thing

When they brought me from the store

And they put me on the floor

In my cage.

They would take me out to play

Love and pet me all the time

Then at day's end I would climb

In my cage.

But as days and weeks went by

I saw less of them it seemed

Of their loving touch I dreamed

In my cage.

In the night outside their house

I felt sad and so neglected

Often scared and unprotected

In my cage.

In the dry or rainy weather

Sometimes hotter sometimes colder

I just sat there growing older

In my cage.

The cat and dog raced by me

Playing with each other only

While I sat there feeling lonely

In my cage.

Upon the fresh green grass

Children skipped and laughed all day

I could only watch them play

From my cage.

They used to take me out

And let me scamper in the sun

I no longer get to run

In my cage.

Once a cute and cuddly bunny

Like a little ball of cotton

Now I'm grown up and forgotten

In my cage.

I don't know what went wrong

At the home I did inhabit

I just grew to be a rabbit

In my cage.

But they've brought me to the pound

I was once loved and enjoyed

Now I wait to be destroyed

In my cage.

By Mary Brandolino