Your first reaction
Is what people remember
Speak carefully
-Tamara Mendelson
Stroller Time
Get off the damn phone
Talk to your precious children
Tell them about trees
-Tamara Mendelson
A Valentine’s Day Idea
For Valentine’s day
Being your own valentine
You know what you like
Tamara Mendelson
The Enemy
Not the enemy
When you stopped being my friend
Then we were over
Tamara Mendelson
Free
Kindness doesn’t cost
Unkindness invites evil
Nice is not weakness
Tamara Mendelson
Anger
That loud man yelling
Could perhaps use a hug
When he stops yelling
Tamara Mendelson
Sunset in Jerusalem
Soft golden lights change
Reflection of the sun
As day fades to night
Tamara Mendelson
Not Listening
It is hard to hear
You speaking constantly
Silence opens your ears
Tamara Mendelson
Stranger
Different isn’t bad
It takes some understanding
Are we all the same?
Tamara Mendelson
Strength
Open a stuck jar
That no one else can open
Power in that hand
Tamara Mendelson