Not born as a wizard?

Don't worry,

learn to be wily

it will compensate !

My old eyes follow
the mystic shade
of your red waving cape
that’s vanishing into
paper towns

if a king says no to you,
you are already one of the few
on speaking terms with a king.

This morning I could not see the sunrise
I even couldn't walk in the sunshine
I didn't see any stars in the vast skies
I have not yet reached the moonshine!

Could you tell me, where is my babe?
How's doing my love, tell me, please!
Oh my sweetheart, can you hear me?
I'm talking to you, listen to me, please!

Ah, after crying a lot I had a nightmare
I can't sleep yet, I'm worried about you
Do you believe in One as I do, do you?
What'll happen to us, that's my scare!

Can you see my faith, that's a promise!
I can read your pious heart, oh darling
Love is blooming there with the rousing.
I am waiting for the heavenly surprise!

In sadness
In pain
In your thoughts
And scents
I find happiness
Down memory lane
Sprinkled with heartache
Like autumn leaves
On road of bare trees
Shriveling and shivering
In the cold November day

It’s very quiet now
My sobbing has subsided to small gasps.
My face is wet and needs a drying but
I have no tissue and the air's
Too still and close to do the job.
It’s dark outside and even darker inside
Where the corner begs me to come huddle
And the blue screen mocks my efforts
To concoct a riddle that will save me.
I’ve tried every single thing I know
To find a way to change the past
But it remains immutable,
And I am locked inside
The Amber of regret
9/17/20

Ruth, you didn’t do us right
You knew that you had cancer
You couldn’t know how long you had
You must have thought Trump wouldn’t win.

And so you took the gamble.
You should have exited the court
Before Obama’s term wound down,
If you were thinking of the nation.

Your ego kept you on the bench
Until it was too late to go.
We all held our worried breath
As we watched your health decline.

Once you saw the damage
That was daily being done
To your beloved country
You could do nothing but hold on.

We know you tried to last him out
To keep some balance on the Court
But even you, with your fierce strength,
Were not a match for what was in the cards.

Ruth, you didn’t do us right.
In the final reckoning
You should have known to step aside
And save us from destruction.
ljm