Wisdom is knowing what you need
and what you don't need without
doubt or regret, with no requirement
to apologize to anyone for this hard
earned understanding with yourself.

You can lead a fool to reason,
but you cannot make him think.

My favorite memory of you is your scent.

this day weighs the world down
as we hold a collective breath,
waiting for the future to reveal itself.
we pray to every deity,
toss every coin,
and carry love in our hearts
for all who are suffering.
we are here to lighten the load
in any way possible.

Casually you rise
take up residence
in my evening space
Casting light
to intoxicating depths
Soaring, I swim
in your sea of rain
Drenched, I hide
beneath your shine
Exposed,
rolling in your
trenches, I've memorized
every groove of your pale face

Slowly, I'm spinning
beneath the skies,
in search of us

Lost in you Imbrium,
look down into my window
I will be there every night...
waiting....

birds are lovely creatures with colors by the score
the colors of the rainbow and a whole lot more
the chaffinch and the blue *** with there colors bright
robin with his red breast bringing such delight

the parrot and canary and of course the dove
the  beauty of the birds is something we all love
there are many more these are just a few
mother natures children free for us to view

After a period of self-assessment,
I’m trying to be a better person.

I want to be more patient, not just ferociously busy.
I want to practice gratefulness, be less snarky
and relentlessly sarcastic.

And even though I keep it pushing, by trying
to put these changes into action, out in the world,
the project is way behind schedule and over-budget
- I may have to make cuts.

every heart has love its something we all know
brings you happiness gives your heart aglow
makes you feel complete makes you feel brand new
a very special thing there inside of you

it goes around the world each and every place
it is shared by all each and every race
reaches to your heart reaches to your soul
a very special gift that makes you feel so whole

there for you give there for you to share
love is all around it reaches every where
there inside your heart each and everday
that will last for ever and never go away

It's not very helpful, him being so woefully inadequate, but you have to take what you can get even if it has been washed upriver by the tide,
someone's being taken for a ride
and I think that it could be us,

oh jeez,
it's like the twilight zone,
if ever a dishwasher wished he could work from home
that dishwasher is me

She says,
stand up and
take it like a man,
I say,
I am
and she just laughs.