Always smile.
Especially when you don't feel like it
because
that's
when you need it
the most.

What did we miss?
A line in the sand?
Metal in a box?
One's life?

Nothing was missed.
We just didn't see.  
The divide that haunts us.
That won't set us free.

Coming together can unite us.
It's all for the ultimate goal.
For deep down we are all the same.
It's at the surface where we differ.

53 years ago today,
the sun smiled,
a little bit longer,
and a little bit brighter,
then it did just the day before.

53 years ago today,
a breath pulled in fresh air,
eyes saw first light,
and life's spark awoke.

53 years ago today,
a quickening was felt,
deep inside, a far off soul.

53 years ago today,
you came into this world.



December 22, 2013

Angel on window
The impression left behind
When bird kisses the glass

Curled up
  silent
    exuding contentment
Awake
  full of life
    inspired

Awaken, smile
Wings soar, peaceful welling heart
Smile, awaken

What was, is now gone.
              Begin again, start anew.
The canvas is blank.

Me: How are you?
You: Okay
Me: Good! But may you get better than Okay real soon!

Majestic in flight
Soaring over the water
Shadow glides below

A cat of the future
is born with hope
and will live forever with his Master,
in the heart of his soul he cares.
People around him
are careful with him.
He wanders back home
and goes to sleep in his nice bed.
He wakes up with a breakfast of fish and milk.

Just imagine, me,
between the earth and the sky,
cradling the sun

I'm not worried about you any more
You are happy and at peace

Seldom seen beauty
Crisp night air, strangely bright, calm
Silent snow falling

colorful winged flight
silenced at its end of life
dragonfly graced us

waking up from sleep
catching last memory of dreams
then **** they are gone

Feel the emptiness.
Embrace the still, calm, presence.
Let this become you.

I have come to the realization that whether you are feeling good or bad,
as long as you are feeling,
having emotion about the feeling,
you have an opportunity to experience the opposite emotion.
But if you are without true feeling,
without emotion,
you have no basis for the opposite emotion.
Good would not represent or feel good if you didn’t have bad to compare it to.
And the same holds true for the bad.
The bad could not represent bad if you didn’t have good to compare it to.
Name any emotion,
the truth is just the same.
So are you crying?
If yes, there’s hope.
You are feeling emotion.
Otherwise why would you cry if the sadness was normal?

Be the catalyst
Summon strength from deep within
Motivating all

Have none, not any.
Free's your life, your mind.
Sooths your soul, your whole being.

Compressed into life
Lived each day, gone in a flash
Oh where did time go

Look into my eyes
Notice only depth of love
Gratitude for life

Why do I do it?
Eyes heavy, mind in a fog.
Sleep, slipping away.

I am not my body. I am borrowing this life, floating within.

I like what I do,
it isn't for you.
I do it for me,
it's my special key.

Complex it's not,
and that's what I got.
As long as it's mine,
Simple is fine.

It's the meaning that matters,
emotion on platters.
To air this one's soul,
is my only goal.

This venue provides,
a place with no sides.
It's somewhere to post,
what helps me the most.

So it's time to end,
this one rhyming friend.
Say good bye to the light,
and hello nighty night.

Calm
           Peace
                       Knowing

Calm
           Peace
                       Knowing

Living
             Loving
                          Kindness

Wasn't she just born?
        Eighteen years ago.        
    Flies by so quickly.
Done with High School already?
        Yes, and I'm so proud of her.
    She's grown, matured, persevered.
Where did the time go?
        Where it always goes.
    In friends, in learning, in life.

Breathing in welcome
Nourishing body, mind, soul
Breathing out thank you

My sleep is healing and renewing. I wake with a smile, refreshed, happy, thankful, and energized. Eagerly taking action, living this new day.

Seen from ground below
Under flower's downward gaze
Hidden smile grows

The awe of it all
Globes, glowing in the dark sky
Takes your breath away

You are just a tease
said the parched land to the rain
as it dries up just inches from the ground.

It's dry down here
the shriveled sage coughs out.
Can't you spare a drop?

Dark cloud floats pleasantly full
blissfully playing in the sky
as it passes through without a care in the world.

Sight unseen
the heated air snickers at them both
knowing it's the one that controls the hand.

All alone
   by myself
   I dream;
   dream of the past
   and of times to come.
Alone
   by myself
   I listen;
   listen to my thoughts
   and feelings.
Alone
   by myself
   I laugh and I smile;
   laugh and smile as I look back on those
   crazy and wonderful times of the past.
Alone
   by myself
   I cry;
   cry for I am sad to see those times pass
   so quickly.
But then I dream
   All alone
   by myself
   I dream;
I dream of the many wonderful times ahead and how lucky I've been to have
lived those times of the past.

The goodbye you sent me
empty in it's prose
revealed to me
just how ultimately
shattering
this all is.

Life's way of saying
nothing is permanent.
It is what it is.
Get over it

and.......

live again.