How wistfully I recall times since past
When sun shone so brightly upon my face
Oh how gaily we ran! so free and fast
Weaving memories, intricate as lace

We skipped through the waves splashing all about
Swimming with dolphins and all of their kin
We played all day long without care or doubt
Never once believing it’d ever end

Now shadows close in, the world grows cold
Friendships which flourished now slowly shall die
No longer lighting my life with their gold
Leaving my spirit in ruins to lie

‘Till my final breath I shall always wish
That I’d stayed in that place, bathing in bliss

Sing to me
I wish to hear your music
Your thoughts poured out
In a melodious river of song
Intricately designed with complexities
Too deep for the mind to fathom
Yet the heart listens and knows
For that is what music is
Delicate, instantaneous
communication
Between two hearts
Beating
As one

my heart’s Stitched together
with strings of song
you took your Time mending it piece by piece
with gentle, soothing mElodies

i never thought it’d be whole again,
yet you proved me wrong
you showed me anything at all can happen
if you just believe

you’ve given me hoPe
for a brigHter future
and you taught me to love
once more

thank you for being there,
my wonderful friend
you’ve won me over,
hEart and soul

so if you’ll accept it,
i’ll give you my love
and will be yours
until music is heard No more

words resound hollowly
naught but shells of meaning
whole but only in appearance
a feather-weight mat
covering a fathomless pit
empty cold and dark

Keep flying, little leaf!
Don’t stop here!
Soar on to new heights!
Go places I’ll never see.
Glide on wings
Granted by Fall’s whirling wind.
Never pause!
Even for an instant;
For in that instant,
Of taking one quick breath,
Your wings will be torn from you;
Shredded and defiled
‘Till nothing is left,
But one sad memory
Of a glorious flight,
That could have lasted
Forever.

No one on earth
Could ever replace
The one I’ve known since birth

His loving arms
Held me close
Through sickness, sorrow, and mirth

In leaving home,
And all I’ve known
I left part of me behind

I had no one
To laugh with and love
No one whose thoughts were like mine

So here was I,
A stranger in
A land stranger by far

Yet there was one
Who took my hand
And led me as a star

Lost, alone,
And scared was I
But you were brave and true

You led me back
To the straight and narrow
And I was made anew

You gave me hope
That even in darkness
The heavens were filled with light

I learned so many
Wondrous things
That my heart again took flight.

You showed me how
To keep on trying,
And to never forget to give

And when I was hurt
You dried my tears
And taught me to forgive.

I know that I
Could never begin
To replace your only son

But a father
You have become to me
Through fires, shadows, and sun

I love you as
A daughter aught
And ask God’s blessing upon you

But I cannot help
Feeling that
A part of me leaves too

I will never…
Ever forget you
Though I live a hundred years

And I’m not ashamed
At all to say
That you’re leaving shall bring tears