Your long journey  is at the end
Not gone
Never far from my mind
Memories flooding
From misty past
Lovers and loves
First and last
Living and dead
All facing me.
You
holding my little hand
Through fears and tears
And happiness
All in the same frame.

You have believed in me and mine
And gave me strength
With your parting line:
Be good.  Be best !

Thank you dad
For all your love and faith
Your acceptance
You have done all you could
Your soul now released.
I love you !

Rest in peace.

Crushing disappointment
A dark shadow
Smothering my world
Clouding my mind
Why ? Why ?

There are no roses
Only thorns
No fire, only the smoke
I'm blind to your kind comfort
Why ?
I cry
hiding behind a smile.

But you are wrong!
There is a fire
Behind the smoke.
It's in my heart!
The thorns come with roses
A beautiful sight.
The tears of my disappointment
Just made up my mind
I will try harder
again and again !
I CAN !

Music and dance
Her life's pulse
She is compelled
Can't resist
Like an ocean
The music ebbs and swells
And sweeps her in a deep joy
Everything else abandoned
Life's ills and hurts are no more !

She can SEE the music
Imagining the dance
The rhythm and the flow
It gives her wings
The lifts and jumps
Are high to the sky
And majesticaly slow!

But the grand jete
Comes at a price
Every sinew cries
The beautiful arabesque
An epitome of grace
The long line of pirouettes
So fast only a blur
An elegant refrain
And no one see
That her joints are screaming in pain.

Yet
Day in and day out
practisìng ,  rehearsing
For a thousandth time
Finding the strength
For a thousand  and one

Still
The music soars
And in her mind
She is flying,
Turning
Gliding
With a geat joy !
Dance is her life.

Yes, I am still dreaming
Of what might have been once
I just was never good enough.

They say love cures all
The heart and soul come together
What they don't know is that sometimes we fall
And the pieces come crashing down like a feather
The heart breaks like a piece of glass
Breaking away into tiny shards
The soul vanishes into gas
Spreading over many yards
Leaves the person stuck
Not knowing what to do
Feeling like they are out of luck
Has them feeling very blue
They say love cures all
Once the person has broken down their wall
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Today
was just another day
You made it through
Tonight
The darkness descends on your soul
Like a black veil
Twisting and tightening
Around you
Nowhere to go
Nobody hears
No one near
Only the Black Dog howls.

Yet you do have a weapon
So fight !
Take your brush and paint
Take your pen and write

Sing to the Black Dog
Paint away the night
And the black veil
In a frame of an all consuming flame.

Behind the fog
We are there,
Your friends.

Such a humorous man
A kindhearted soul

His fame it does seem
Had taken it's toll

All his money and fame
Could not bring him peace

Behind laughs and smiles
Lay his demons , his beast

The world a little dimmer
With another bright star gone

We'll definitely miss him
Though the world will move on

Troubled mind
Wounded soul
Broken heart
not healing.

Soft fur
and feline purr
of a rescued cat
Might help
to give your life
New  meaning.