#luxembourg
When I lived on Venice Beach
my nickname was “Smiley”
because I smiled at everyone
When I lived in Luxembourg
I was not understood
because I smiled at everyone
When I was a child
my mother made a game of smiling
and when she saw someone unhappy
on the street or in their car
she would smile at them
until they finally smiled back
and only rarely did her efforts fail
I have been considered shallow
by those who never knew me
because I smile at everyone
but those people have no clue
how much inner strength
those smiles represent
Jun 28, 2015
Jun 28, 2015 at 11:13 PM UTC
A Moment in Life Twice Lost to Time
The Swiss watch is my paradigm
Residing now ‘neath Tampa Bay
A moment in life twice lost to time
The gift, from a wall of ice to climb
In Luxembourg where I did stay
The Swiss watch becomes my paradigm
Research belaying the banker's crime
Through valleys green, o'er bridges grey
A moment in life twice lost to time
While belching diesels share their grime
And church bells call all souls to pray
This watch, my truest paradigm
In this city from another time
In Europe's heart I found my way
A moment in life twice lost to time
Returning from this land sublime
My walls and battlements fell away
Rodania watch, my paradigm
A moment in life twice lost to time
2 March 2000
Jun 23, 2015
Jun 23, 2015 at 3:47 PM UTC
Awakened by cannonfire,
unmistakable,
LOUD.
Today is Luxembourg National Day
Jun 23, 2015
Jun 23, 2015 at 3:35 PM UTC