Your way or the highway
Hitch or call a ride
Step a side
River deep or wide
The ocean and mountain lied
Counting the tears you cried
You yelled and fought with the heavens
Then you swallowed your pride
You didn't look inside
Anxiety let you hide
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Knowing when and how to walk away with grace and dignity
Returning if it is welcome and possible
Knowing how to calm the flames of your mind and cool down so your heart beats gently
Unlike characters on ****** Tunes and Hanna Barbera cartoons
Believing that there is hope and working with it
Holding on to what matters and making that work for you
Happiness is learning to cope well so you can enjoy your life and those around you
This heart is coping
Hope yours is too

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My companion for longer than necessary to remember
You can move on and go forward but you don't forget
That knowledge serves you well no matter the circumstances
This is the time of year for flashbacks that are dealt with
Which is why we quietly stay on guard
Send the darkness to the light when you can
Be the light for others
Search for that place in your heart that allows you to care and share
Some are still in darkness
Let them in if you can if they are willing
Sometimes listening is the beginning they need
If somebody hurts you let them do what they do.
You do you
If it is meant  to be fences will be mended
Befriended by darkness does not need to be permanent and forever
It takes time and  you will get there

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Plans have been tampered with and ushered out the door
Celebrations and Milestones return to the backstore of your heart
Virtual everything just not cutting it any longer
Too much tension and despair so that said you have to look deeper.
Try harder
People saying don't stress make it more difficult
What is small stuff to them is larger for you
Find a bit of magic every single day because for now expectations and plans have to go away
Stash them with your dreams

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She was a very good little girl
Chores and school work done
Polite and listened
Respected her elders
Listened to all the Holiday stories
She quietly sat by the window and fell asleep waiting for the reindeer
and Santa
He never came
When school started again it is not what you think
Her teacher and friends asked what Santa brought her
She replied he doesn't come to my house
We have no chimney and no tree
We have a menorah and tops called dreidels
Back then it wasn't thought of
Adam *******'s Chanukah song was a hit for many for this reason
As was Chanukah Harry
Which is why some say Happy Holidays or Season Greetings
They don't know Christmas
They don't know Kwanza
They might not even celebrate Chanukah
Santa didn't arrive because they were not taught to believe in him
I believe in his magic and all that help him

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Many of my friends are writers and words
Different genres
Different people in many walks of life
My family and their wishes and dreams
May your health be wonderful
May joy find you no matter where you may roam
May you let go of your troubles and set yourselves free
May you use your creativity for good
My gift to you are these things
May they come true if you are reading this
Or even if your wishes are here and you are not

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