When does one push the stop button?
When the noises in your head get so loud you stop them before they explode
Leaving you to wonder do you leave well enough alone
Just leave
Pick up the pieces and move forward
Is there anything left of what used to be?
Has the virus destroyed so much that all we do is stand still?
While others try another approach
Sweetness has been lost in the air


C@rainbowchaser2022

Wish we could dry her tears
She is tough but lately the tears flow over and under
Are we to blame?
A repeat of the same
Time we change
Even in the rain
The laughter and the pain
Do we ignore it?
Or become the answer
Even in the rain
So many things are wrong
Time to right them
Just be ready it wont happen overnight
It starts with each of you moving Heaven and Earth
Be one of many that knows their worth
Even in the rain
It is insane to complain

C@rainbowchaser2022

Learning doesn't stop when school
ends
Learning doesn't need a building called school to make it happen
A diploma isn't a stop sign
It is a ticket to adventure and journey
Sitting behind a teacher's desk and a student's
These words come from experience and experiences
There is always the first and the next time
The word never doesn't apply
Be open
Stop closing yourself up
No rules or regulations
No prerequisites
Teachable moments

C@rainbowchaser2022

She closed her eyes but felt that look
Across a crowded train
Too many people
Not enough moments
No head shakes
No hellos
No capture of a smile
Just that look
That haunts him still
Wonder if he ever found you
Wonder if you found him
Just that look

C@rainbowchaser2022

She can see you
She can still feel you
Your leather bomber jacket
Irish Fisherman cream sweater
You made her crazy
A hockey player’s cracked tooth
A silly grin
A look that stares beyond the heart and mind
How you yelled at a kid describing what activity he had in mind for you two graphic detail
He told you to do it nicely
When she looked over towards you
You looked away
Like a ghost that fills a soul

C@rainbowchaser2022

Undergraduates searching for a major
Finding friends and lovers like a menu they can’t choose from
Though they delight in looking
Should they sample or taste?
Do they commit is daring passion worth the risk
Sometimes you stare a little longer than you should
Maybe the right song with the wrong car company is on the radio
Long strolls on the beach when you want to be with another
A kiss that should never have happened
An embrace that should have been a quick hug
Only yesterday
When you parted company
Going your own ways
When Alexa plays Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood Mac
It is only yesterday

C@rainbowchaser2022

Do you recognize the changes we just make?
Stories told well have a beginning ,middle,and an end
History repeats itself
Healed and not broken
Divided and apart
Parallels
Fights have to be fought
Get the History correct
The facts straight and right
We are divided but somehow someway
We need to become one country
Healing and discovery necessary
Agree to disagree
Stop judging and start caring
Move forward and stop living in the past
Tune in and stop tuning out
Remember and stop listening to lies and distortions
Together we stand
Divided we fall
There is an alternative reality that is not justified
Facts have three sides yours,theirs,and the truth
Just like 911 changed us
We have fallen and we need to be United
Legitimacy versus illegitimacy
The consequences need to be punished and the color orange comes to mind

C@rainbowchaser2022