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Maddy Jan 17
Second Love
Love of my life
First Love
One way street I should never have walked down
Contour impressing you not size
Hug contour or size?
He saw what you were unable to see
I was a nineteen year old with ripening hormones in college
When I stopped looking in graduate school
Surprise second love came by and stayed
Received first Masters and Mrs
He earned his as well.
He married me
Earned second masters degree
Several years later and
So did he
Very happily married
Maddy Jan 17
Rhyme is easy
Chorus must make sense
Literal or figurative
Let me see
Does the melody work?
Does it make sense?
It is original or just another version of yesterday?
When you find the vibe
When it fills your soul
Do you loose control
Congrats
You are a writer
Yes, it matters
Harmony, melody,pitch,and vibe
It is alive
Sing
Maddy Jan 17
Maybe this time
You hurt enough
Realize what you failed to see long ago
Even though a loved one tried to steer you straight
Is it easier to hurt than to decide you deserve to live your life happier and whole
They broke you down
Pick up the pieces
Discard what does not work
Find a direction that feels right
So you are a do Gooder
So you care more than others
So you are sensitive
They don’t have to like it
What about you liking yourself?
Enjoy your life
Maybe this time
You can be you
Let them be who they are
Even if they are family
Ever family has people like this
You are on the right side
Right side
Too sweet
Too kind
Too good for your own good
Maddy Jan 17
Always number one
That is how you want it
You matter and others must take their place behind you
Your Tiara,your highness is too tight
You open your mouth but your brain is not in sync with it
As long as you get your way
It doesn’t matter who you hurt
You gaslight so much that you don’t see the harm you cause
You can forgive to a point
It is not always about you
Even though you see it that way
Do you really see?
Maddy Jan 16
Keeper of the flame
Instilling values that still matter
Beacon of light
Thanks for fifty years of public service
Reminding us that no felon should serve as President
No person in government should be above the law
Democracy matters and should never change
Ancestors and immigrants who are enjoying tbe dreams and accomplishments their grandchildren and great grandchildren achieve
You showed us what we should do and can do.
The middle class matters and should not be overtaken by the rich and powerful
We need to stay free along with our institutions
Guns and killing children ,educators and people in schools or anywhere must never happen again
Time to be civilized
Women must choose what they do with their bodies not the government
AI can be helpful and solve great problems but must be utilized correctly and positively without any danger lurking
Farewell
Stay Well
President Biden
Maddy Jan 14
LA
Donations are still being made
Crises all around housing ,Insurance,picking up the pieces if there are any.
Tears that won't dry
Core is helping people with shelter and moving forward
Coordination with FEMA too
If you can do nothing more than say a kind word or donate the multitiude of charities helping people and animals
Love to LA
Maddy Jan 13
Long ago not so far away
Monarch butterflies accompanying you on walks
Squirrels twirling their tails
So others know that someone came to feed them again
The aroma of the nuts called to them
Placing a lei on The Pearl Harbor memorial
The quiet was deafening
Dual rainbows over Pearl Harbor bidding us farewell
The weathered and damaged plaques remembering Amelia Earhart
Hoping it will be repaired as she deserves to be remembered
All that and so much more leaves an impact
Sometimes forgotten but remembered in dreams
Henry David remember when I touched your desk near Walden Pond
Dreams
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