Things change
Times change
People change
Hoping somethings and people stay the same?
The latter hurts
It can be toxic
It can be painful
It is Debbie and Dean Downer
You can accept it or ignore it
The visits are lessened
You enjoy the memories
You can't live in them
So as new people come into your life
Enjoy them and the friends you have around you
As for Debbie and Dean Downer
In One Ear and Out The Other

listen to their dreams
Dont step on their hearts
Encourage them to be brave
Regrets will happen but not because trying never happened
Doors open when you least expect them too
Never should mot be part of your vocabulary
Your heart is absolutely worth it
You will find in time that you are too
Shut off those voices in your head telling you to give up
Inspiration
C@rainbowchaser2019

Two more struck down too young
Fighting for their lives
We say hang on
Hang tough
You are not alone in this battle
UP close and personal
This horrible enemy who has taken others from all of us
Rears its head on the faces of the family that confronts the issues when they leave the hospital
Etched in pain and a hurt that we may know but everybody deals differently
You watch and wonder and all you can do is listen and be there when they want you to do so
Not the patient but the families
The two I write for and those that love you being turned Inside out
as they wait

C@rainbowchaser2021

Acquire,
Aspire,
Desire
Fire
If your fire goes out
Find a way to relight it
In between the heart break
Required
Retire to something you really want to accomplish that you pushed aside
Inspire yourself
and others

C@rainbowchaser2023

John Lennon you were in my thoughts
Too young to appreciate you then but now, Wow.
Two baby racoons were crossing a park road wondering can we still shine
Those humans stopped for us?
Are we done?
Are we untrue?
Can we still get our acts together>
Let us all shine together and let thepast be what was
Concentrate on what is now what can be and what will be
Instant Karma 2

c@Rainbowchaser2021

Not the word
Great one
The show that CBS pulled the rug out from under
Finally quality programming with exquisite writing
An ensemble cast of talented artists and thespians
great scripts and original stories a viewer can sink their teeth into weekly
It isnt over til the fat lady signs
Or til Uncle Walter signs off from the pearly gates

Put it and them in their places
No matter what it is
Don't forget
Don't dwell
Be in the moment today and in the future
Don't waste either
It's a lot more than been there and done that
Look deep within your heart to find something and enjoy
Cherish everyday
There are no guarantees about tomorrow
I wasted way too much time living in my head
Put it and them in their places
Find some joy and happiness today
After all we have been through and will go through
Seize the day

C@rainbowchaser2024

Darkness was a shroud that needed to drift into outer space
In the wee hours of the morning it creeps back
Somehow, it is banished or it is hidden from others so they don't see
In silence and quiet there is a profound wisdom
Too much deafening noise out there coming from too many sources
Tired of listening to those who want to hear themselves talk
Listening to a world dealing with challenges and changes
Since coming out of the darkness , the middle suits me for now
That is where I am today

C@rainbowchaser2021

Something beyond us is working in this moment
Respecting the beginning and moving it forward
Old School has its place but some disregard its worth
Its worth has meaning and value
Treasure it and capture it
Adapt it if need be
Don't deny it
Doing whatever is necessary to honor it in the pantheon of thoughts and words not leaving it in the past

C@rainbowbowchaser2024

you'll be  private smile on a raw day
your words will echo warmly like a trusted well-worn blanket in need of a replacement
you don't have the heart to do that, do you?
The laughter will soothe a rainy dreary day
all the bad memories will be moments we should have never wasted
your place will be scrap booked  with photographs and montages
our time will never be again
we wont wonder why Hello became good bye
In time

C@rainbowchaser2020

In time, you will be a private smile on a frosty day
In time, your words will echo warmly like a trusted well-worn blanket in need of a replacement
You don"t have the heart to do that
In time, the laughter will soothe a blustery rainy day
In time, all the bad memories will be moments  we should have never wasted
In time, your place will be scrap booked with photographs and montages
In time, our time will never be again
In time, we won't wonder why Hello became Goodbye

c@rainbowchaser2019

Age is a number
Nothing more or less
You don’t have to act it or become it
Just live it fully and impact fully
Let nobody tell you how it is done
Or how to do it or live it
Giving up is not an option
Nothing is easy
That said move on and go for it
No matter what it is
Requirements and Prerequisites don’t natter
Respect
Being genuine
Being grateful and kind do
In time ,it becomes clearer

c@rainbowchaser2019

What triggers it
It was pulled no matter how
You can break out with time,help,and patience
You can change along with your behavior
You are either a victim or victimized
Rules are sometimes meant to be broken
Others should never be when people get hurt or are broken
Not pointing blame
Crimes are crimes bottom line
Invisible?

C@rainbowchaser2020

Thought your heart was better than this
Know your soul but now question that too.
It is all about giving and what you put in comes back in so many ways /
That is what it is for me
What happened?
What changed?
There is more to it than this

c@rainbowchaser2019

Is it too much to ask to be entertained?
Creative Arts
Performing Arts
Conversation
Nature
Enjoying life
There is a time and place for news and information.
Are we on overload?
Have we been drained of curiosity and wonder?
Did we shut down and shut off?
What have we lost?
What have we gained?
Have we changed so much that what enjoyed is lost forever?
We have lost our patience in the everyday task of living.
Is it too much to ask to be better than we used to be.

C'@rainbowchaser 2023

Serene mountains
Majestic waterways
Quaint towns and colorful people
Your serenity is precious
Lush greenness
Joy and respect of Nature
Awe and wonder
Island devine
Stones of History
Abbeys and churches filled with stories
Incredible isle of Puffins
Seagulls await your lunch swooping down for take out
Celtic and Nordic charms and humbles locals
Enchants visitors
Respect and wonder at every turn
Culture and creature living in tandem

C@rainbowchaser2021

Nothing can compare
A moment with you
Whatever we do or don't do
The best of the best is yet to be
Truth is the greatest gift has always been
Continues to be
Just you and me
I swear
You will always get my Love, devotion, and care
I swear

C@rainbowchaser2021

Is your mind on a page?
Not calling you a sage
The words are all the rage
Someday you will find that what was on your mind is original and sublime
Some may love it and others not
Not trying to be unkind
Not enabling
Not didactic
Not supporting what your heart doesn't beat for
Is your mind on a page?

C@rainbowchaser2022

Traditions and tastes
Culture and Color
Art and culinary delights
From Rome to Cinque Terre
It has never left me
Somehow she reminds to live
is to take a bite out if life
Enjoy as often as you can
Every moment no matter what
Un millione grazie Italia.
Bella
Domani will come
So much more than Biscotti and Gelato

c@rainbowchaser2021

She beckons me to return
Something changed when the words work to live became a mantra
Celebrating friends and family with a joy never known before
Just because and a dolce vita state of mind
You enjoy and take out the good stemware and stuff for special occasions every day
You make every moment a holiday because indeed it is a gift to be here and enjoy
That is the reason
So until we meet again dear lovely cities
Your art and culture never stop filling my cup
Firenze look for me
Venezia your magic fills the air
Italy with a style and colors of its own
A tutto c'e' rimecho fuorche la morta
Arrivederci alla prossimo


C@rainbowchaser2021

Children should be seen and not heard
This is my house and I do as I **** pkease
Cliches from another time and place
It depends and transcends
What was accepted yesterday has a different value today
A world with converging generations colliding
Where you come from is as it should be
Just keep learning and dont find yourself stuck on this khaki coil
You adapt,accept,and change
You can reject but move forward as it depends and transcends
Be true to yourself and what dictates your heart to beat better for you

C@RAINBOWCHASER2020

Trick is to make it look easy
Take the higher plane and ground
Fake it til you make it
The butterflies will be in your gut
You will never be sure
Be your own true self
The naysayers won't stop talking
You will come through shining because nothing is easy
You are the only one to find happiness and gratitude despite the rain days
Put on your boots and dance

c@rainbowchaser2019

Accept and Except
Fact versus fiction
Reality versus fantasy
There is a place for both
Given time and thought
Truth versus lies
Reflect carefully on that one
You can achieve it
If you believe in yourself and your fellow human beings
It's in your hands
It's in your minds
Make it happen
the world would be a better place
It is possible

C@rainbowchaser2019

Teddy bears
Carousels
Disney anything
Magical
Whimsical
Spirited
Maybe fantasy
Not make believe
If you have the heart
It is real

C@raimbowchaser2019

You were a secret
Not supposed to be found
Yet,you have been
Names and feelings
Herstories and Histories
The DNA is one thing but the stories and memories
Lost to me and my family
Speaking of which ,you are also my family
It is coming true
It is real
What was never before now is about to come before me
Those who link us passed long ago
Painfully we can’t ask questions
Perhaps,you have the answers so we never break again
We bond,it is real
Remembering those we lost and loved

C@rainbowchaser2020

Writing is like breathing
It is easier to write than say what you feel
The effort is way different
You befriend the paper and ideas flow
Sometimes they get stuck because of circumstances beyond one's control
It defines us
It is that Simple

C@rainbowchaser2023

Make it genuine
Make it divine
Make it the way you want it to be
Think of Dexter the dog from Colorado and you can do the unthinkable
Many people were touched and moved by the dog who lives the think I can spirit and does it
Realize the costs and the moments are precious and must be seized
Sometimes it isn't pretty
Sometimes it isn't fair
Sometimes it is what it is doesn't apply
It's the only one
It's yours
Have at it
Taste it and Revel in it
It's the only one just be kind and caring

C@rainbowchaser2022

Make it genuine
Make it divine
Make it the way you want it to be
Think of Dexter the dog from Colorado and you can do the unthinkable
Many people were touched and moved by the dog who lives the think I can spirit and does it
Realize the costs and the moments are precious and must be seized
Sometimes it isn't pretty
Sometimes it isn't fair
Sometimes it is what it is doesn't apply
It's the only one
It's yours
Have at it
Taste it and Revel in it
It's the only one just be kind and caring

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Wish you had showed me about family
Told me of them
Welcomed them
Had you let go of issues and taught me about our ancestors when you were here
Those I have come to know wish we could turn back time
Grow up together
Know us as children
Been there and around us when you were taken from us so early
We have a large family
It is time for me to know the people you never shared with me
The reasons no longer matter
You would have turned 95 tomorrow
With your children,sons in -law ,grandchildren, great grandchildren,and  your cousins' children
Mom is with you now and you are no longer alone
August is fifty years since you left way too soon
It is time to celebrate you and what is
C@rainbowchaser 2023

This is not a sermon.
Don't take it that way.
It isn't a lecture or a lesson.
Enjoy your life and don't look back which is easier said than done.
Hoping regret doesn't befriend me as it has for many.
If for some reason that makes no sense to you, others don't what to participate.
Let them live theirs as best they can.
It is your life

C@rainbowchaser2023

Where we came from and where we are going
Embracing each day as a gift and finding purpose in joy in it
Somehow and someway
Delighting in no last said goodbyes
Knowing we all have to go one day but leaving is quite a different story
For there are more stories to tell, share , and absorb
Finding the good despite and in spite of the bad
WE are only fragile apart but together there are incredible things to accomplish there size does not matter
Maybe that is what we need to be
It remains to be seen

C@rainbowchaser2021

Are priorities set in stone?
Are they malleable?
Are there three sides to facts and truth?
Are beliefs sacred or have they lost their meaning on desert or sacred air?
Can we learn from yesterday?
Undersfand and accept today.
Be ready for tomorrow.
Enabling is awful.
Supporting any enabler is unacceptable no matter their station in life
The impact on your life is beyond measure
Hstory continues to teach us
Common sense is still alive and well
Remain educated and never stop learning
While you are at it, pick up a book,magazine,or newspaper
Go to the library
It remains to be seen

C@rainbowchaser2024

Generations reunite because of music
Melody, Harmony,lyrics
Yesterday once more enjoyed by younger people
Respect not only embraces souls but nothing really goes away
Bring together the classics with new talent
It is not a reboot or a revival but something magical and incredible
Long overdue
Listen with your heart
Don't let your head and social media get in your way
Tune in and it repeats itself

c@Rainbowchaser 2018

An unrequited love and the story goes
Missed walking along side of you on the beach
You are good company on those treks
Accompanied by thunder and lightning all so exciting
Rhythm and rhyme and the feeling so sublime
It is all about the rain
Soothing me slowly and gently
Pounding me awake when need be
You have always left it well with me
Thought some might think it insane
It's all about the rain

C@rainbowchaser2020

If you think then wake up at 2am and try not to wake anybody because that whisper woke you up
You are walking and you hope you have a pen or cell phone near by to jot an idea down
You are driving and Alexa isn't cooperating even though she usually does
Artificial intelligence might help us out when our input and output don't jive
You’re flying and you almost miss the fasten your seat belts call for landing
Been there and done that?
It's all about the words at least for me

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Tests your vigor and vim
Tests your vinegar
Your power to be good, thoughtful, and kind
Even when gray clouds surround you on the sunniest of days
Even when you wanted to dance in the rain jumping puddles
It's always something
Sometimes someone
But Debbie and Derek downers get out of the way
Even if it's always something

C@rainbowchaser2022

It’s not so simple.
The narrative doesn’t change.
The Readers do.
The dreamers and the believers.
Those committed to knowledge.
What they derive from the legacy of History changes or rearranges ideas.
Our symbols and stories as well as the words matter more than we ever imagined.
Take nothing and nobody for granted.
Some believe that what is iconic will endure and matter.
When we teach ,we must elaborate about the subject matter.
Not dismiss it.
That has been done for the sake of time and politics.
Even curriculum.
It is not so simple.
It simply is.

C@rainbowchaser2023

Be who you really are
Kindness will surround you if that is what you desire but be patient
Walk away from phonies and two-faced people because those human beings are useless and selfish
Make sure when you leave your mark on the world or are in the process of that achievement or achievements that you give it your all and you are the very best
It's more than fine with me that you stand out from all the rest
What is best is best and if you are saying farewell to me and others
It's more than fine with me

C@rainbowchaser2023

What was
What is
What will be
Treasure your memories
Keep them close to your heart
Don't live in them
The here and now is crucial
Lessons learned from the past are sustaining
You need to be relevant and current
Getting lost in the shuffle is not worthy of you or anybody
It is really up to you
Call someone
See them face to face
Put the technology down
Better yet detach from it
It has its time and place
Read a book
Never stop learning
If you do, we can say goodbye now
It's much clearer now

C@rainbowchaser2023

Little girl looked amazed and grateful as a stranger gave her a toy dog from a crane arcade machine at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights New Jersey.
Her wheelchair bound grandmother was speechless and her face lit up like Santa’s gifts left under a Christmas tree,
Be a do gooder but remember sometimes a smile is enough
Remember not to get used
Put that behind you
Make things better so all benefit
Look into your heart and mind
It’s not always about you
It’s not too much to ask

C@rainbowchaser2024

Caring comes from the heart
If the head gets in the way or the noise surrounding you
Not only must you think
You have to listen, read, and learn everyday
If you shut yourself off from time to time
No problem
But your are to blame if you shut off and down completely
Live your life as fully and as completely as possible
Jump or walk around the hurdles whenever they arrive
It's obvious and time to do it
For those oblivious or ignorant, my sympathies
It is obvious
Excuses need not apply

C@rainbowchaser2023

Vacations
Restaurants
Museums
Performing Arts
Attending Live Concerts
Things you appreciate and look forward to
Hugs that last hours
Walking in the park in the rain or sunshine
An additional dessert
Singing out loud at the top of your lungs
Enjoying those that matter the most
It's These and Others
It's The Little Things that are the big moments
That Matters the Most
That Matters the Most

C@rainbowchaser2024

No reason
No rhyme
May not come tomorrow
May not come today
You"re on your way
So much for you to do
Not too much to say
Alot more than trying
It's living completely not dying

@rainbowchaser2022

No reason
No rhyme
May not come tomorrow
May not come today
You"re on your way
So much for you to do
Not too much to say
Alot more than trying
It's living completely not dying

@rainbowchaser 2023

You see something the mirror refuses to show me
Those blue eyes still delight and hold surprises
Somebody up above made sure you were the one
That dear departed one knew something somehow
Still surprised when you stare a moment longer
When those hugs linger and go on and on
You make me laugh when the tears keep flowing
I will never know how the magic of you surrounds me
You will know you are treasured and adored
Yet, there is so much more
I will never know
Baby, How did you?

C@rainbowchaser2021

You see something the mirror refuses to show me
Those blue eyes still delight and hold surprises
Somebody up above made sure you were the one
That Dear departed one knew something somehow
Still surprised when you stare a moment longer
When those hugs linger and go on and on
You make me laugh when the tears keep flowing
I will never know how the magic of you surrounds me
You will know you are treasured and adored
Yet ,there is so much more
I will never know

C@rainbowchaser2021

I wish you well
Do you really mean it?
You hope they find it?
Whatever or whomever it might be.
Do you want them to be happy?
They turned you loose
They set you free
I wish you well
Someday in a crowd your eyes will meet
You acknowledge it maybe
Or you walk on or away

C@rainbowchaser2021