Empathize
Realize
All you can do is really listem
Don't think about what to say
Right now your words don"t matter anyway
You are saying to your friend you love them
Wishing you could hug them and be by their side
No matter what they are dealing with or going through
Sometimes listening is the very best thing that you can do

C@rainbowchaser2023

Questions
Situations
They change along with the answers
Just as memories and seasons do
You must capture them
Enjoy them to the utmost
In an instant or New York minute
There are reasons beyond your control which cause delays,disruptions,cancellations,and in many cases unfortunately heartbreak
Seasons

C@rainbowchaser2024

His blue eyes
His cuddly hug
Making a difference big or small
Really listening
Eating what I want
Working harder to be happy and healthy
Meaning longer walks and working out
Making myself happy even though second best or third suits me
It is a process
Looking forward to seeing an eagle fly in person
Reasons
Seasons
Just respect yourself
Those around
This crazy world we live in that hopefully we will repair
In time

C@rainbiwchaser2019

Lying in a chair and shading from the sun
Don't think so
Not a fan of alcohol
Epicurean not a buffet devotee
Want to go where the Atlantic ocean befriends the Irish Sea
Others places like this are for me
Golden eagles fly above
Majestic creatures soaring safely and free
The coast hears their gentle cries
It needs to be heard and respected
Ginger squirrels are back and thrive
Hooper swans in the waterways
Human and natural History make each other better
This is all precious and few
Extraordinary vistas so vital
We have much to admire and learn from
Journey continues to museums, live performances, and restaurants and joints but with a camera in hand and a grin wider than to be believed

C@rainbowchaser 2021

Show me where the Atlantic ocean befriends the Irish sea
Golden eagles fly over head
Majestic creatures soaring over the coast
Ginger squirrels rebounded and came home to stay
They thrive like the Hooper swans
Extraordinary creatures in the waterways, the trees, and skies
We have much to admire and learn from them
They are all precious and vital
Enjoy museums, History, and live performances
No need for alcohol or baking in the sun
Let me walk on beaches and climb rocks
Epicurean in restaurants and joints
Not fancy linen tables or Stemware
No five meals a day
Cooking lessons and out of the way tastes and places
Maybe a cruise to Alaska to sea the Polar Bears and the Whales
The journey continues on a tour bus or by foot
The friendly skies know I will fly when the time is right
This Brooklyn born lady is one of Mother Nature's daughters
Thanks Henry David and Walden
With spirit and camera in hand
Reasons fancy cruises are not for me

C@rainbowchaser2021

Wounded
Recovering
Fatigued
Patient and caretaker
Somehow the soul won't heal as quickly as one wishes
Is your heart beating differently?
Do you recognize yourself and what surrounds you?
How did things change so quickly?
Did you ignore the signs?
Could it be getting better meant so much more than you realized?
It takes a lot to feel better as you recover.
Recovery is for the patient as well as their loved ones and friends
Things are not quite as they once were  
Perhaps they will get better with the most patience one can muster

C@rainbowchaser2023

No more excuses to plunder, steal,and ruin livelihoods, it won't bring that man back.
His death won't be in vain
All human beings matter and as one people we should honor that.
The days of this is my house and I do as I **** please are over
If you grew up like that with Archie Bunker types than no explanation is needed
It easy very easy to blame and nobler to accept and rise above
It is hard to smile and laugh right now but find the time to do so
Life is changing and hopefully for the better
We are still paused and interrupted but just maybe this is when we start doing more than philosophy lectures
Walk the walk, talk the talk, and stop to think before we act
Reflections
Reflections
Observations
Make the changes necessary despite and inspite of yesterday

C@rainbowchaser2020

Everything old is new again
Refreshed and updated for now
Remembering and cherishing what was, what is and what will be
Without what was, getting to the future will be difficult, but we must celebrate now
Sure there are repeats and relics
Oldies and newbies
Creation and innovation
We hear you
Reimagination goes nowhere without respect for the past
We can't live in it but we must acknowledge and appreciate it
Without history
Where would we be?
Reimagination is in the heart and head where creativity
Dwells

C@rainbowchaser2023

Say what you mean
Not what others say and think
Think very carefully before you regret what comes out of your mouth
Quiet and Silence sends powerful messages very well.
There are many Hellos and Goodbyes in Life
Dreams and Fairytales come true and with that troubles
You revisit what works
You cast aside people when the friendship expiration date can't be renewed
You will know the ones to hold on to because they will always be there and vice versa
Just turn around
Be open to new friendships but learn from the past
Choose wisely before they choose you
Letting go and moving forward is not a cliche
You can't stay in neutral or in the past
Just how it is and you will find your way

C@rainbowchaser2022

Say what you mean
Not what others say and think
Think very carefully before you regret what comes out of your mouth
Quiet and silence sends powerful messages very well
There are many hellos and goodbyes in life
Dreams and fairytales come true and with that come troubles
You revisit what works
You cast aside people when the friendship expiration date can't be renewed
You will know the ones to hold on to because they will always be there and vice versa
Just turn around
Be open to new friendships but learn from the past
Choose wisely before they choose you
Letting go and moving forward is not a cliche
You can't stay in neutral or in the past
That is just the way it is
You will find your way

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Not a  political message
Find a place in your heart and soul to do good
Listen
Smile
Contribute funds or time
Quit complaining
If you have been down on tbe floor
Get up as best you can
The Naysayer doomsday folks stay clear
Not a Pollyanna
Not Mickey Mouse
Remain Positive

C@rainbowchaser2024

Many dreams in progress or have come true
Delicious mornings that we try to recapture
No matter how we are one
It is always WONDERFUL
A gift and treasure
It gets better and more precious
You are my one and only
Remember tbat when life gets in the way
When tempers flare
When others do the unexplainable with no excuse
They just make excuses no matter how loving and giving we are
Remember

Thunder and Lightning in Acapulco skies
Divi trees that went on for miles in Aruba
Incredible Prince Edward Island's pristine beauty
The Sistine Chapel and the Vatican
The incredible trip to Carmel California and wanting to rent there two times a year
Oh Monterey what else can I say.
Italy and Switzerland
Florence wants me to finish her museums
Need more than a half day in  Switzerland but we will return
The photo albums remind me that someday Covid will be a horrible memory
The Cloud will once again be filled with pastel colored pages and beautiful times we shared with old friends and new
Until then,Remember

C@rainbowchaser2020

In the wee hours remembering yesterday and you
Even though you rejected me and my loving you was a one-way street
Remembering what was and what might have been if you let me in
The Love of my life came when I wasn't looking
It took two years to let you out of my heart
Remembering yesterday and hoping you found the love of your life too
I hope you are happy and healthy
Remembering yesterday and nineteen-year-old me
He knows what love is and I hope you found that too despite the pain you caused me.

I loved you
I didnt like you
It transcends time like great lyrics,music,amd wine
Writing it is one thing
Admitting it is quite another
When one is pitted and played against another and toxcity is to
Blame
You hurt him and didnt care that it broke my heart
It mended but never healed
Let it go and forget
I will always remember
Remember when you acted,reacted,and didnt think first.

C@rainbowchaser2021

I was part of your yesterdays
We had each other's dreams and backs
No promises for today
No weekly phone calls
No guarantees for tomorrow
May every dream and wish come true in great health and happiness
It may or may not include me or you
Sometimes change is needed to move on and move forward
You left a long time ago and I can't expect it to be the same as it used to be just because you are back
Thanks for yesterdays
It was something to remember like photographs in an album

My part time gig but fascinating
Takes patience,and honesty
I am dubbed the Detective because I  seek til I find the answer
Always surprised with results and pleased
There is so much out there
Seek and you shall find
Research

Don”t dial in your life
Unless that works for you
I have doubts about that
You wonder how or why
Say goodbye to what was
You may not want to let
go of yesterday but you won’t get to today
or tomorrow unless you remember
Move forward
Learn from it
Move on
Accept what is but remember regrets keep you in the past
Hopes and dreams along with actions move you forward
You have to find
Whatever it is and cultivate your power towards whatever you want to achieve
Big or small
Grand or run of the mill
They are yours
Make your resolution happen
The best truly is waiting
Can you go for it?
Resolutions

History
Herstory
Differences
Similarities
Believe
Care
Belong to the human race
Yesterday, today,and tomorrow matters
Move with grace and stylr

C@rainbiwchaser2021

Many said farewell
Part of life
Not like in 2020
As we grieve others are as well
There was no comfort we could provide
We could not visit
That hug that would say so much just was not possible
Every holiday and moment passes
You shed a tear and you remember
So that said
Rest In love
You are not forgotten
Broken hearts mend but never heal completely

C@rainbowchaser2021

You inspired
Never required
Had your desired loves and duties
What was ****** upon you, job well done
You were an amazing woman and always will be
The mold is broken but what you left behind finds itself in gratitude and admiration
There is no better example of the very best there is and your likes will probably will never be seen again
Visiting the United Kingdom several times there was an honor and privilege because there was you


C@rainbowchaser2022

For beginnings and endings
For Excelsior, Onward and Upward
For honoring and remembering
For new stars in the galaxy
For marking time and place
Ring them long and loud
Ring them strong and clear
Ring them as you mark your personal victory as a survivor
Ring them so friends and family can cheer
Ring the bell and and let the chime carry you through
So you do the very best you can and more than you thought you were capable of
Ring the bell and listen.....

C@rainbowchaser2023

For beginnings and endings
For Excelsior, Onward and Upward
For honoring and remembering
For new stars in the galaxy
For marking time and place
Ring them long and loud
Ring them strong and clear
Ring them as you mark your personal victory as a survivor
Ring them so friends and family can cheer
Ring the bells and and let the chime carry you through
So you do the very best you can and more than you thought you were capable of
Ring the bell and listen.....

C@rainbowchaser2022

Recently visited Honah Lee in Hawaii.
Peter's song about Puff was recorded when I was very young.
We saw the area for Puff and the inspiration for the lyrics
We all sang along on the tour bus.
The sweetness and creativity was touching and endearing.
Maybe we need to revisit the meaning and genuiness now more than ever before.
RIP Peter Yarrow

No matter what
No matter when
Take the higher road
Agree to disagree
Think before you speak
You and your thoughts matter
We live in another time and place
Yesterday is over and done
Learn from it ,cherish it
Be ready for change
You have to accept that
Give social media a rest
Talk and converse with people
Rise up

C@rainbowchaser2019

Remember you took your friend there
You bought roasted chestnuts
You didn't hold her hand but stood close by
You gave her a big box with a beautiful brown Teddy Bear
That bear will be forty one years old today
The tree was not visited this year but you have memories of other visits
You have shared your name and life with her for forty years
What greater gift can there be
You and me
See the New York Magic started by a tree
What better way to fall in love and stay there

C@rainbowchaser2020

The woman is a blessing
The forever kind
Changed lives and lived every day as an inspiration to us all
A Storybook Love and Life
To Honor she isn't enough
She would not want that anyway
Your politics and ideas don't matter here
What she accomplished still grows and helps many
What matters is that we say farewell to this amazing human being
We should strive to be as kind and incredible as she was
To say the mold was broken is not enough but she was so much more than enough
She more than cared she did something with it and about it

C@rainbowchaser2023

New Colors
Shades we've yet to see
Always after a storm
A four letter word
Beauty with thorns
Wish you could be adorned with both without any harm

Roses and Rainbows (Four times)

Reality isn't always pretty
Isn't it a pity?
There is so much more it could be
(Repeat Chorus and fade)

C@tainbowchaser2021

New vibrant and muted colors
Combinations we've yet to encounter
Always after a storm
A four letter word
Beauty with thorns
Wish you could be adorned with both
without out any harm
Roses and Rainbows ( 4 times)
Reality isn't always pretty
Neither is airbrushing

C@rainbowchaser2021

Outdoor trash can
Six gift bags with silk flowers in it
As it drizzled it was ckwar somebody who yearned for a card or a phone call on Mother's day would have loved those flowers
Now they are on their way to a landfill
Sadly

Cant listen to them yet
Tears drown the carpeting and my face
My husband tries to dry them with hugs and smiles
Promises of better days to come
John Denver's song, Sad song sums it up
Dear John , nothing is perfectly and things are not the way they used to be for many not just me
My heart has many healed breaks and the healing has yet to come
Some never heal until you are ready to let them
I am not all alone without her but being an adult orphan isn't what it is cracked up to be
Dear Alexa, not ready for songs at all just ocean sound effects
Not waiting til September comes
Just not talking very much except for a chosen few
It is different in this world without you

C@rainbowchaser2020

Alas another four-lettered word
No expletives but anxiety mixed with hope
Hold people closer and dearer
Appreciate everything and help those who have lost little and much
Just a small gesture translates into a snowball effective of help and concern
We will get through this
We will look back and wonder how and why
We will never exactly be the same
Change is a constant but this time we will wonder why
Same
Who is to blame?

C@rainbowchaser2020

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

C@rainbowchaser2021

Nasty dismal overcast day with rain on and off
Then this little one appeared on a tall tree
In blue finery bopping,tapping,fluttering and shimming,.
A dancing solo
Bravo little dynamo
Take a bow
You made a gray day sunny and bright

C@rainbowchaser2023

Nasty dismal overcast day with rain on and off
Then this little one appeared on a tall tree
In blue finery, bopping, tapping, fluttering and shimming
A dancing solo
Bravo little dynamo
Take a bow
You made a gray day sunny and bright
Sapphire Dancer

C@rainbowchaser 2023

They are different since Covid
Going out has become staying home
Which local restaurant to order from hrom
But then
That lasted all night long
Saturday night.......

C@rainbowchaser203

They have no voice
They have no choice
But they have us
Before it's too late
Remember saying goodbye means forever
Save them

C@rainbowchaser 2011

It is permanent like solid cement
No cracks  and no dents but permanent
Tarnished brass and photographs and memories you need to forget
Those you cherish remain and always stay around and with you
Saying goodbye isn’t painless but healthier than you used to think
Saying Hello and see you soon is so much better

C@rainbowchaser2022

Watching squirrels perform acrobatics on phone wires
Admiring blue jays in October
Enjoying skaters at Rockefeller center from a restaurant window
Giving a donation to a homeless man and his canine companion
Eating that Lindt chocolate very slowly
Taking a bubbly bath while drinking white wine in a crystal goblet
Loving someone exactly like you did in a younger time
Say yes

C@rainbowchaser2018

Are you a card-carrying member of the Scapegoat Society?
They live in another time and place.
Archie Bunker lives
How about a world where cynicism disappears
Ron DeSantis disappears
Where being nice is so much more than being important
Hearts and minds work together as one for  the good of all
The superiority issue is on the wrong side
Sorry I am walking with Nature on the right side
Isn't that what we are supposed to be
doing?
History will only repeat itself if we don't learn from it
Scapegoats

C@rainbowchaser2023

History and Herstory
So much to learn from and revisit
It is behind us and past
Too many stories there told and untold
We are broken
We are imbalanced
Yesterday once more just doesn't cut it
What are they saying behind closed doors?
Behind backs
It's a schism
You have to be carefully taught to understand and accept not hate
Is there any chance of this happening before it's very past too late?

C@rainbowchaser2021

Sometimes third place
Always something better,brightier,prettier
Plain Jane became my moniker
Even when the  one person who said it
Shouldnt have
She never knew better
Substance was always took second place to appearance
Never got that message
So in the World of Hertz being the champ and Avis being runner up
That is how it used to be
The mold was broken and second best is fine
Nobody to prove myself to but me



c@rainbowchaser2019

He watched something right before his eyes
Hard not to notice
Harder still to forget
He cant let go until it lets him
He has to put it to rest
Be rid if it no matter how horrible it is
Some get it embedded like DNA being used for the wrong reasons
There is nothing right about this or any other trauma
There are second chances to let yourself put it behind you
It takes time and great care to do so
If you need help just reach out for it
No shame in not doing this alone

C@rainbowchaser2919

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

The first love
Puppy dog and exploding hormones
Hard to explain and harder to control
Then when you aren’t looking
Prince Charming or Princess Charming appears
Just because you are you
Your grace and kindness
The look that another person didn’t appreciate
Now matters
The second time around is forever
Just be ready to accept it when it comes your way

C@rainbowchaser2018

You can see with your eyes precisely and carefully as possible
You might miss someone or something
When you see with your heart not only is the perspective different
Things are very clear
Seeing things differently as they should be from the heart not the head

C@rainbowchaser2023

Enjoy yourself
Dance like you won a Tony and Oscar
Love like tomorrow goes on and on
Make this world a kinder and a Healthier place
To all graduates Seize it
Congrats