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

A seven year old blue eyed doll of a young boy dancing and running in the sand
The seagulls flew over his head swooping down trying to catch
a snack or meal on the beach
He ran to greet them and kept returning
His great grandfather used to name them all
As I told him, he asked if he knew them?
I guess he did I replied
Thinking he is smiling down as his great grandson
runs with the gulls
His great grandfather's words are alive in his heart

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

Always have been
Always will be
Not in my husband's eyes
Plain Jane comment from mother stayed with me always
Does Mother know best?
Funny when she wanted or needed something she knew whom to call upon
As good,klnd,and thoughtful as I am
It was never good enough.
Second best always and forever?
Looks were more important that application and being honest with myself
Second Best

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

You don’t want to be a cliche or live like one
Somewhere along the way when there are more thorns
than roses
You have to decide what you want for yourself
Used to think that was selfish but as the caring and giving type
not so sure anymore
Kindness is something to strive for and is my nature
Lately, not sure if the good ones can seize the day
The members of that team are wiping tears away hoping a smile will come through while trying to seize the day
Listen very carefully
Digest
Then do your thing your way
Upside down
Downside up
Getting mixed messages
How much common sense and sense did we lose in 2020?
Are we still losing?
Are you still arriving?
Are we writing the truth?
Find a balance between old school and new school thinking
Getting lost in the shuffle
We are imbalanced as it is
Find your balance
Cervantes taught us that living passionately is the best course to follow
As caring and as giving as you may very well be
Seize everyday passionately
Your very own way
Always find time to keep learning

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Some think we are special
Am I an empath?
Maybe
Some think something is very wrong
Others very right
Some people need to initiate brain before opening their mouth
They runneth over and know not who they hurt or why
We are artists,writers, and creative souls
I am sensitive, deal with it

Started Graduate school
Never expected you to walk into my life
I was not looking and just wanted my degree
Large black shoes and gray trousers
This tall guy with bespectacled blue eyes
Few, if any, knew you, but magically you fit right in
Not easy in a Graduate school TV Studio
We earned two post master's degrees since then
The Love of my life and best friend
So, we met forty-six years ago
Married forty-five in October
An MS and an MRS
Still hard to believe, but grateful and love you more than I can write enough poems about

Monarch butterflies are no where to be found
Lovely but dangerous Lantern flies are hiding
No jumping today
Squirrels are taking a nap
Birds flew away into higher trees
Count the small wet rings that become large circles
Like the chorus
Melody and harmony is soft but you can sing along
Altos and Sopranos
This one is for you
The light gray cloudy sky turning to an angry dark gray with a patch of black
The syncopation, harmony, melody and rhythm are all here in the September rain song

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Don't cry because it’s over
Smile because it happened
No matter the loss of a dear one or something else
Don't just let it go set it free
Keep the memory in your heart
The ache has to subside
It is in its place
You can move on and set it free and yourself

C@rainbowchaser2022

Locked in the horns of a dilemma
One conundrum folds into another
Like a cake with unfolded ingredients
Sometimes you feel separate and then apart
Life's curve ***** require adaptation,revision,rethinking
Yet, you take your seat at the table
Whatever you do criticism will follow
Going with the flow works for some
Shadow walking occurs in the wee hours of the morning
Wasn't you I saw?



C@rainbowchaser2019

Wasn't the prettiest
bright and maybe even intelligent
Was a loner because fitting in never happened
She didn't have what they had and even if she did
They made it clear she wasn't wanted
Sometimes the creative and different kids are never given a chance
She became a butterfly of her own choosing
Watch her soar, she doesn't need their approval or yours anymore

C@rainbowchaser2019

A year will soon come and go just like she did
A chasm is there and just is dormant
Photographs, videos, and memories
Like a spirit rising in a balloon out of sight but not out of mind
Covid started the downfall but though she fought valiantly there was never another August
She has the company of her husband and others gone before her
She comes  in the middle of the night
She visits when things fall down when they should not
She watches over her great granddaughter who never knew her
She did see her from a window in a hospital
She did meet her great grandson who will turn three when late Summer arrives
She knows we still grieve but people and places to see and visit
She is gone but not forgotten but everybody knows that she is somehow always around
Every now and then the cell phone doesn't ring and Heaven is a long distance call that can't be made
She is every shade of purple in a rainbow of her own design

C@rainbowchaser2021

Our Mom died five years ago today.
Covid took her.
I prefer to be alone in my foul mood
In the big park on an empty bench sat yours truly and a ten pound bag of nuts
Others were having a lively Sunday far from the bench
The nuts were placed between two trees
One squirrel chomped on the shell
Nine nuts later looking for more
Three other squirrels some smaller partaked
Lovely company on a sad day
Leaving they continued their banquet by their trees

You will always love sports, especially Hockey
It may or may not interfere with our plans
If you get tickets and only one is available just please go and enjoy
Been there and done that
Baseball and Tennis are the exceptions
So tonight will find a chore to do or there is always my poetry to keep me company
Should have known better with your sports and media background that this would not change
Thought one cup would make you happy but another will make you happier

C@rainbowchaser2023

Lots to be said for open doors
Great metaphor for life
One door shuts another one opens
Let's examine the opposite
Be happy for the people and places that have come and gone
Close the door
If somebody moved on and left you behind
Lock the door and don't look back
It is,it was,overdue,expired,not Today or Tomorrow
Sleepless nights and worry like chicken little on warp speed
Go for a walk or do something that requires effort and positivity
No matter the situation
Shut the door
C@rainbowchaser2022

Crying into the wind
Screaming into lined pages or computer screens that listen and don't judge
You can reexamine many things but once you are grateful things get lighter and easier
The flashbacks,memories,and nightmares don't leave you they just go away reappearing every now and then
My loyalties and kindness remain constant but in those
silent moments my confidence and caring remain as pure as my heart

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Patch of soft baby blue in a soft heather gray sky
Patch of sky blue in a steel gray sky
Pearl white Herons dot a tree as it sways back and forth
The plane getting ready to soar towards anoher conference destination
Trenchcoat and umbrella at the ready when we land and deplane
Ready for take off in the silvery skies

C@rainbowchaser2022

Disrespect
Clearly and obviously
Wear a mask
Lies to rationalize and for no other reason
Opponents of sanity with no regard for what is right
The violence
The square pegs in round holes and vice versa
Democracy always
Autocracy that needs never to return because it is dangerous and pathetic
Simply a sin
Please don't let your opinion **** another human being
Too many of us said goodbye to loved ones
Just how selfish are you?

C@rainbowchaser2021