Been there and done that
Highly sensitive person in progress
Know the difference between worrying and caring
I am the latter
Real human Care Bear
Life lessons learned and still evolving
When learning stops you are over and done
Learned that liking me is more important than what others think
Doing good in this world and wanting to do the very best one can is fine
If you don't like it and are selfish and cruel
Don't let the door hit you as it closes

C@rainbowchaser2021

Kept my word to myself
The dream came true
Need to redirect for the next challenge
If that is possible
The voices still rear their messages
Silencing them is always a chore
No excuses just not ready for whst is next
Writers always have doubts
Is this all there is?

C@rainbowchaser2019

Walk it
Run it
Drive it
Quickly
Speedily
Dreamily
See it with different eyes
Embrace what you remember
Open your heart and mind for what may come your way
Down that road again
Down that road again
Dont take me down that road again
I know where I am going and where I have been
Just wanted you to let me in
Hoped to follow a  different bend
Don't take me down tbat road again

(Song lyrics?)

C@rainbowchaser2024

Just one look
That smile
The style
The low key swagger.
What a sandwich for a female Colon Firth and Patrick Demsey ,delicious.
When dawn came I was happily in your arms
Dream baby
c@rainbowchaser2021

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

Crying in the night
No tears just bad dreams that awaken partners
Better that you wake and not remember
Even though deep down and inside you do
For you accidentally hit your partner in your sleep
Sometimes you don't let go
You just keep it in a place that only comes to light in your dreams or nightmares
Pleasant dreams

C@rainbowchaser2021

Memories are lovely but can’t live in them
There is magic around if your heart is open and your mind wide
When readers react to your work regardless of origin and they are taken by it
Dreams long forgotten come true
When I say I am a writer
The eight year old me remembers all the old notebooks she still owns
I have taken  my own breath away when I say I am a writer
Some dreams come true when you don’t expect them to happen
Later than expected but happening now
Still don’t believe it

Need to visit Alaska
Visit you and see you soaring so high
Wish I could fly with you and view the world from your perspective
Flying High
Soaring splendidly
Hope to visit you
Until then go flying high and know I am watching with glory

5am and the words woke me
Similes and metaphors
Partial ideas and new twists
It happens now and then
Record some and write other things down
This has been going on for years but more often now
I guess I really am a poet and a writer

Respect creatures great and small
You are not above all,
You are part of them.
A geeat community called Earth
Care and kindness go a very long way
Many song lyrics have their cliches, but this time
Reaching out to the hearts and minds out there
No matter what you can do to walk with Mother Nature and the planet
Please do it
The cost outweighs so much more
Can you imagine never seeing a monarch butterfly again?
Sorry that is not happening
Make the changes so Earth Day is everyday

Kiss and cry yesterday goodbye
It always reminds you like Monarch and other butterflies near you
You deal and move forward but you never really let go
You always remember
Easier said than done

C@rainbowchaser2023

You pay your dues
Some still owe
You know what payback can be
One day at a time even that feels like months and years
Perhaps with a different tune or melody
You accept what you can't change
We can write volumes on that alone
Knowing change will be a constant companion
Even though it is it your nature, you must put yourself first
Without this,you are no help or good to anybody else
Still learnng that
work in progress
Being yourself is more than okay
To the Princes and Princesses out there we will let go of those that wish to rearrange the status quo for those unlike them
Those in your corner will cheer you on and it goes two ways.
One way streets are dead ends
It has taken time for this easier spirit to emerge but she has

C@rainbowchaser2022

Effort and work pay off
Not when you expect or want it
If you can make it look easy than bully for you
You are more talented than most or figured out just how and want to do effortlessly
The office said Goodbye and Good lock to a Blonde Adonis running for the elevator
They welcomed a quiet young man all a glow for his first job
He could write and the other just looked good on camera
Easier than it seems

C@rainbowchaser2021

Lemons
Honeys
Curry
Saffron
Tumeric
Sahara
All these yellows peppered into greens
Autumnal spice rack

C@rainbowchaser2029

Just enjoy it all
No fuss no muss
No awards though they are nice
Concentrate on what makes your heart happy
Singing in the car
Laughing at a memory
Savoring the greatest dessert of
all
Love
Easy and the pleasure is that enjoying it strengthens you more than you will ever know
Easy
Facil mis amigos

C@rainowchaser2021

She listened intently as he spoke
He lamented about all the children around him
He was related to all of them
He was not their father and he was reminded of what could  have been
Did not want to be there  but the otner seats were taken
Others were at the pool
Her eyes seemed if tears would burst but she nodded for she heard this before
Others there were also family
They knew about it and that adoption never happened
Seems a couple who were the birth parents found out that they were from a different religion so it was rescinded
That stopped them from adopting
Technology now might have given them the child they wanted
Saw her later and hugged her goodbye as well as him
We are family and they are happlily married for many years
No fault of either ,this unfortunately happens to those deserving
Eavesdrop not intended

The eyes of the blind
The ears of the deaf
The joy of those mourning
The memories of the dead
The laughter in tears
The brightness ina pitch black
Room
Animals laughing at human foibles and follies
Echoes in the wind

C@rainbowchaser2021

She played favorites
Breaking a heart that would never heal
That heart sought writing as comfort and befriended it forever
Forgiving and forgetting live on the same plane
Something as precious as acceptance and care would go a very long way
That never happened and it made life intolerable when it never should have been
The greatest pain is to accept it so life as one would like to enjoy it can go on
The echoes come and go but happiness won even though she never accepted that
Despite every effort and still at the strangest of moments the pain still echoes but more quietly
Maybe that is the best way to move forward and on

C@Rainbowchaser2020

The wonder
The journey
The pathos
Knowing
Absorbing
The release.
Eclipse

Your words are your song
They rest on the moon
To some its done off key but you sing it loud and proud
Some in the car and some in tbe shower
They never lose their power
Look to the sky
Deep in your heart
Examine the stars
Eclipse

Hatched
Latched
Matched
Dispatched
HLMD ED

C@rainbowchaser2023

Walking around Vak-Kil
Your advice and words remind us that the purpose of life is to experience it
Taste it
Enjoy it
Savor it all
When FDR was still living and after
The walls echo of the great and small you entertained there
Many photos and feeling as if your spirit is there even now and forever more
You were almost President for you filled the role at a time it was not accepted
Wonder what advice you would have for Vice President Harris today?
As we left your gravesite at Hyde Park, you left an impact
Eleanor.

All of the books written about you and those you authored still amaze a person who lives in a different time and place

Thanks,Eleanor

C@rainbowchaser2024

Angels CD arrived today
So excited about last night
Musical and writing chemistry like a new planet
What fun watching
Now to listen to the CD
Been awhile since I bought one
This is well worth the wait

Edit
Diet
Tied
Tried
Will fill it with great care
Empty
C@rainbowchaser2023

The muses are there
Happily, there is something to write with on call
Letting go isn't easy
Like any process, you have to get there
No instructions or rules
Death leaves you in a void and then you just appreciate who you had
Not just what you lost
Their impact and the stories they told and shared
See it all about the stories just told in different ways
Learning lessons from them is quite something different for everybody
Right now, it is empty


C@rainbowchaser2021

Five letters
What an incredible and meaningful greeting
Positive, joyful, and hopeful.
No ending just upbeat and impactful
So enjoy!
Enjoy until we meet again

C#rainbowchaser2021

Five letters
What an incredible greeting
Positive, hopeful and joyful
No ending just upbeat and impactful

C2rainbowchaser@2021

In the quiet
In the stillness
Sun rising and shining
Being grateful and appreciative
Sometimes even that is not enough
But if your are Thankful for another day to try again
Another chance to love your family and friends
Another chance to contribute to the world making it better
Bright
Enjoy your day because you earned it

C@Rainbowchaser2023

In the quiet
In the stillness
Sun rising and shining
Being grateful and appreciative
Sometimes even that is not enough
But if you are thankful for another day to try again
Another chance to love your family and friends
Another chance to contribute to the world making it better
and brighter
Enjoy your day because you earned it

C@Rainbowchaser2023

Liar
Felon
Narcissist
Money Mogul
Time to rid ourselves of this mistake
Children are starving
Medicaid can't help those in need
Why are the rich and well connected so cruel?
Are all politicians ruthless and untrustworthy?
Enough
Quid
Pro
Quo

Carng never an issue
Kindness,wear it on my sleeve
Have had enough of Private Bone Spurs and his cast of very unfortunate characters
Trying to live in a positive light in a wotld that needs improvement,joy,and laughter
That said,had enough and will contribute to making a difference in a world I don't recognize at this.moment
No military parades for a guilty and pathetic wanna be ruler
Haven't got time for this charade and the past is over
Enough

All Princes and Princesses please stay clear
No matter where you are
No matter your background
Hedonists too
Some appreciate everything they have and are incredibly grateful
Those who live in Lala in their minds
While others  help people and animals
You  are only  concerned about serving red or white over tbe weekend
As you sit by a pool in your gated community as you await your cleaning services arrival
Why are you so entitled?
Most of us worked hard for what we have and help others and organizations because we care
Why are you so entitled?

C@rainbowchaser2022

Were you born with a silver or golden spoon in your mouth?
Are you of Royal Blood or Superior DNA?
Even if you are well connected
You should have to earn what you get and deserve to get it.
Working hard and achieving even when you get knocked down
You stand up and go for it again
Believing
Trying
Then Achieving
Whether it is one moment in time or many.
Entitled, I think not.
Deserving, perhaps.

C@rainbowchaser2023

Lying for attention and loneliness is a horrible thing
It is a habit that should never start but is easy to copy
Very well be the beginning of the mental illness and ask for help if it is
Keep it in your head if need be
Erase it from your heart
Use your creativity if you call it that for other things
Hurting yourself and looking like a fool isn't worth the pain and destruction of a soul
You should be liked for yourself not for the stories you create
Be yourself and erase them

C@rainbowchaser2023

I am different
Deal with it
Sensitivity personified
My heart is on my sleeve and has been stepped on but comes back more resilient every single time
Wear it proudly
My tears are cried in private
My kindness and goodness are part of who I AM
Pardon me if it defines me
There is too much pain and ignorance in this world
As a writer, I do my part and usually quietly
Believe what you will
Religion and politics are not topics to discuss or write about for me Several men and women should wear orange jumpsuits and one's last name is Green
They live in the past and even if I could I would make them disappear
They are entitled to their beliefs but not on my time
Even if I could

C@rainbowhaser2023

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

How can it happen?
You start your life and there before your eyes he stands
Just like that 42 years has passed since we met
We celebrate that meeting for it is a great gift that endures and gives
We have been threw it all and even now that young couple made it
threw the rain and the storms
The thunder and lightning
The Hellos and Goodbyes
They said we wouldn't make it and we proved them so wrong
Not the day we married but this wonder of wonder days
Just when you stop looking love finds a way to you
Thanks for loving me and being my best friend
You are truly the greatest treasure in my life
Once in a lifetime love
I love you even more

C@rainbowchaser2021

The world is splitting
How painful and scary
History repeats itself and they don't accept or acknowledge it
One country,one people,people,
In my heart United forever dropping politics and religion
Least this writer believes that
Losing two great friends and a parent
STANDING taller and stronger in their memories and for myself
I love  you baby even more
MY greatest treasure and gift that keeps sharing
Even more

C@rainbowchaser2022

When Mother Nature dazzles us with her children and vistas
Reminds us that she is gracious and notbe be abused or messed with
When you are lived beyond neasure and continue to climb a rung  as you venture forward.
Something reminds you that your heart never completely minded from what was and what is
Even now as you venture wanting to do good in tne world
Even now you are still unsure because you never stop learning
It is a process and as it should be

C@rainbowchaser202o

Never expected you to come into my life
Not the expecting type, more like  the accepting type
We were not looking but we found each other on September 14,1979
Sharing dreams on the Belt Parkway
Many have come true and look forward to more
New York City sprinkled magic around us
Gently and quietly something special started
Everything just fell into place nicely and easily
Stars sparkled and realigned
You understand me better than I do myself
You still do
We jumped hurdles and healed broken hearts
Still working on those in progress
No matter what,no matter when,where,no matter who
No matter
We climb mountains slowly and steadily
Every moment for the rest of our days
Whispers and hugs will calm the tears in the middle of the night
It always ends up better and alright
Everyday is Valentine’s Day because you are my best friend and love of my life
No greater gift, my love.

C@rainbowchaser 2021

The walking wounded
Don't exceed your respect
We walk on by with
our heads held high
probably because our shoulders are doing their best to keep us together
Be thoughtful and kind
A smile and  a hug go a very long way
Please remember that sometimes reaching out helps you more than the person you gave your time to
How fragile we are!
Appreciate every moment

c@rainbowchaser2019

You can visit yesterday but don't dwell on it
Leave it as it is and move forward
Learn from it as you do your mistakes
Enjoying yourself has to become a priority
It's not selfish,it's selfless
Makes you better for others that matter
Makes you a better human being
You know what you need and want
If you are still searching
Looking for something more
Enjoy the journey at every turn

Making them is not fun
Sometimes necessary because feelings should not be trampled upon
Many have a truckload ready
Just once the truth but even that is private and better left unsaid
Even if the truth is none by the other party
Talk about nothing
Examine your heart and your mind
They need to be separated in situations such as this
Remember that writers especially Poets are sensitive souls
This stuff that would not even cross your mind keeps them up at night
In the wee hours of the morning some are prolific or are trying to be
Too many excuses are a waste of time and energy
Excuse yourself when necessary

C@rainbowchaser2020

You threw it to the wind
Gusts of regret and unfinished business  
You are good enough to live your life
Muddling through is never satisfying  
The mannequin way of the going with the flow just doesn't suit you  
You are a Maverick and that  is just fine
You fell in love and learned to love yourself as well
It's your mind to change
Aren't you tired of standing still  with shoe prints all over you?
Excuses be gone
Carry on

C@Rainbowchaser2018

Say goodbye to what was
Remember but put it in its place
Accept what is
May your dreams come true
Enjoy each day to the maximum
Even if is a small thing
Make the most of it
Regrets keep you in the past
Hopes and plans move you forward
You may not want to let go of yesterday
But you won’t get to today or tomorrow if you don’t
Say goodbye and remember
File them away
Let it go and go with the flow
May your dreams and hopes come true
Enjoy each day to the maximum
Don’t accept anything less
Expect nothing and be grateful if the stars shine brightly above you

Not orchestrated
Sometimes impromptu
Off the cuff, but not usually
The impulse has been with me for as long as I can remrmber
Hence keyboard ,writing instrument,and paper akways nearby

At the ready
For to be the writer I dreaned
of being
Extemporaneously or not
The old school white or yellow legal pad seems to stare at me
Until I grab for a pen and write
Or it grabs at me
C@rainbowchaser2023

Editing is not just for writing
It is for speaking
It is for dignity, honor, and respect
It is for being human
Say what you want but watch how and where you say it
Social media has hurt people
Words hurt people even though we try our best
Sometimes that isn't even enough
Extreme care
Every where
Please don't make promises you can't keep

C@rainbowchaser2021

Friends you have yet to meet
Yet, they know you and return to see you
Glad you don't call them fans
Fans short for fanatics, they are not
These are voices in your head that should be silenced
The are stomping on your soul and your dreams
It's a lot more than it seems
Along with applause, cheers and screams
Those faces in the dark will always be your spark

C@rainbowchaser2021