She was really creative

just like me

But the sparkle in her eyes was hard to see

It was obvious she wanted to follow her dreams

But she told me, dear life is not what it seems

How am I supposed to become this star?

I am not you, I can only go so far.

I put my head in my hands because I felt her despair

as an afterthought I didn’t want my actions to give her a scare

I changed my stance,

I gave her a glass and I told her

LOOK, this is as FULL as YOU

You are filled with a vital substance too!

I came from nothing, did you know that?

No you didn’t because I do not disclose the facts.

The BIGGEST fact is what I will tell you now,

is that YOU are ME,

we are one somehow.

You are the voice that told me no

but something stronger told me

GO

You are right this life is not always what it seems

which is what propelled me to chase and capture my dreams!

I've big plans with this little mirror
Reflecting sunlight back to the Dog Star
Nebula
A tap on an unknown door just to say
hello , a message in simple code that
intelligent life should obviously know
I'll wait till tonight from my hilltop vantage
for an answer hurtling through the heavens from my
newfound acquaintances*  ...

You look like one big freckle
The way that you are covered
From your head down to your toes
One end to the other

In the tint, shade, and color
Blending perfectly
Pink in pigmentation
All points in between

You look like you're from Florida
Sporting the finest tan
With not an inch of acreage left
In epidermis land

If freckles told a story
In all their sun drenched glory
You would be the greatest read
Of that you have no worries

As I stand firmly on the edge of the abyss
Knowing full well it has come down to this
Take a step forward, over the line
Falling forever into the recesses of time

And yet as I fall, hurtling through space,
I see threads past and present fall into place.
Wings slowly emerge as I shift focus again
And follow the threads through worlds unending

Passing by stars like a bird in mid flight
As imagination and I with strange worlds collide
Bringing to tip the entire galaxies scale
Stripping all of it bare as I pull back the veil

And yet further it expands, limitless, unbound.
Edging just from my grasp and falling around
My body, just a slip of flesh
Curled in ephemeral folds of a space time mesh

Just as quickly as it started I am back in a flash
Standing where I once stood on the abyss's edge
With the flexing of muscle and the spreading of wings
I fall into face forward to do it all over again

i dreamed of you again last night
you may wonder how i know
the fact my pillow was soaked with tears
in the morning when i awoke

i dreamed of you again last night
what number does that make
not sure that i can count that high
or even dare to say

i dreamed of you again last night
like you weren't even gone
like the accident never happened
like the kids still had their mom

i dreamed of you again last night
and if you must know the truth
i can tell by our kids pillows
that they dream of you too

The rich crimson blood that pours from your veins,
like garnet;
sweet tints of ruby and rose.

You were a thorned rose; placed onto a rotting grave,
who made even death;
seem beautiful with *grace.

As my friends and enemy's gathered round my death bed
For the reading of my last will and testament

Excited with the prospect of what I have left
As my lawyer clears his throat, this is what he says

To Bob I leave all of my misery
He can use it when he needs company

To Sue I leave behind all of my regrets
If I live much longer I'm sure I can add to the list

And for Darren I've packed up all of my weakness
I hope you have the strength for them, as God is my witness

By now to say the least I'm sure some of you are shocked
But don't worry I'm leaving behind much more than that

Jamie for you I'm leaving my selfishness
That might be in itself my last selfish act

And Cindy here's my envy when it's all done and said
I bet you'll be wishing you had Sue's regret

Jerry to you I leave my jealousy
After all you always wanted it much more than me

I never got around to adding procrastination to the list
Guess you can all share when it comes to this

As my lawyer came to the end of the very last page
And all my friends and enemy's turned to walk away

I spoke my last words saying there's one thing I can't leave
As I'll be taking all of my happiness with me...