when I was seventeenNot a girl or a woman,somewhere in between The world in front of mePathways to travel and aWide world to see Life was excitingExperiences beckoningAnd inviting I don’t regret the choices I madeAs I think back nowBefore my memories fade I smile inside as I remember this dayAt seventeen, the age I…
Mind Wandering
The feel of the sun on your skinRiding the waves on the open sea some days you wander in your mindto a place you would like to be a time when everything felt rightthe days in which you took delight The thrill of sights that took your breathno amount of money in a treasure chest…
Homes Collection of Love
Home is a collection of things we loveFighting against the odds and rising above A place to hang all kinds of hatsVisiting neighbors starting up chats Watching children playing in the yardA time when life was rarely hard Home is the place you can always goWhen anxieties enter and cold winds blow The home is…
Because Love Never Fails
life is only happy when you have something to loveI think we were made that way by our God above Money is temporary, a fleeting value for gathering thingsIt can never bring happiness to the heart unseen When you have a wagonload of friends and familytrue love and contentment are a more expansive sea When…
56 Chevy
I will not cry, I will not crumbleYears rolled past. Life gives us tumbles Youth on our side, but we never realizedThe Life that we lived was the best prize Rushing through dishes, then to Friday night datesHeaded to West Buffalo Road to pull on roller skates You could hear the music blaring a mile…
Escape
She could see the fog as it was billowing forth The wind had whipped through her; it came in from the north The smell of salt in the water acrid to her noseThe feel of the water spray dripping down to her toes Standing on the deck headed for the gatewayReturning from the boat now…
The Doldrums
The “doldrums” is a popular nautical term that refers to the belt around the Earth near the equator where sailing ships sometimes get stuck on windless winds. The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is known to sailors worldwide as the doldrums. For us, it can be a period of inactivity or depression Maybe an illness or occasional life…
Mo Kree My Heart
Irish Mo chroí (moh Kree)– translated meansmy heartFrom the first breath, each had a unique start So many personalities, yet the heart beats as oneI will never stop loving them until my life is done The ups and downsSmiles and frowns Those Happy days made years fly byeI never contemplated old age; signs My heart…
From the Blackjack Tree
I saw it from the blackjack treeMy big sister is getting her spanking justbefore me I shimmied up that tall blackjackThinking I was off my daddy’s pain track I will admit all three sisters were guiltyOf the crime We were too busy at the creekhaving a good time When daddy came home and saw our…
Absence
It takes time for a broken heart to healSo many emotions inside you can’t reveal You make your face an upturned smileLeaving sadness on the shelf for awhile The heart is desperate. That’s trueIt’s a fight to control my thinking of you Life always carries the saying, “it’s not fair.”It is hard to accept you…