Rain Drops
When the rain is fallingThe sapling starts calling Please give me a little drinkMy roots are dry, so I think I’ll dry up and blow awayIf you don’t visit me today I need your gentle raindropsSo I can produce abundant...
Hillside Paintbrush
There was a time and place many moons agoWhen in youth, we traveled down a country road Across the pasture on old docs’ landDirty-faced children with cousins, we would band Youth on our side was all we would needOur imagination...
Do not tire out
Do not give up, do not tire outTurn the corner and take a different route Things will change for good in a little whileThere is no way for you to turn up the dial Life will come to be just...
Motherhood
Loving your child is unconditionalimperfections and all The days of their youth storedIn your upstairs memory doors Memories of picnics and lazy daysGlad you took the time to play The way she held her headThe smile she has makes it...
Calm Seas Ahead
Some days the seas we sail are rough We question at the time if we’ll be tough enough The strength will have to come from inside The oceans deep, there’s no place to hide There’s pitching and pounding; you can...
Grandad Was
I never had my heart stolen by anyone so grandas when I was three and discovered my sweet granddad my memories only go back to when I was threeIt was my first real memory that, to this day, I could...
Reset
It’s the words not spoken out loudlingering in the air like a dark cloud It seems silence is deafeningwaiting for, peace to bring It is like a train stopped on a trackit will only go forward or back there is...
Natures Highway
Natures bywaysnot cement highways Its flowering plantsmarching army ants squirrels racingplaying, chasing mocking birds talkingslow turtles walking ducklings following in a rowfollow mama where she goes Owls that hoot in the nightsearching eyes flashing bright trees branches swayingnatures symphony playing...
Life’s Miles
Lifes miles are years in the making.sound, voices, patterns, relationships making sometimes it’s a simple thing; it doesn’t take much to inventyou’re never questioning why because you’re living in the moment, You are caught up in taking in life,dealing with...
Broken
There is unexplored anguish at my doorMy mind says stay away, but my heartwants to know more You inwardly try to sort feelings outBut inside, you desire to scream andshout The deception felt is on yourselfWhen callous words Got off...