Let’s go sailingmaybe whaling on the oceanwater motion There’s no highwayTo get in our way the breeze blows us therewe can float anywhere let’s go sailingWith sunshine trailing white mast flying highas we quickly sail by

Some days you’ll dig way deep downInside your soul for courage found Simmering just below the surfaceYou keep it under control, it still emerges Maybe you should let it outLet it roar and let it shout The longer it’s left to simmer and boilIf it erupts there will be trouble and...

Sister Marilyn Stars holding my handMy diapers sagging and my feet are in the sand Just three sisters all with curly topsScrunched up smiles that never seem to stop Just another lazy summer dayThree little sisters went out to play Mother snaps a picture of her daughters threeSherryl, Marilyn Star, and...

For James Push me around once again Until I’ve had enough and I say when Dancing delights  giggles invite Just a little bit of fun To encourage everyone Merry go round  a swishing sound Children run alongside Holding the handles as they glide Just one more ride around Your turn to...

Some days the memories flow Other days no thoughts will show The mind is such an awesome thing and yet, can be so fragile The edges of clarity it can bring, then shadows invade for awhile The days and weeks seem to fly right by So many happy days that turn...

There was a time back whenA bunch of older gentlemen Sat together on an old town benchClose as can be within an inch Telling tales, they could rememberOf former times when they were younger Maybe the time they caught the biggest fishCausing the other two to sit and wish For former...

Aging will one day find its end starting over when the real life begins That day when old becomes young A time when only happy songs are sung Many years pass to bring on old age life begins a frustrating stage Life rolls along Bringing sadness to the song once beautiful...

It was a cool late November day, as usual, mama loaded us all up, we got on our way I couldn’t tell you the conversation about any past trips, but that day something happened that I never forget Of all things, my mom had entered a drawing at a grocery store...