Days Past
It is funny how only when we’re older we recount timeIt always seems to be only good things, days sublime Stories mother or daddy told us as we sat quietlyListening and taking in every word, eager as could be The...
Silver Linings
Dark clouds pass by and block the sun Causing difficult days for everyone Never feel hopeless or give in to complaining Disturbing times can be compassion training I’ll say this: Take it for what it is worth For a silver...
Life’s Pages
Your best days are the ones you liveWhen you gave all you had to give With No regrets, no looking backThere are no more options on your track As your life passes before your eyesYou see all the happy and...
Life is a window to the Heart❤️
Life is a window looking outOpen it wide; don’t whisper, shout When you find you have nothing to doGet outdoors, change up your view Don’t sit and wishGet out and fish Watch the squirrels as they racePuts a smile on...
She Walked a Trail
The little girl was displacedRegarded as trash, a scorned race The Indian Removal ActAn ugly governmental fact Their ancestral homelandThe government banned West of the Mississippi River, they wentTo the designated area now sent Exposure, disease, and starvation along the...
A Feathers End
Some days, it seems we are a feather in the wind We start out somewhere, never knowing our end Can you gather the scattered feathers nowLong carried by the wind, I don’t see how We cannot recoup the year flow...
First Chill of Fall
The first chill of FallThe wind shifted today and brightened my moodSummers out the back door, ushering new moons I like the first chill of autumn; It heals my inwardPainsBrought on by old age, it passes by like an old...
Blue is just a color
When the roses are in bloom, they wash away my gloom. When the Hummingbird flies Inside my heart, I sigh When the squirrels are chasing tails in the air, racing. I hear the turtle doves COO, It’s a sad little...
A Long Goodbye
Some days, the memories flow On other days, no thoughts will show The mind is such an incredible thing, and yet it can be so fragile The edges of clarity it can bring, then shadows invade for a while The...
Animation Hearts
Her heart bleeds and is now forever brokenbecause too many ugly words you’ve spoken It would be best if you moved on down the roadDon’t look back. That is the dating code The lady gave you many chancesBut your words...