The Song Of Truth What is truth? It’s a changing sky, One day clear, The next, cloudy, Holding the blue and grey, 6 3
Full Moon Magic Orange full moon with a half smile, a hanging lantern, lighting the way, through dark streets, 6 6
Where Is Our World Heading? Great scientific minds Working for cures Of terminal diseases, The clock ticks... What is the cure 2 3
Brighten This Journey As I enter my sixty-third year, Fall leaves grace the path I love, With hues of red, Gold and orange. 4 3
Summer Regrets Summer is near it’s end, I regret not visiting my childhood home, near the gulf, where the sunset 5 4
Summer Breeze On a walk, many Brown-Eye Susan line the border, before the woods. Rain clouds move closer as if to give a hug, while 10 6
Cup Of Contentment The misty, night rain, Soaking bare trees, Bringing nourishment. I stand at the window, A steady beat echoes 6
A GOOD LIFE My heart is a good heart, It beats strongly And works hard, To keep me alive. My mind is a good mind, 2 1
Winter's Breeze Dark bulk of a single bird, With red puffed up chest, As winter’s breeze sways his perch 5
Do It With All Your Heart! You may not know what you’ll do next: Hit the open road With your thumb stuck out. Give up all you own 3 2
LIFE Life is like a dream A star studded sky A blink of an eye Oh, how life slips by. Life is like a song 2 2
Awareness In the bright moments My mind is a flame, Melting obstacles, Gaining gifts of wisdom. In the dark moments 3
Count Our Blessings Holiday cheer and laughter, Multicolored lights blink faster, Music of love and good will, Grace the air like snowflakes. Tis the season to be compassionate 4 3
Treasures Of The Day Squirrels with bushy orange tails leap about the deck. Crickets hum, confused that it’s not dark yet. The caw of a blue jay 1
Rolling River Life is but a dream, our fantasies, spill, like liquid tears that pool and vaporize into the air. 2 1
WHY WRITE ? Not sure what to write while the world is on the brink of another war. While others face 3 4
When I Grow Really Old When I grow really old I may have to do yoga Full time, to get out The aches and creaks. When I grow really old 3 2
Shadows On The Wall Memories of my childhood Visit more and more Each day, As ghosts of past relatives Cast their shadows, 2 1
Garden Of Regret The many places I have been And countless faces I have seen, The many tales to be told, Into the universe, they unfold. It’s all a passing show, 6 7
Evening Light Pink hues from the west Filter through Snow covered boughs Leaving, The evening light 4 2
IN THE END The lines in my hand, Were read once, By a gypsy, who Predicated a long life... But with many interruptions. 3 3
When My Heart Rests What is the happiest moment of the When I make someone laugh When I am of use for the good When I show kindness When I hold a hand 4 3
Side by Side Walking on the beach of long ago, the constant roll of the gulf, it’s sound, like a lullaby. 3
Life Goes On Yellow finches Line the bird feeder Against Spring’ s canopy Of green and purple tapestry. Back and forth they go 4 2
HOPE Sitting on the lake shore, Which made my heart soar, The water rippled at times, Swirled into beautiful lines, Clouds reflected in it’s mirror, 2 3
Sunshine Of My Life When you are not here An empty heart full of fear Arises and wonders If I will see you again. What will I do without 4
A New Horizon Pretend there is no tomorrow becau there might not be. Live like there is only this momen that is the truth. Nothing is solid but whispery, 6 4
Lotus Of Peace Just a small part of me wants strife to go away, to return to a kinder time. Am I just losing courage? Life is draining me, 4 3
WALKING Walking on the edge, Between awareness and sleep. Sometimes... I’m in the moment, I feel my body, 2
Shake Of Bones Rolling painted deserts of the west. Shrub bushes dot sloping hillsides. Relentless sun heats up 2 4