A Pure Love Lately, a sadness pervades, I mourn for youth, perhaps passion of younger days. With age, some of that passion 5 9
Surrender Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change. 2 2
Shooting Star In the blink of an eye It’s a different scene On the big movie screen So easy to get absorbed In the story line of time. 2 1
THE DIVE The dance of fear, Of not being enough, Stops and starts. The unknown, an Uncharted sea, 3 2
Mountain Top Photos are all I have At times, Of smiling familiar faces, My family spread out. I would travel often 10 2
A Better Life Driving through the small towns of America, children of all colors playing in the streets, some with tattered clothes 3
She Arises Her smile was like gold, Her lines were often bold, Her stories of wisdom told, In books that are now sold. She has left the earth, 2 3
The Gate Time is going by fast, Trying not to live in the past, To keep priorities straight And not falter at the gate. To join the universal goal 2 6
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
Winter's Breeze Dark bulk of a single bird, With red puffed up chest, As winter’s breeze sways his perch 5
A Private Club Birds flying here and there, landing on branches to chirp and bare, their heart. A private club among the trees with their own private code. 4 2
Summer Regrets Summer is near it’s end, I regret not visiting my childhood home, near the gulf, where the sunset 4 3
Firefly Firefly shine your light, Brighten my life, Lead the way, through The meadows, in my mind. Firefly, float so high, 3 3
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
Be With All Things Soft gray clouds pass slowly by, Soon they will release a gift of r Trees are shedding their leaves As they turn red, orange and yello Signaling the squirrels to collect 2 1
This Is The America I know This is the America I know: A sea of white, black, red, yellow And brown faces, Strong minds and voices Raised to the sun, 6 4
WALKING Walking on the edge, Between awareness and sleep. Sometimes... I’m in the moment, I feel my body, 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 1
Be At Peace This evening the blank, white page is open. My nerves are on edge, while a storm forms on the horizon. 10 7
PERHAPS Perhaps it is the mind separating things into this and that. Perhaps it is the mind with it’s preferences 1 1
Red Cloak Red cardinal dancing On white snow, How regal you appear With your cloak of red, How it cheers my heart 4 2
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
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
One Thing At A Time Unable to be all things For all people, Perhaps at one time, I tried. Those days are 9 6
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 2 1
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
IT'S A GAMBLE Life is not fair at times... But of course things Change quickly down the line, We are born into a No guarantee world. 10 7
The Bird Feeder The birds flock to the bird feeder, some with black, capped heads and others with 10 5