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Raindrops and Tears

  The day is sober The cloud cover is low The beautiful sun Today will not show Its welcoming face To the people of earth Unaware of its power Unaware of its worth It hides behind skies Thickened and white This overcast day Feels as dark as night When new hope In the gloominess appears… Read More Raindrops and Tears

Words Matter

  Words matter little When little is heard Heard but a moment Are forgotten words Words brought to life By the magic of song Become catchy lyrics Living on and on Words of wisdom Are few and far between But pearls exist To teach what life means Words matter most When heard and understood Written… Read More Words Matter

Deepest of Roots

Sometimes fate Is hard to bear When life grows heavy And seems unfair But roots run deep When left to grow Hidden anchors Hard at work below Sending nutrients From the ground Up to the branches Where fruit abounds The branches bend Under the weight Fruit is picked The tree fulfills its fate Feeding the… Read More Deepest of Roots

School Bus

Big, yellow, and loud It rumbles by A busload of kids Along for the ride Inside is louder Than the clunky machine With chatter of children And bullies being mean Leftovers from lunch Are flung through the air As the bus driver yells Billy pulls Jenny’s hair Backpacks are searched Love notes are passed Liz… Read More School Bus

Book of Life

We each have a story A story to tell As the story unfolds Will it end well? Is it a mystery Day after day Full of secrets We’ve packed away How about romance A steamy affair Falling in love Is our story to share If it’s a thriller With twists and turns The correct move… Read More Book of Life

Chase the Dark

Dreams chase the dark Out of the night With help from moonbeams Mixed with starlight Bringing possibility, Imagination and fun A world of wonder That’s only begun Never following rules Of time or space With plots so strange Seemingly, out of place Dreams chase the dark Out of the night And fuel creativity To share… Read More Chase the Dark

Dirty Secret

The dirt has a secret A dirty secret to tell Ever since the leaves On the dirty secret fell To protect the secret Where it now slept Hiding in dirt Under a sky that wept Down on the secret It covered leaves with ice Until that spring day The weather turned nice Forcing the dirty… Read More Dirty Secret

A Hand

Some are hurting And in need of a friend That person in life Whom they can depend To extend a hand Though they may not take it Choosing to push past Annoyed and jaded By all of the times They needed someone Only to reach out And see their help run Smaller and smaller A… Read More A Hand

Hallowed Ground

It began unnoticed A speck unseen And grew much larger Wider and green Obvious patches Had soon overgrown Draped as cloaks On stone after stone Until the sunlight Came shining down To burn away Nature’s burial shrouds On the souls asleep In Hallowed Ground

Peace and Unease

They spoke to each other Melodic and jittery But the words they sang Remained a mystery A mystery I wished To keep as that A thing of wonder Notes pitchy and flat Matching the beat Deep inside of me A steady ebb and flow Peace and Unease Fed by the same air That songbirds breathe