For Mom*

Is there a way I might convey
The depth of my resolve
To be the best that I can be
In hopes I make you proud

I want to have you understand
The luck I feel today
To have your love and laughter
To help me find my way

Your road has been a bumpy one
No envy of your trials
And yet you still laugh at yourself
A gift to me, your child

From all of us who love you so
We thank you for the love you give
And something else you ought to know
We thank you for the lives we live

The Journey*

I can't imagine not knowing you
Not spending time
Growing old with you

Can't see myself in our happy home
Being by myself
Going on alone

The years with you, filling up my time
Have been precious years
With you on my mind

If I were to change our journey here
I would add more time
Time to have you near

It's been all I could have asked of life
To be loved by you
And to be your wife

Give me lots more days
Weeks and years to spend
Growing old with you
Til our journeys end

Whats it all about?*

Although I have authored all of the poems here, even I have favorites.  Some speak louder than others.  The meter or rhythm suit me better.  Some wrote themselves, sometimes so quickly I could barely write fast enough to capture them.  One that I felt was perfect managed to get deleted twice before it was saved in its final form.  Some stand exactly as they arrived while others have been tweaked and edited.  Some I love, many are barely adequate.  But they all meant something to me when they appeared.

A friend asked if I thought I might be an avatar for some long dead poet because the poems were coming so fast and complete.  My answer was and is, no.  These are mine, my pain, my grief, my joy, my comfort.  My therapy.

I hope they connect with you.  I have many more to post and will continue adding them weekly.  I must admit, I haven't posted my own favorites yet.   I would love to hear which poem strikes a chord with you.  I find it fascinating.  Thank you for letting me share my passion.  It means the world to me.

A Silly Song*

I want a rambling silly song
To make its random silly way
Into my head when I become
Lonesome for a better day

I want a rambling silly song
To keep me on a winding path
One not too straight or serious
To smile or hum or laugh

And with this rambling silliness
A chance to sing off key
I can't please all the other folk
Unless I'm pleasing me

I do not seek a selfish life
Oh no, no, that's not it
I just prefer a silly song
While I'm living it

To K*

Drinking in the taste of you
The warmth of breath upon my face
The tingling that I feel inside
The circle of your strong embrace

The certainty that I belong
In this life that we two share
The happiness that fills my heart
Knowing that you're always there

This never was a passing fling
The kind that are so quickly past
This is a love to last a life
This is our love, a love to last

Before*

Before the promises not kept
Before the deeds still left undone
Come creeping back to steal my time
I seek a place to be alone

A place to while away some hours
To quiet all the outer noise
A place that's still and calm and sweet
To listen to my inner voice

And when this time comes to an end
I'll hold the memory of that voice
Embrace this crazy life I lead
Remembering I made the choice

Resolve*

Where the meadow falls away
My cluttered mind can come to rest
And hide from distant voices pleas
To find some peaceful thoughts at last

I turn from all my harried thoughts
To seek a quieter retreat
One that brings me calm resolve
A calmer place to ease my fears

And with this quiet calm resolve
My fears and tears retreat at last
To show me I am not alone
And guide me back to love and home