Right Now
In the morning sun, when your shadow is long, I see how you’re growing, healthy and strong, and how you will be so tall someday and what a joy it will be to watch you play. And when it is … Continued
Not Just Nice
Oh, let me not be like today,sunshine spread across my face,but with a heart as cold as ice.Let me be loving, not just nice.
Happy Birthday, Daughter
I just haven’t been myself this year.I can’t think like I used to.It’s true, I haven’t been just myself.My precious daughter has been here,filling my arms,making me think of someoneother than myself.She entered the world in the middle of the … Continued
Elbows
Love is like a back massagewith the elbows strong, involvedpushing into muscles hardand you say it hurts, but good.
Her Brother
When she jumped to save her brother,she wasn’t thinking about how he shouldn’t have gotten so closeor the pros and cons of guardrailsor the temperature of the water.When she jumped to save her brother, she only thought of her brother.
Savory
Every sweet thing can be wrapped in red and every sweet word can fit on a card but better than sweet is savory like a promise to do what is hard.
Love Is Like the Thread
If it’s true that fools rush in, I’d rush for you all over again. It seems that rushing’s always been a way of life for us. But between the many road trips without time for scenic exits and the passports, … Continued
She Waits For Love
She waits for love like Valentine’s Day,but even on that day it doesn’t rise.Instead, like every day he waits for her.And neither will see through the other’s eyes.
Boundaries
“A love that knows no boundaries.”It sounds so good in theory.But I’ve read a woman’s tears,and so I’m skeptical. I’m leery.I see no one can love anotherwithout loving his own self.It’s just that, lacking boundaries,love’s selfishness excelsand overcomes intentionsand turns … Continued