Jack on a rainy day,went on his toes
To show his bravery to friends and foes
He sang,danced,hopped,jumped and smiled
He slipped hard,though rarely styled
With back upside and downside with flat nose
There once was a pain dressed in grace,
That quietly hid in my face,
Behind every smile,
It stayed all the while,
And whispered at night from its place.
Spring has sprung,
Fleecies off we have flung,
Blue skies, breezes' balm,
Blossoms drifting do charm,
Sunny days, kind and mild,
Springing--we've all smiled!
This past Summer, it was told-
two wee winged creatures met one day
landing on a flower- brown, and gold.
Sunflower smiled, “That's okay.”
The cute Fairy reached out first
to greet the frightened Dragonfly.
By joining hands, kindness was dispersed!
Sunflower smiled, “My-oh-my!”
You were outraged, although you smiled
You felt that you could hardly care
You see me as an orphan child
Too often, more than you can bear
Say it ain’t so, confute my words
I much prefer them to be wrong
But I just wanted to be heard
Not isolated for so long
This shallow life is getting deep
Truth split in halves, as I have seen
You’re calm and silent, when you sleep
With your remote, beside the screen
I came to kiss you, but you thought
I’ve had enough, and maybe more
Than I deserved, so you have got
A little extra time, what for?
Love might she whisper
her sweet nothings
Love might she wish to ignore
Love might she want to hear me
sing
Love
My Love
the one I adore
Love might the warmth of morning
greet me as I kiss your face
Love endearing and calming
Love
oh Love a sweet embrace
Love our melding
might we be together
Love
oh love
my lovers embrace
Her demeanor mild,
Still a tad wild.
She's such a sweet child..
Beauty and charm well compiled.
She is never riled.
Her demeanor mild.
The angels smiled.
Curls that wouldn’t be styled.
Still a tad wild.
She absolutely beguiled.
Her toys neatly piled.
She's such a sweet child.
Omigosh, she smiled at me
I looked up and unexpectedly
There she was, she smiled at me!
So beautiful, she's sooo lovely
Good thing she couldn't see inside
She may have seen me melt
The way my inner butterflies
Flew around, I felt
Like I was going to fall right there
Fall right there, right off my chair
But instead I just looked down real shy
I didn't want to catch her eye
But that I did, the moment seemed
Like what it did last night, I dreamed
A dream where she did smile at me
And then today, it was to be
-Omigosh, she smiled at me :)
I saw something today I've not seen for a while;
it didn't last long, but nonetheless, it was a smile.
Alzheimer's had hidden that part of you from me,
and yet, suddenly, you smiled, and I got to see.
And I want to believe it was deliberate,
for the meaning behind that smile seemed explicate.
I love my daughter
My God loves her you know
We all have an Absalom
A little in you and me
a little in those we love
And to my dying breath you know
Absalom will be with me
I'm so tired so tired answering questions
Ends with Absalom holding my hand
Away from here at last, tomorrow at last
Today at last you know
We will pick flowers together
in the garden with the Gardener
we will pick up the pieces
and put them back together
not like we tried before, you know
I looked in her direction she smiled
I've seen it before maybe more than once
I woke up and looked in her direction
You know It's all in a dream what can I say
Maybe it will happen again
I saw you that day
Walking at the park
I fell in love I mean before we could even talk...
I smiled
that entire day.
The Love Gods Smiled on Us
I have had a fairy tale life
I met and married the girl
Of my dreams
She came to me
In a dream
In 1974
She was the most beautiful women
In the whole world to me
She spoke to me
In a mysterious language
Then disappeared
Only to return
Weekly
For eight long years
She haunted my dreams
Then one day
When I was in Korea
Where I had gone
To find her
Joining the Peace Corps
Spending three years
Looking for her
The love Gods
Intervened
And she came to life
Walked out of my dreams
Seven weeks later
We became man and wife
That was 40 years ago
Ever since then
Every day I give thanks
To the Gods of Love
For their divine intervention
When they brough this angel
To my life.
I
It's a good day to die
If cancer got you back
Three days ago, I shared bread
With Smiley, a friend's dog
I reminded the youth to water him
Two days in a row, they complied
By this morning, 5 April, Smiley left
Us a legacy of love, loyalty, endurance
II
Many people have played with
D O G and G O D ( in letter? Poor Spirit?)
I had a mongrel in my teens, RAMU:
He proved to be a prince and a joy
I remember as I say GODSPEED Smiley
The children gathered down in front,
All sprawled about without a care.
The preacher gave a homily
While little Susie twirled her hair.
O, to make some moral imprint,
How the preacher tried and tried!
Tommy tracing in the carpet,
Becky, listless, fussed and cried,
Johnny hanging off the lectern,
Billy, underneath the pews.
So it plays out every week as
Little ears receive good news.
Rounding third and losing steam,
With one last chance to bring it home,
"What's the best gift you have gotten?”
Asked the preacher while they roam.
Jimmy says, "A bright red scooter!"
Maggie yells, "big screen TV!"
"Yesterday I got my ears pierced!”
Sally stands for all to see.
"When I got my baby puppy!"
Loudly squealed another child.
"Jesus on the cross for me,"
Said Mary then, and Grandpa smiled.
You said imagine you follow the yellow brick road
So I said that’s if I do what I’m told
You smiled at me, shook your head and said hee
You’re always the comic now aren’t ye
March 16, 2021
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