I think love is
the only Complete --
needing nothing else;
love of health
love of wealth (within reason)
love of loved ones
including self
in fact, all of love
could not fit on a shelf
nor a continent
even a sea
let loose, would over fill a
world out into vast outer space
with free reign would need a universe
Love's inherent capacity for infinite
caring and grace....
Don't destroy my beautiful day
The Azaleas are blooming, the chipmunks play
The roses unique, the hydrangea white
From the west comes an unusual clear, pure, light.
Mr. Atta, don't destroy my life and my day
Holy war drives you, ideals can't betray
But after work in the World Trade, 93rd floor
I was planning to surf off the Jersey shore.
Putin don't ruin my beautiful day
The fields are green, the sky a pearl gray
A missile hits a target, the target's my home
All I really asked was to be left alone
Sci-Rebels please don't glue yourself to the floor
The planet won't mend, but your hand will get sore
Whatever the cause, within reason please stay
So the rest of us can enjoy this beautiful day.
Please don't destroy my beautiful day
The sunrise is amazing across Casco bay
The sailboats come in, wheeling sea gulls cry
And though beauty must end, and humans must die
Don't be part of the problem, a runaway train
No peace for mankind when the fire's in your brain.
your love keeps me
aint no shame about it
I know it's real
Don't have to compromise
about our priorities
it's you and me
Baby you how I feel
speaking about love
The precious kind
that one in a million
that one which
is hard to find
I'm more than blessed
It's that kinda song
you know the words
Baby sing along
Your love makes me say
I'll promise you
I'll marry you
within reason
aint much
I won't do
you keep me Happy
You keep me satisfied
it seems to me
we're the best
for your love
I can't be second
best
my first and only
woman I have loved
when it come to us
Your who I'm thinking of
You can refer whatever I am
writing to whoever want to.
.once within reason
prices became out of site
money disappeared
only stupid people
will have many stupid thoughts
being stupid things
the vilest person
that has ever existed
became a moron
had been condemning
while constantly complaining
always criticizing
is hostile and mean
a marjorie taylor green
create quite a scene
wretched human being
stories with lies is singing
much trouble bringing
became worse and worse
when he would rehearse a curse
which we did disperse
whole world was his own
lying and cheating had been prone
name is caste in stone
he would have a thirst
for what was worst of the worst
often he had cursed
often he had curst
I love you little bluebird, I'll do anything for you
Well of course, within reason, but my statement still rings true
I love you with a love that goes beyond the universe
Into the farthest regions beyond the planet Earth
And there that loves sits idle until the day may come
Where it can show its glory, to you my only one
But right now in the meantime, if you don't mind my dear
I'll write you lovely poems to read while we are here
A hypnotist within reason;
Charading as an apostle;
Crooning carefully along
Tablature of the mind.
A realism portrait,
In a landscape, never entered;
Like Moses, and the Promised Land;
A symphony never finished.
Always rehearsed.
We have won the lottery, but we do not want to spoil you
Mamma Sandwich said to her daughter, eight-year-old Lou.
Your papa says we will buy you one thing that you want badly.
If it is within reason, and our budget, we will do it gladly.
A bus full of books is what I want answered little Lou.
Nonfiction, fiction, joke books, and Spanish books too.
Books! Not video games or a couple of trampolines?
No, Lou replied. I want none of those banal boring things.
Her father the professor bought out a library’s shelves at eight.
They brought them home in a school bus. Lou yelled out “great!”
Mom said, “I hope she wants to read half this much when she is nine.”
“She will,” her father the professor replied, for this daughter is all mine.”
Time
Management abroad
Time has come
Entrepreneurship in
All negativity out
A loud shout.
It's time
Explore within reason
In the due seasons.
Time opt-in.
Let me be as I choose within reason
An hourglass sifts the time of my life
I would like my decisions to be mine
Is it so much to ask, to retain freedom?
The same freedom, nourishes my soul
To grow, to give, to share, to love
All that makes the time in life fulfilling
One dark day, I saw no flowers
It seemed the garden had died
Restricted by weeds and also neglect
All controlled by someone who planted it
I’ve seen the freedom in a meadow
Flowing freely in the oncoming breeze
All the blades of grass in sequence
This way, that way, all together free
Let me be like that blade of grass
Gentle, soft, flexible and free
Open as such a meadow can be
Heidi Sands
8/8/21
Happy July 4th Everyone!
Freedom allows us to release our soul to the world
To express our feelings and continue to speak the truth
To pursue our dreams and go places we choose
To give and share to make a difference when we can
Freedom provides us with choices without restrictions
Actions within reason and the open door to experience
We are born to live with freedom in a world of opportunities
Without freedom, we are trapped, constricted, controlled unfairly
We must always stand for freedom that has been given to us
For our country to be the best it can be, all in freedom with unity
Heidi Sands
7/4/21
(A story in moments)
Different
Never felt I had a space in many places . . .
Ouch
and when I went to school, that was confirmed.
Safety
The only place to hide was within reason.
Lessons
But what is really reason must be learned.
Change
Soon my life became completely different.
Naïveté
It spat me out into the world (or was it spewed?)
Calling
and finding what I wanted was of essence.
Growth
Emerging like Athena in the nude.
Poetry
Now I see what in me is worth the viewing.
Masks
I hide in me that which can be consumed.
Work
The building called myself is work in progress . . .
Uncertainty
whether commissioned as a shrine or as a tomb.
Faith
I believe I'll find the things that make me happy . . .
Hope
yet feeling they've eluded me thus far.
Knowledge
But with age I'm learning more about the lesson
Truth
that everywhere you go is where you are.
Oh those days when money was no object
Those glorious days of sunshine and songfest
Saw something appealing
Bought it, no ceiling
Within reason, of course, those days of great zest
Tuesdays are my favorite, as today is Tuesday
and people seem happy and smiling, positive about
being here.
Wednesday is also my favorite for it is the day we get
to stay late and have a faculty meeting, and sometimes
they bring us chocolate candy, as an incentive to stay.
Thursday is my favorite for it is the day before Friday,
so excitement begins for a glorious weekend doing
whatever we want within reason.
Friday is my favorite because it is date-night day.
So much fun to watch the couples, figuring out
who has been together the longest, who is
in love, and that kind of stuff.
Saturday is my favorite because it is my painting
day, and my love my yard all day long day. I
count my blessings as robins and cardinals dance.
Sunday is my favorite for it is church day,
and the Christians are really nice to each other,
trying to impress each other, with their niceness.
Monday is my favorite, for I am back
at a job that I love every single day, after
successfully eliminating 27 jobs I did not.
It's Harassment, Baby oops
By: Tom Wright
8/19/00
These things offend,
know I, tis true.
in these, I've been schooled,
now I tell them to you.
An innocent touch, a wayward look,
a word or threat aimed another's way.
Is today, considered harassment,
and that party has final say.
Were not to needle, mock, or jab,
to razz, or quip, gibe or jeer.
To scorn, roast or ridicule,
and whatever you do, don't leer.
It's best that we not banter words,
deride, intimidate, or taunt.
Should you be one inclined to joke,
these too, you must not flaunt.
We must not rile another,
even though it be in jest.
Sneering, too, is not allowed,
so put those thought's to rest.
Another's traits never mock,
nor offend with apparel you doff.
Find not within reason to knock,
while daring not to scoff.
Belittling another isn't right
nor take occasion to tease.
But other than these few things
treat other's as you please.
In meeting, should I, not extend a hand,
and appear to have little to say.
It won't be because I am snobbish,
but fear a Tort Lawyer coming my way.
During the Summer, I am been broken and beaten.
Yet in Autumn I remain, is it not clear?
During Winter, my mind is being torn, ripped, and weakened.
And I am still properly poised, why can you not hear?
Standing on the tallest mountain I will scream my last plea.
If that is what you want me to do.
Maybe you want me to shout from beneath the deepest sea.
Honestly, you need to be clear on your own words, too.
The time has come for me to take a stand, within reason.
It seems my season has arrived, and I hear angelic singing.
For it is a beautiful, pleasing season.
I love the new beginning this Spring is bringing!
"Spring is in the air" contest
Sponsor: Emile Pinet
03/24/2019
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