I want to laugh
I want to have fun
I want to be free
I want to run
Away from those
Who cause pain and fear
I want to have hope
Without a care
The future holds promise
If we just believe
It's just after the dawn
For us to receive

Where do you go

to take off your shoes

wiggle your toes

put your feet up

 

and your hands behind your head?

When you are there

do you breathe slowly

laugh deeply

smile broadly

and open your mind?

Why do you chase

the clutter

the clouds

the confusion

Instead of welcoming

Anticipation

Surprises

Excitement?

How can you find

that place inside yourself

that frees your imagination

opens your possibilities

and lets your mind kick its shoes off?

In the smalles of moments
Be brilliant
Allow each thought to ignight
To burn bright
With passion, feed the flame
A single spark
Can catch the world on fire
Or warm just a moment
Don't wait...Begin!
With passion, be brilliant!

Where do you go

to take off your shoes

wiggle your toes

put your feet up

and your hands behind your head?

When you are there

do you breathe slowly

laugh deeply

smile broadly

and open your mind?

Why do you chase

the clutter

the clouds

the confusion

Instead of welcoming

Anticipation

Surprises

Excitement?

How can you find

that place inside yourself

that frees your imagination

opens your possibilities

and lets your mind kick its shoes off?

I hold in my mind
your picture
I pause,
can’t help myself
I smile,
Do my dancing eyes reveal
my secret?
I wonder.
Does it really show?
It feels electric,
Like sparks from within
Is it just in my mind?
Or all over my face

Gray Haired Soldiers

Above my brow they wave to me
A cautionary tale
As soldiers guarding gates of gold
Stand strong behind a veil

They mark the days and ways gone by
They're crumbs along the path
As earmarked signs of work and time
The effort put forth I hath

To cover them might be a shame
A mask might keep them hid
They show themselves for not I can
Turn years back to when they're rid

For days gone by are worthy foes
And days before hold promise
The soldiers call for reinforcements
To light the path before us

Where is the sun

I need it's light

Without, it's dark

And only night

Where caution leads

Before the dawn

And fear lurks close

Before the 'morn

With light

The shades of gray will fade

Their cloaked dismay

May shy away

The fear they bring

No longer hold

The tremors through

Our souls they've sold

The shadows lift

And with the night

They take away

Our fears in flight

For with the light

The dawn will lift

Our fears away

And set adrift