Be Yourself

Do whatever it is you want as long as you
Be yourself. 
Don’t be a terrible person. 
Be nice to others

Smile when you feel like smiling.
 Laugh when you feel like laughing
Do it for you and nobody else.

Do whatever it is you want as long as you
Be yourself. 
Don’t be a terrible person. 
Be nice to others.

Make time for yourself
Have good friends
Be humble
Be supportive
Be proud

Do whatever it is you want as long as you
Be yourself. 
Don’t be a terrible person. 
Be nice to others

Be curious
Be wise
Be able to grow
Be responsible
Be free 
Be able to listen

Do whatever it is you want as long as you
Be yourself. 
Don’t be a terrible person. 
Be nice to others

Everyone is watching
That's just the way of the world
Why do you care if they
think you're a good girl?

Don’t be a terrible person. 
Be nice to others
Do whatever it is you want as long as you
Be yourself. 

Lazy Day

Little here
Little there
Lounging  in
Languor

Acquiring nothing
Allowing myself a rest
Absolute stillness is
Amazingly marvelous

Zoned out no
Zing
Zoned out no
Zip

Yearning for action
Yet lacking desire
Yesterday's done
Yet tomorrow awaits

Lazy day for me today
and it's simply great

Quiet Conversation

It's amazing how truly loud
a quiet conversation can be
Sitting silently while other speak
is definitely not easy

Any noise above a whisper
but decidedly less than a roar
makes a mumble, mumble mumble
that you truly can't ignore

Maybe it's because we're nosy
or it's common curiosity
but it's amazing how truly loud
a quiet conversation can be

Self Sufficient

You gave me wings
now let me fly
I have to have my
do or die

You can't always catch me
if I fall
You can't always be there
if I call
Your job's to help me
help myself

You gave me wings
now let me fly
I have to have my
do or die

Stop telling me how to do
exactly what I need to do
It's up to me not up to you
to do the things I'm needed to

You gave me wings
now let me fly
I have to have my
do or die

You've given me
all that I need
Let me go
and watch and see

How fast
How far
How very high
The wings you gave me
will let me fly

Time To Write

It's time to write
my duty calls
Oh look there's something
on the wall
Never saw that spot before
I'd better clean it
such a chore.

It's time to write
put pen to page
Time to speak
the words of the sage
Oh wait what's that
my birdie dear
A dirty cage
can't have that here

It's time to write
with deep emotion
Your imagination
is boundless
just like the ocean
Oh but what do we
hear now
What is that ringing
 buzzing sound
The phone for me
a conversation
so many distractions
are here today
Guess I'll write
another day

Mostly Clear Skies

Mostly clear skies
That's what
the weatherman said
Too bad there's cloudy weather
hanging around my head

Temperatures in the mid 60 degrees
Hot or cold it doesn't please me
A sunny day seems far away
atmospheric pressure
holds me down today

Longest day of the year is here
Long for more reasons than
the summer solstice I fear
Summer sun but I feel numb
Lots of reasons make me glum

Mostly clear skies
hover on the horizon
looking forward
to their eventual arrival
If I am able
to have it my way
My hazy gray
ends today

A Little Melancholy

I'm a little melancholy today
Can't find my happy place
Too much to do in
too little time
Just want some saving grace.

I'm a little melancholy today
These thoughts won't leave my mind
Inner fears projected way too clear
I'm sure they'll go away in time

I'm a little melancholy today
Can't escape what's looming near
So much to do in
so little time
I need to escape from here

I'm a little melancholy today
Mean reds or basic blue
This too shall pass
But for now alas
I'm melancholy
 that's all that's true

She Waits

She waits time and time again
"Maybe I'm Crazy"
The thought goes through
Words to contemplate

She waits time and time again
"Maybe I'm lucky"
Her imagination explores
the crowded corners
of a complex mind

She waits time and time again
"Maybe it's time to cry"
Another reason to wonder why
An intricate maze behind her eyes

She waits time and time again
"Maybe it's time to play"
A smile quivers behind the frown
So much has often let her down
but the possibility of tomorrow abounds

She waits time and time again
weary, weathered, worried eyes
absent smile with hat askew
Question after question
passing through
Longing for answers no one knew
She waits time and time again

Errands

Gravel crunching beneath my feet
shadows cast where earth and sky meet
laughter from a gated yard
sirens, traffic,jingling keys

Walking in the neighborhood
sometimes encountering something good
sometimes what you shouldn't
daring to do all you wouldn't

creeping through a vacant lot
holding still in a shady spot
dart down an alley
stroll through an open door

Running errands helps you explore
all the world has in store

Today

I love you today;

for always today.

In every way,

I love you today.

Your forever can disappear.

Your tomorrow might not appear.

Your yesterday is all too clear

but your today is here.

I love you today.

What more can I say?

In every way

I love you today

I am and You are

I'm the adult and you're the child
my mother used to say
Every time I wanted to do it my way

I couldn't wait til I was older
to have just what I wanted

I'm the adult and you're the child
my mother used to say

This land of doing what you wanted
seemed awfully far away

I'm the adult and you're the child
When I grow up it's something that
I am never going to say

Petulant thoughts
I just didn't know
all that would happen
when I would grow

I'm the adult and you're the child
my mother used to say

How I wish that in life
this is how it would always stay

Now that I am quite the adult
handling the burdens of the day

How I long to hear my mom
once again just say
I'm the adult and you're the child
but it's no longer this way

Burdens of The Day

Here I sit
Waiting
Waiting outside the shadows of dusk.
Waiting for someone to come let me in.

Here I wait
time and time again.
Here I wait
Knowing that eventually someone will arrive.

Here I remain
waiting on that elusive someone.
Here I remain
outside, alone
weighed down by the burdens of the day

Alone In The Dark

Who hasn't sat in the dark
Alone
Intently watching the shadows
of daylight's familiar things?

Who hasn't sat in the dark
Alone
Listening to the low hum
of electricity

Wondering
whose steps are those
outside my window

If you haven't sat in the dark
Alone
Then maybe you're lucky
Then again maybe you're not

Comfort comes in darkness.
Shadows conceal,
Imagination explores
Darkness can open doors

I sit in the dark
Naked, Wondering
Listening, Waiting
Alone

Five Hundred

Five hundred rhymes I've written here
Five hundred witnesses saw Christ appear
And this mythical bird has an interesting feature
The Phoenix rises every five hundred years

Five hundred poems I've written not easily
The number five hundred is Irish infinity
What's the Physical life of the microcosmic creature
Five hundred according to  an R. Allendy

Can't wait to see what my mind has in store
With the penning of poems at least five hundred more

Today I Am

Today I write because I can
Today I state proudly I am
I am proud
I am wise
I am happy as I am
I am me
I am free
to make mistakes
and fix them too
I am young
I am old
I am certain
that I don't know
I am here
I am clear
I am boldly going to go
Today I write for my own soul
Today I flourish because I know
Today is one of many more
Today I am
of that I'm sure

Random Phrases

Timeless Visions

redirected are 

A little something we need about now.

Songs and dances

Butterfly lovers

Surrounded by Sound

There is no script

Shudder

Fly

Thrill

Write

Connect

to the World Market

Reach inside the pleasure chest

take out something red

My blue tears long to shed

Tuesday

Monday morning has come and gone
the week is trying to move along
life is leading me on it's way
Today is Tuesday, my favorite day

Tuesday's child is full of grace
A quality that's no disgrace
Simple elegance you can't replace

Charm and mercy
Gracefulness
A quiet day
among the rest

Tuesday is my favorite day
No nonsense stands in it's way
Tuesday's child is full of grace
Simple elegance you can't replace

3 Minutes

I've just 3 minutes to write today

That's all I have then I must start my day

No time for eloquent liberties

No time to put your mind at ease

No time for poetic prophecies

No time for romantic midnight scenes

No time for delicate sensibilities

No time for individual writing techniques

Just 3 minutes to say what I need

Just 3 minutes to plant the seed