Earn my Keep

Not inspired to create

even though I am awake

Weather makes me want 

to stay in bed

No words are playing in my head

work is calling 

but I want to ignore

responsibilities galore

Oh how my pillow

I do adore

but time for work

this one day more

Off I go into the damp

To work for pennies

as my pay

Off I go to earn my keep

can't wait til the bell rings

calling it a day

So home I can go

to begin to play

Rain in LA

Finally have the water falling from the sky
Dark and stormy evening
Morning filled with clouds
Rain drops pitter-patter
but this approaching storm is loud

Already there's disasters reported on the news
Rain for the So Cal people makes them sing the blues
Try to travel safely
Think of others not just you
Rain will go away eventually
but we don't want that to happen to you too soon

Wondering, Hoping, Smiling

Telling myself to enjoy the moment

Knowing that they don't last long

Wondering how it all went right

Worried it will all go wrong

Telling myself to enjoy the moment

Knowing that they don't last long

Hoping it will stay together

Hoping that we'll have forever

Telling myself to enjoy the moment

Knowing that they don't last long

Smiling like a little kid

Singing all the sappy songs

Telling myself to enjoy the moment

Knowing that they don't last long

Can't wait to see what dreams will come

Can't wait to enjoy each and every one

Feeling

Feeling fortunate
Feeling blessed
Feeling fabulous
Feeling Fine
Feeling loved
from head to toe

Feeling frilly
Feeling silly
Feeling funny
Feeling free
Feeling happy
to be me

Feeling wonderful
Feeling wild
Feeling amazing
Feeling proud
Feeling safe just
like a child

Feeling fortunate
Feeling free
Feeling happy to be me
Feeling wonderful
Feeling fine
Feeling happy
love is mine

The Right Words

Change your story and you
change your identity.

That would not be true
to your internal entity.

Use the right words to
bring out the best in me.

Use the right words and
you'll discover the rest of me.

Telling my tale
isn't easy to do.

Use the right words and
you'll find out what's true.

Telling my story to
all that can hear.

Isn't a task I
embrace without fear.

A Butterfly Maiden
has fluttered by

Easing transitions
for all those who try

Change is inevitable
as each story grows.

The best tales of life
have heartaches and woes

One chapter ends for
another to begin

To tell the story
just pick up your pen

Open your voice
and spill out the words

Tell the whole story
use the right words

The the whole story
until it is heard

Repost from 2012

More valuable

than a dozen red roses

The words, "I Love You".

Cupid's arrow flies

You appear before my eyes

My heart's filled with Love.

Emotions combined

Devotion is yours and mine

Happy Valentine's!

Birthday

Another trip around the sun

and thankfully 

I'm nowhere near done

making memories,

enjoying friends,

creating chances

for brand new dreams

finding love,

and building bonds

bringing out creativity

reaching out to family

and learning more

and more about me.

No Such Luck

I hear it calling me
Constantly
clanging
Jingling and Jangling
crying louder and louder.

I hear it calling me
ever so urgently
pleading with me
to get up and go.

I hear it calling me
I know I must answer
but every fiber
of my being
says "No".

Maybe if I lay here
covered from ear to ear
Maybe if I'm quiet
it won't cause a riot
Maybe it'll just go away.

No such luck
not for me
It's that time
I must heed.

Get up,
hit snooze
but still
You will lose
Time to go.
Time to move.

The alarm
calls and
you've no choice
listen to the sound
of its voice.

Census

Count the people in the land
That I fully understand
Need my number and my name
That to me is very lame

You don't need to know
 where I began my life;
had my first cry

You don't need to know
how much
cash I make or cash I spend

Education level I can comprehend
where I got it from
well you're not my friend

Count the people in the land
That I fully understand
The rent I pay
for where I stay
is none of your business
I proudly say

Nosiness
equals
the Census

Made it Through Monday

Made it through Monday
but just barely
This day is truly
far too scary
There must be something
we can do
to help each other make it through.