The Time is Now

Live today.

Dream tomorrow.

Learn from yesterday.

No time like the present

more than an expression

means living

doing now.

Today is here,

Tomorrow unclear

Yesterday can take a bow.

The time is Now!

Please Hold

Your call is important to us, please hold

sounds like a lie.

I've heard it far too many times.

Nothing has changed.

The static state remains the same.

Your call is important to us, please hold.

Has it been minutes, months or years?

I can no longer tell.

I've been on hold so long

I can't even hear what passes for music

in this place.

Your call is important to us, please hold.

How much longer should I wait?

I need my issue fixed

but limbo is where I seem destined to wait.

Nothing has changed.

How long is this supposed to take?

Your call is important to us, please hold.

Mechanical , perfunctory, reassurance that eventually

what I need will be resolved.

I hold on because I want to

but I am losing hope

It's the same flat note

I've heard it far too many times.

Nothing has changed.

The static state remains the same.

Your call is important to us, please hold

sounds like a lie.

Change

I don't like change
unless I change it myself
I don't like progress
unless I think it really is
I don't like feeling
as if it's all moving too fast
I don't like wondering
if it's going to truly last

The more things change
the more they stay the same
I've always found
that statement kind of strange
Change is change and
the same is the same
How we perceive it
shows us who to blame

I don't like change
unless I change it myself
I don't like progress
unless I think it really is
leave it alone
so it can stand the test of time
Why do people feel  being old
is such a crime?

Here am I

I am here

Filling up on kindness

Awake yet dreaming

Asleep yet aware

I am here

Little idiosyncrasies

that say a thousand things

influence what I feel

I am here

So many choices
So many voices
So many words

I am here

at the dawning 

of a new day

I am here

Feeling lost
hoping to be found

I am here

Focused
Beloved
Ideal

I am here

Another day
Free to create

I am here

Another day
Free to celebrate

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

I Want

I want to be free of suspicion and doubt
I want them to find a way to move out
of the corners of my mind.

I want to live filled with
trust and admiration
that should be every ones
greatest aspiration
a quest for the good of mankind.

I want to live free of hunger and poverty
sadly this is still a reality
search the whole world over
or in your backyard and you'll see

I want to live filled with
economic stability
I am certain we all can
find the ability
to live a life that's debt free

I want this for you
I want this for me
I want this to be
I want this to be

New Year's Journey

Your journey starts with just one step.

Which direction's up to you.

Moving forward is the goal.

To your heart stay true.

The New Year Begins

Time to evaluate friends

Lovers, hopes and dreams.

Time for reflection.

Life takes on new direction.

Take a step forward.

Open up your heart.

Make changes that last.

An odyssey, An experience 

your own special journey

starts with just one step.

Which direction's up to you.

Moving forward is the goal.

To your heart stay true.

The New Year

Unspoiled, Untouched, Untrodden
The path is completely new
Do with it the best
that you are able to do

Unspoiled, Untouched, Untrodden
This is not familiar ground
The voices of negativity
cannot utter a sound

Unspoiled, Untouched, Untrodden
Reach out and take your chance
Allow yourself the opportunity
For your mind and soul to advance

Unspoiled, Untouched, Untrodden
Unique and original too
What you choose to do
is completely up to you


Unspoiled, Untouched, Untrodden
A path that's completely new
Do with it the best
that you are able to do

Change in the Weather

Change in the weather

maybe for the better

change in the air

should we even care

Something different

Something new

Something hopeful

Something true

Change in the weather

maybe for the better

change in the air

should we even care

May be magical

May be wonderful

May be mystical

Maybe not

Change in the weather

maybe for the better

change in the air

should we even care

Good, Bad, Indifferent

Change is in the air

Good, Bad, Indifferent

Accept it if you dare

Change

Change

The world is full of change

I'm not always happy about it

But it is inevitable.

Change

Never easy

Often needed

Sometimes desired

And/or required

Change

The world is full of change.

I'm not always happy about it

But it's sometimes beautiful.

Countermand the Current

The wind blows across the pond
sending waves towards one side.
The birds swim noisily through the waves
to rest in their designated spots.

Geese in this corner. Swans in another.
Ducks scattered throughout.
Honking, hissing, quacking, cackling,
nature's symphony is quite loud.

Plop, plop goes the lone duck
as his head submerges.
Feathered backside greets my eyes
and my laugh emerges.

Watching the duck as it's head dives in
and backside bobs time and again
I notice ripples roam around this bathing bird.

How can one small fowl cause such a change
in the course of the wind driven waves? Against
the flow the ripples go; over and over again.

It only takes one to create a ripple.
It only takes one to change the course.
It only takes one to turn the tide.
It only takes one to start this ride.

The wind continues to blow
waves across the pond.
Each bird continues to
countermand the current.

Endless Struggle
but still
The ability to change
endures
One ripple begets another
which in turn
begets one more.

The wind blows across the pond
sending waves towards one side.
Each bird continues to
countermand the current.
It only takes one to change the course.

Wonder

World of wonder
World of delight
This strange identity
Just can't be right

Wishing upon a star
Wondering where you are
Hope it's not very far
Wishing upon a star


Beautiful dreamer
Beautiful dream
wake up to reality
it's not all it seems

Janus

Looking forward
Looking back
The last day of the year.

Looking forward
Looking back
Janus are you here?

Looking forward
Looking back
Time to make new plans.

Looking forward
Looking back
It's all in your hands.

Looking forward
Looking back
Time to start anew.

Looking forward
Looking back
A better year is up to you.