TheseAreHappiness

We think that

We feel a

Certain way when

In reality it’s

Just a thought

When you’re blue

Listen to the

Laughter of children

The bark of

A dog smell

A flower and

Hug a tree

These are the

Things of happiness

Not your mind

Happy

I’m happy for

No reason like

A child is

Happy simply to

Be outside or

Happy simply knowing

That there are

Presents at Christmas

Happy for everyone

Getting one it’s

A blessed feeling

Knowing that the

Angels kissed me

Last night granting

Me my wishes

NewWorld

It’s early and

Like a child

I wipe away

Sleep finally being

Moored to morning

I realize like

An adventurer that

What I dreamed

Is different from

What I see

In dreams I

Remembered you familiar

But now this

New world is

Absent of you

I must conquer

This new land

Alone and discover

Other potential treasures

OverAgain (for Julian)

Let us play

You bring your

Trucks and bulldozers

And I’ll bring

My pail and

Shovel let us

Create something something

Different time and

Again let us

Play house sitting

Down for tea

And crumpets expressing

Dreams and desires

Over and over

Again let us

Let us over

And over again

MorningNow

Clouds skate by

Like swirls of

Icy snow on

November mornings some

Higher are orange

Like a fruit

Stand but mostly

Gray like Eeyore

The trees have

Pallor a boring

Green like house

Paint the temperature

Is perfect if

You’re like a

Summer Rosa tomato