Life is an
Arcade game where
With each step
And every level
You learn one
More thing and
Those many things
Result in prizes
I guess today
I finally won
The best prize
Of your heart
Lucky lucky me
Category: happines
GoodDog
I am much
Like a dog
I enjoy being
Teased and played
With petted and
Called patted and
Reassured invited onto
The couch bathed
And preened and
Fed and like
A dog I
Enjoy being by
Your side on
Wooden trails in
Snow and rainy
Afternoons but what
I like most
Is simply this
The one that
You turn to
For comfort when
You are sad
That’s my place
Next to your
Warm hearts hearth
SpringCameHere
Like the spring
Came to winter
The thaw began
And warmed everything
That turned cold
Life began again
With one door
And one smile
Followed by rains
Of conversation and
Laughter and cajoling
And I bloomed
Yet once again
FriendToMe
I’ve been asked
What’s a friend
How do you
Know who is
Or even which
One could be
A friend is
A favorite book
That you’ve read
A dozen times
That you quote
In troubling times
That book that
Somehow is always
Reached for or
Lands in your
Lap or bed
Those characters and
Those stories and
Those adventures that
Make you believe
There is something
More than you
They’re the last
Person that you
Think about as
You fall asleep
Dreaming of them
Caring
One of God’s
Greatest treasures and
One in which
We hardly recognize
Is simple caring
That outstretched hand
That warm welcome
A howdy do
Even a quiet
I love you
I have been
Very very lucky
Someone always cares
About me somewhere
It’s their caring
And not mine
Which helps sleep
Come to me
At my bedtime
