FireFly

Just when the

Darkness is deepest

The tiny firefly

Glows

Showing me the

Way to somewhere

Darkness creeps like

Nocturnal animals out

For the hunt

While despair grips

And squeezes out

Hope making the

Heart dusty dry

The one meaningless

Light blinking here

Come here here

And once again

Your life starts

Again not over

But freshly new

Goodbyes

Oh

Oh I’m so

So so so

Tired of saying

Goodbye

I’m like a

Child that’s lost

A dog or

A teenager that’s

Been dumped by

A varsity quarterback

I’ve closed like

A woman’s compact

For the last

Time

Oh

Oh I’m so

Ready so

So so so

Ready for that

Sweetly delicious hello

Hello

Is anyone there

Independence (for Muenster)

If there’s one

Thing that we

All strive for

From toddler to

Old age is

Independence from tyranny

And oppressive acts

I have gained

My independence many

Times but most

Importantly me choosing

Who I will

Love and how

I will love

Them forever more

EverAfter

Most are like

Hand puppets or

Toy trucks or

Dolls they’re nothing

Really without you

You give them

Voice and dreams

And life you

Give them sounds

And quests and

Adventure the whole

Fairytale ending and

Happily ever after

Children play with

Toys and dreams

Adults play with

Adults same dreams

Different voices all-together

MathLove

I woke up

Thinking like a

Child perplexed by

Division me divided

Into you equaling

Something less than

We were at

The start now

A period placed

Before we were

Just two numbers

Now were less

And not more