OnlyUsLuckyOnes

There was this one

Time under the sycamore

You were above me

On one elbow and

Looking down and just

As a late August

Breeze blew your flaxen

Hair from your face

At that same moment

The low afternoon sun

Caught the corner of

One of your eyes

And there then inside

I did see the

Deep blue pool of

Your soul and to

It’s bottom where I

Saw you swimming throughout

The eons of your

Lives and right then

I knew that like

Now we’d been together

And then taking my

Hand you said come

Swim with me and

I said just like

We’ve done so many

Times before and you

Said um yeah sure

It was that day

That I knew then

That only some of

Us are lucky enough

To remember the pasts

MerryChristmas 🎄

And so it’s Christmas

I love this holiday

Even at my age

There’s something that happens

Around this time hope

Seems like it’s everywhere

I think that’s what

Christmas means to me

More than anything else

So I hope for

You wherever you are

When you read this

That whatever you wish

For will come true

Merry Christmas my friends

Mommy!

It is truly amazing

How something as simple

As a cold can

Reduce even the mightiest

The confident and articulate

Into nothing more than

A mewing sniffing toddler

Crawling under the covers

And asking for mommy

This is what I

Think when they say

Even the old will

Turn into young again

BeThatChild

Let us talk images

What do you see

Let your mind wander

Like beach scouring children

Picking up sparkly things

And declaring them treasure

Let your mind go

Don’t hold it back

Wander and wonder rifle

Through its nookish crannies

And discover trinkets only

That imagination will recognize

Be that child again

DreamDreamAgain

I’ve lived several lives

This life time around

Each one an adventure

Full of awed inspiration

Of amazing beauty and

Hours of quiet contemplation

I chased my dreams

And made them reality

Realizing that the true

Strength in life is

Not just having dreams

But recognizing when you

Capture them giving room

To dream yet again