I remember your smile, your laugh,… you gave so freely. It’s hard that you are gone. I sigh and walk along the bay.

Red cardinal dancing On white snow, How regal you appear With your cloak of red, How it cheers my heart

Not sure where we are headed, Could be a long ride, Keep your heart steady, Open wide your eyes. There is something to learn

This evening the blank, white page is open. My nerves are on edge, while a storm forms on the horizon.

Orange full moon with a half smile, a hanging lantern, lighting the way, through dark streets,

Lately, a sadness pervades, I mourn for youth, perhaps passion of younger days. With age, some of that passion

My spirit communes with the four directions: To the north are in-laws, our aging mother, her last

A path with heart Is full of love Which makes us right Brings in the light And chases the dark.

Standing at a crossroad Between this life And the next, Heart in hand I knock on that

Time is going by fast, Trying not to live in the past, To keep priorities straight And not falter at the gate. To join the universal goal

There is my shadow, A dark outline of this body And yet, it also holds, The hidden imperfections Of my existence.

Photos are all I have At times, Of smiling familiar faces, My family spread out. I would travel often

In the blink of an eye It’s a different scene On the big movie screen So easy to get absorbed In the story line of time.

Red bird perched on a tree limb laced with snow. So happy to see him and the joy he brings.

Looking at my journal’s Blank page While geese fly by and honk A greeting. The red cardinals