It’s a billion stars moving and co… While we sleep. It’s one miracle after another and… We do not take the leap. It’s the great heave of nature

Leaves falling, Another season Decorating the earth. One red leaf In my path,

Sitting on the lake shore, Which made my heart soar, The water rippled at times, Swirled into beautiful lines, Clouds reflected in it’s mirror,

Life is not fair at times... But of course things Change quickly down the line, We are born into a No guarantee world.

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

Summertime gives A chance to grow Under the sun, Travel, to new places And have some fun.

This is the America I know: A sea of white, black, red, yellow And brown faces, Strong minds and voices Raised to the sun,

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

Just a small part of me wants strife to go away, to return to a kinder time. Am I just losing courage? Life is draining me,

Memories of my childhood Visit more and more Each day, As ghosts of past relatives Cast their shadows,

Great scientific minds Working for cures Of terminal diseases, The clock ticks... What is the cure

To open and risk hurt... Or stay closed but Never really live. Pain can reveal... A connection to

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.

Life is like a dream A star studded sky A blink of an eye Oh, how life slips by. Life is like a song

On the brink of leaving, To go beyond These borders And say good-bye, To all you know,