When you are not here An empty heart full of fear Arises and wonders If I will see you again. What will I do without

First snow of the season Came down light and gay, With it’s bright white, Reflecting, Off slow moving clouds

An owl hoots on this cool, crisp Spring night. A sound that’s distant yet echos

I do believe, to give to others lends meaning to our lives. To be there

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,

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.

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

Red, yellow and orange leaves Fall quickly now And create a tapestry of color That fill my mind With joy.

Many thoughts in the mind, Some productive, some not. They glow like fires, Created by needs and

Misty fog floating through bare trees. Cold waves of wind coarse through the woods whistling as they go

Life is but a dream, our fantasies, spill, like liquid tears that pool and vaporize into the air.

Cool breeze rustles through the tr… drifting into my open door and leads me to the window to see leaves falling with abandon. Highlights of red and gold lace

Life is a day dream So they say, With every beat Of my heart, The gate to love

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

Half a world away, I walk a narrow, stone path. In the rice fields, the Balinese people