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

When I first heard “The Blackbird,” In the middle Of night, I was just thirteen.

Thoughts flicker like twinkling lights, ride them across the sky. Embrace your dream,

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

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

The dance of fear, Of not being enough, Stops and starts. The unknown, an Uncharted sea,

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

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

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

Driving down the road, The song, “Let It Be” Came on the radio. Taking me back to Various scenarios.

Sometimes wonder about a star, way afar. How life might be in outer space,

Harsh reality smacks like a slap of cold wind. Sometimes I’m a tough sailor, at the helm,

The chimes outside the pottery studio ring like a temple bell, calling the faithful to honor,

Walking on the beach of long ago, the constant roll of the gulf, it’s sound, like a lullaby.

Grateful for: Sunrise of pink and gold Showing the way, Lighting the sky, To another blessed day.