We spend a lifetime Waiting for the great moments Hoping it’s heav’n sent Forgetting small things That color our every day

Fun and excitement over A few days after New Year The world is back to normal Sadly, life’s trials still here They make our days less pleasant

mementos all around, unremarkable remembrances of a life, long spent dog-eared pictures, news articles odd souvenirs from places she went… they clutter her room!

center It’s helplessness I feel Whenever I look at her Knowing quite well We’d never be together

Worry not dear child Someone’s looking out for you Whatever you do In stormy weather Someone will be beside you

One night a year, they all come ou… Vampires and witches and demons To commune with warmbloods no doub… The swarming infernal legions For hours they roam the neighborho…

No one cares about the past; I kn… I’ve locked it away; threw away th… Got no use for it, be it now or ev… I choose not to recall unpleasant… I’ve loved, I gave it all; now I’…

Tossed at a banquet, I gleamed gold among the gods— “For the fairest one,” But no one told me which queen Should be crowned and called supre…

O’ how I wish I could retire Before all my dreams expire My traveling feet are on fire To explore the world I admire I’d go to Paris for a day

The people we love The ones closest to our hearts Make life worth living They brighten the darkest days And make rainbows out of grays

A fork in the road To the west Jerusalem Due east Babylon Thousands traveling eastward But the road west deserted

center she flashed her wickedly seductive smile, all resistance melted, a scoop of ice cream

nestled in my folds a serpent sleeps, coiled in fate waiting for her touch sweet figs mask the whispered deat… gold and venom, silken breath

March on to old age Face ordeals in a heartbeat And never retreat Challenges will come and go Stand tall—let your spirit glow

Fears are reminders Of unwanted memories From whence we were young They continue to haunt us When awake and in our dreams