all the best things in life are fo… on the other side of our fear however with courage our guide, we claim the dreams we hold most d… our earthly stay will be a drag,

Our butterfly! how she has grown Eighteen she’ll be, so full of gra… No longer small, no longer known As just the child with sweetest fa… So cute she was, a joy to see

The biting wind howls A drunk insolent hound The moon and stars Nowhere to be found The night dreary and cold

Air horns blare, fireworks light t… To welcome the incoming year All hoping hardships disappear Good fortunes rise, when troubles… Many will make resolutions

Cogito Ergo Sum In the quiet depths Single thought defines my name— I think, so I am Soft whisper builds my essence

Once upon a time there was an old… All by himself in a secluded mount… A rottweiler lived with him Only ate cookies and cream Sadly, he wouldn’t bark; intruders…

Just can’t paint, nor write songs Sadly I take terrible pictures to… But I do the next best thing I write about it, for me and you So, always armed with pen and pape…

At the intersection of happiness And sadness: pure joy and unresolv… You’ll find a man, no feelings and… A sociopath who’s morally adrift! No other person can be at that poi…

walls divide they separate people and foster the idea we’re not all equal stone walls stand tall,

Pure joy and sadness never coexist Neither bliss and grief; for they’… But love and hate can, and often t… Emotions run deep, and debris accr… Love builds and uplifts, but hatre…

Summers used to be pleasant In the air the ocean’s salty scent Lows in the low seventies Highs in the low nineties Clear deep blue skies

Scent of cinnamon in the air Pumpkin spice and vanilla too Sensory proof that autumn’s here..… Out the window what lovely view Freshly cut hay in amber field

To all October born May blessings flow your way May loved ones come see you And sunny be your day To you we raise a toast

the movers came today; three short, muscled guys one by one they carried all of his possession… to the yellow truck,

Tis a lovely Texas morning The playful sun brightly shining Cumulus clouds westward floating Hope weather be good till evening We’re ready with big sombrero