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Whistle Everything was silent In the evening air Everything was silent In the evening air Except the muted whistle From the old man standing near. His melodies were gentle His demeanor kind and still His melodies were gentle His demeanor kind and still No sour notes came from him To makes ones' ears ill. But now, the air is quiet No new songs can it learn Yes, now the air is quiet No new songs will it learn For time and unseen events- The old man's life it has earned. So now, the night is silent Without a note to spawn So now, the night is silent Without a note to spawn But will the breeze keep carrying The whistled me

Cinderella Dressed in yellow Went upstairs to kiss her fellow-- Skipping Ropes Upward Slopes Childhood is full of hopes… Wishes made on shooting stars Adventures transformed into scars! Lightning bugs held in clasped hands Dreaming of faraway lands… Bubble gum and baseball caps Naming places not on maps- Oh that those days were back again When the worst pains were bloody shins… But 'til life's journey is complete, Time is but a one-way street, Where each moment is fick'ly fleet And every instant bittersweet. Childhood, what don't you lack? Yet once you're gone, you can't come back.

“Look up,” you told me long ago, on a shining summer’s day. Though summers are all I have of you, at least our days are never gray. I looked up then and the sun did shine Intently upon my dull eyes. I saw orbs of ocean blue And the green of dragonflies. And suddenly the world had lyrics That it sang for me to dance along I scoured them to find the meaning Behind that lovely summer song. Out of the blue, it dawned on me, As my heart pounded beside the beat, I’ll never again feel the way I felt As I did with you in the summer heat.

Your kisses bubble like carbonation and taste like dark red cherries. You bask and shine bright in the sun In a field filled with raspberries. You smile through tears and laugh past linked lips. In the midst of the night, You're still swinging your hips. Your fingers tap like piano keys to the tune we both know best and you sing along to every song you know that I request. Your hair is a rainbow and your skin tastes of lime. Your heartbeat is rapid and runs off of time. And when we're together and it pounds against mine, It's a chorus of lovely As out fingers entwine and the voices all promise that we'll all be just fine.

It’s the moment of hopelessness That you get, time after time, When you fancy yourself a poet, But you cannot spin a rhyme. It’s catching yourself in a lie And trying to find your way back, When you can’t recall the truth You never knew you lacked. It’s the novel “almost through!” For years lying undone When you can’t bear a sad ending, But it seems the only one. It turning to face the crowd After winning the race When you don’t even care a bit About life, let alone first place. It’s the woman on the corner Who seems lost and out of place. When you see her, you avert your gaze Fr

I can feel the warmth you radiate On this blissful summer’s day “Sunshine makes everyone gorgeous,” You blush and turn away I scoff and face the brightness And watch the treetops sway I laugh and pull you close to me, “That’s just something the beautiful say.” You scowl and call me crazy Then I insist it’s true “’Cause even in the sunshine, I’m not prettier than you.”

 I woke up with my sheets tangled around me and my dreams fading into the most fleeting of images. The moment I stood up, leaving the warmth that seemed to surround my bed, I felt the cool air brush against my damp skin and I shivered, nearly diving back into the warm envelope. I tried to recall my dream as my feet padded down the hall in search of my kitchen, but the harder I tried to remember, the more elusive it become until I could remember nothing except a few inconsecutive fragments. I passed my wall of photos that weren’t really mine in any conceivable way. I’d taken the photos of my family down since mom died. During her l

Roses are red And I love a white lily And I don’t just say this To folks willy-nilly I love you a lot Suffice it to say You are the light bulb That brightens my day You illuminate darkness Chase shadows away And just how much I care? I could never convey. Can’t exist without you You’re the sun to my moon When you walk in the room I can’t help but swoon My heartbeat quickens When you come into sight I could repeat it forever And it still wouldn’t quite Be enough to tell you How much I adore you How much I admire Each action that you do I love you a lot This day and the next But hey, you’r