Your Best Pill

I beseech you to laugh.
Don’t live life’s lower half.
Learn from each and every gaff.
Enjoy life at full staff.
It’s all possible when you laugh.

When you laugh your problems melt.
Matter not how bad you felt.

Problems abound and always will.
Solve some and tolerate some still.
Take time to laugh
It’s your best pill!

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Always My Little Girl

When we met my heart told my brain.

That I must remember that deep refrain.

One that would form my whole life

By asking that little girl to be my wife.

When I said, 'I love you, ' it's when I knew

That 'Would you marry me? ' was in view

And promised that always my little girl

Would forever remain my beloved pearl.

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My Bucket List

There are but a few things that exist
Which merit inclusion on my bucket list.
Not included are riches or power
Nor visiting the Pyramids or Eiffel Tower.

I pray I can leave the world a better place
So that mine will not have been wasted space.
To laugh, love and listen is each a life go
So my List is complete and existence whole.

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First Love

At first, what I thought was love had a smiling, gentle face.
All too soon it hemorrhaged like blood flowing through lace.

This life blood flowed from my heart; then drowned my mind,
Leaving only debris of stark loneliness behind.

Romance was torn asunder as I now try to recall
If what, at first, seemed a wonder was anything at all.

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This Way

This way is a steep road that starts out slow.
Then picks up speed the further I go.
As I accelerate it’s harder to view
Those that are dear that precious few.

The twists and turns often distort my sight,
So I stray from these few and what is right.
I must enjoy friends and family while I can
For I know I won’t pass this way again.

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Lonely Rock

That lonely rock just looks at me.
How sad it has no destiny.
It lies there amid that dirt,
While out the door each day I spirt,
Into traffic, trouble... tears
As hours dissolve into years.
I fight and fume and formulate.
Alas, at times who'd hesitate
To run away from flock and clock,
And nestle by that lonely rock!

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A Girl

A girl is a very complicated machine

With moods ranging from smile to shout.

She can be very sweet, but at times in between

Since she knows boys cannot rule her out.

Gossiping and males are her favorite sports;

Of these she holds much fascination.

She cherishes dances and dangerous shorts

And looks to both with keen anticipation.

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The Sky

I stare in awe and wonder
How such beauty as the sky
Views the world asunder
And sends rain clouds to cry.

Its ceiling of celestial blue
Protects from a universe.
Sadly, what it can not do,
Is avoid earthly things much worse.

If only it could send a cloud
To guide before each mistake
By whisper or thunder loud
Nights would be less awake.

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From Thirty Thousand Feet

As I sit here and gaze at the earth,
I'm amazed at my image of self worth.
Past my window the sinew of life fleets by;
Arteries and patches and snatches of smoke.

My ego cries out with a shout of dispair
As I stare in wonder at scenes passing under.
The procession is endless. A lesson i'll gain.
I feel as humble as but one drop in a rain.

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Sweet Butterfly

Oh, sweet butterfly, you adorn the morning sky.
Flowers flourish in full view all because of you.
For your beauty in my garden you seek no recompense.

Just a chance to dance on pedals and spread their joyous scents.
How can I express my thanks? There’s nothing I can say.
You’re an angel straight from heaven with a brush to paint this day.

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