Eyes of the Earth

Clouded ponds…
Emerald lakes…

Lens to enlarge
To magnify

To look far without
From deep within

Eyes of the earth
To study the sky

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Dear One

Take note:
That none of my wants
Require currency grand

But in it's stead:
Only friendly words, kind gestures
And caring touch of hand

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Always Something To Be Thankful For

On this day of thanksgiving
When our future may seem murky.

We always have something to be thankful for.
Mine is that I’m not a turkey! !

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Devils and Angels

The steel will of the Devil
With an Angels tender touch
These are qualities embued
in women and children
That confound we men
…So much…

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Wonder

I wonder do you think of me
I wonder… as I wonder
About the past

I wonder why, between you and I
That that first kiss…
Had to be our last

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Two Lines Of Wisdom

Two short lines of wisdom
Just two short lines of advice:

You don’t need a parachute to skydive
But you do need a parachute to skydive twice

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Sadness

Vague and spectral
as a dimming taper

Limned in darkness
Like a departing hearse

Into ash
Like burning paper

Life lived in
Dim shadow of verse

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Too Cold To Snow!

Trees sugarcoated
In snow all around
In air so cold
And desert dry…
That snow is become
only crystals on high
That ne’er touch
Nor kiss the ground

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On Happiness And Bacon

There's no real 'way' to
Happiness…Happiness is a
A way in itself

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There's only three things
Of import in the morning
Sleep, sex and…' BACON! ! '

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Just for today

For today..
Chase the shadows
away

For today…
Brush away
All the sorrow

For today…
Let your mind
Be at play

For today…
Forget there’s
A tomorrow.

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