Love is seeing another as a soft glow

Warm, bright shadows

Holding each other close

And knowing when to let go

Love is smiling ear to ear

Quiet, sure, and calm

An outstretched empty palm

Grateful to still be here

Love is knowing it’s alright

Trust in the dust of your eye

Existing without asking why

To gaze with honest sight

I’m thankful for tomorrow

And for yesterday’s soft sunlight

I’m thankful for the things you do

For the sorrow, I’m thankful too

Thank you for time shared

Thank you for your laughter

Thank you for how you cared

Thank you for joined disaster

Let us keep on living

To seek out ways of giving

In a joyful, honest way

Love, that makes it worth the stay.

Rules are dumb

They aren’t fun

I’ll follow them if I have to.

I’ll sit up straight and clean my plate

But I like to have a good laugh, too.

My shoes are tied

My socks don’t match

I’ve never lied

Well, there’s one catch…

I guess I slouch on the couch

So I’m not sitting nice and tall

But one lie is alright

Given it’s really small

At dinner I ate every bite

Down to the last meatball

But I threw out a brussel sprout

I’m not very honest at all

Rules are silly

They slow things down

I think I’d rather be a clown.

“Don’t hold a grudge,

Or be quick to judge,

People learn and change,”

This is a thought I have a lot

Because life is funny and strange

It’s silly being frightened to see

An angry butterfly become a bee

They share a garden, after all

Spilling pollen as summer turns to fall

Maybe when old tadpoles hop

We’ll both take time to pause and stop

To hear the sound of sunset skies

And understand how time goes by

Still, there are things I can’t forgive

When one hurts another’s means to live

But in matters of taste or works of art

I hope to celebrate the human heart

I try not to judge

I can hold a grudge

Though I work on letting go

It’s better not to nurse a sore spot

In order to let grow