Shadows

Shadows embrace the earth like an old chenille bathrobe.

I hug my shadow to keep my spark alive.

I’m not. I can’t. I am. I can.

Be A Player

Rock and roll. Satisfy your soul.

Stand up. Take a chance.

Ride the bus. Take control.

Believe you can dance.

Read a lot.

Learn it all.

Listen more.

Tell it straight.

Think before.

After’s too late.

Open your heart.

Open your mind.

A one-way ticket

to help mankind.

Smile first.

It never hurts.

Pay your way. Have your say.

Follow your road. Walk in the rain.

Find true love. Drink champagne.

To kids and elders, and animals too,

Treat them like you want them to treat you.

There are consequences.

Payback is Hell.

She said, “I Tell Myself ‘Shut Up’.”

I noticed that I talk to myself lately.

This is not a good thing.

Maybe I have an opinion,

Maybe I’m just lonely.

Harry doesn’t talk much

About the things I feel.

Especially about feelings.

It’s all right. I’ll live with it.

In my defense, I am the most

Interesting person in the room,

Most certainly when I am

The only person in the room.

For the prosecution,

I let out shocking expletives.

But who cares, I’m alone

And it feels good—and bad.

Did I really say that?

Are those words really me?

I’ve lost my moral compass

When I talk to the TV.

My outbursts are reactions

To their insanity

I listened.

She’s a flaming redhead,

With a temper quick to blame.

I said, “Call it like you see it,

Because it’s just a nasty game.”