Southern Fried

Dare I Dream

2009-08-24T15:48:00.002-05:00

Dare I dream

Of you and me

Thinking of you

Each moment awake

Dreaming of you

Each night asleep

Seeing your face

In every crowd

Hearing your voice

Upon every breeze.

Dare I dream

Of you and me

Feeling your love

In the sunshine

Tasting your tears

In the rain

Of falling asleep

One day in your arms

To the sound of

Your beating heart.

Dare I Dream????

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Come To Me

2009-08-24T15:45:00.001-05:00

Come to me my darling

Extinguish this longing

Oh to hold you tonight

Beneath the starlight

Would be heavenly

Me loving you loving me

Planting soft kisses sweet

Upon both your cheeks

Caressing your body

Hot flights of fancy

Dreams can come true

Shall I ever see you?

Today I answer yes

Tomorrow it’s I guess

Come to me please

That this famine cease

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Today

2009-08-10T19:10:00.000-05:00

Too much work

Too little play

Time marches on

Gone soon is this day,

Some live for tomorrow

This never comes

Some live for yesterday

Deeds already done.

Today is here

Let us embrace it

Create special memories

Living each moment.

Today is a gift

From God above

Unwrap it with passion

Happiness and love.

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Grandma

2009-08-10T19:07:00.001-05:00

Aromas of baked cookies

Lavender and old lace

Soft lap with soft hands

White hair with lined face

A child growing up

She was there for me

How special I felt

Sitting upon her knee

Nurturing my spirit

Her heart endless love

A withered angel

My gift from above

Grandmas are all

Loving hugs and kisses

I remember all too well

My grandma’s embraces

I miss her sweet smile

The smell of her hair

One day I too will have

Little ones under my care

I will do my utmost best’

To nurture them with love

So that they may call me

Their angel from up above!

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My Sunshine

2009-08-10T18:54:00.001-05:00

You are my soul; my life

The breath I draw each day

Making me laugh and cry

I’m blessed that way

You are my spring in winter

Sunshine lighting up the dark

My hopes and dreams

The love I feel in my heart

You are my immortality

Birds singing sweetly together

A glimpse of heaven

Each time you call me MOTHER

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I See A World

2009-08-10T18:44:00.006-05:00

I see a world

Free of death and pain

Bursting with youth

Where we never age

Spring is unending

Flowers blossoming vividly

All colors of the rainbow

Dazzling beauty

I see a world

Full of laughter and delight

Free of hate and grief

Endless sunlight

No more bloodshed

Love has defeated cruelty

The angels sing of

Everlasting tranquility

I see a world

Free of vice and prejudice

Brotherly love abounds

United is the human race

The sky is warm and blue

The water is sparking clean

I christen this world

“The new Eden”

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Come Dance With Me

2009-07-28T16:38:00.003-05:00

The body is six feet under

the soul sings like thunder

new eyes see with wonder

No fleshy form; I'm free

a spiritual symphony

come dance with me

Transformation can't be rushed

no more tears to be hushed

tis a secret not to be shushed

We are here to learn to fly

without wings to soar high

I'll meet you in the sky

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The Wee Hours

2009-07-23T14:45:00.003-05:00

In the wee hours of morn

I feel the presence of God

In the stillness of dawn

I bathe in his sweet love

He whispers to my soul

Avowing his faith in me

Soothing my worried brow

Promises of immortality

Soon this body will cease

Setting my spirit free

Winged once again

With my God for eternity

Til my time here ends

I am to learn all I can

To feel love and pain

Wingless; merely human

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Memories

2009-07-23T14:41:00.003-05:00

I remember when you were a child

Such a precocious little thing

Stubborn and outspoken

You loved to dance and sing

You were love and hugs

A temper full of fury

Smiles and laughter

A bountiful blessing to me

You kept me on my toes

With your daredevil stunts

Afraid of storms and thunder

Truthfully, hurtfully blunt

You’re now a woman

With children of your own

It feels me with pride

The way you’ve grown

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You're Never Alone

2009-07-23T14:35:00.005-05:00

When life gets you down

Struggles are exhausting

Hope’s light seems so dim

Take a minute to rest your soul

Then start swimming upward

Til you see the light shining off him

Lie your head upon his shoulder

Bathe yourself in his love

Snuggle closely in his arms

Letting all of your worries fade

Like the sun setting at dusk

Love and hope filling your heart

You can always find him

Never far from your side

Willing to carry you the last mile

He will take all your burdens

Put a song in your heart and

On your face a beautiful smile

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Lets Play

2009-07-04T19:48:00.005-05:00

I wake to the sound of the alarm.

The sun's smile urging me to rise

dreams beckoning sleep to stay.

My big girl nudges me out of bed

"There is work to be done."

My lil girl says "No" lets play!

Here it is nightfall again and

the day is over and gone.

Music is playing; toes a tappin'.

My inner child has played

to her hearts content; what fun!

Maybe tomorrow work will happen?

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Life's Hardest Test

2009-06-30T00:37:00.006-05:00

She's been broken

spirit, body, and mind.

She cries in her coffee

she cries in her wine.

Hiding in her house

too ashamed to tell.

The truth of the bruises

the pain and the hell.

When out with friends

she's his adored queen.

When home alone she's

the dirt neath his feet.

For far too many years

she took all of his abuse.

Battered and bruised

she felt: what's the use?

Hope was a distant star

feeling like death inside.

Gazing at her last sunset

tears filling her eyes.

Why did she stay

without chains to bind?

As the sun rose proudly

she took back her life.

She's been mended

spirit, body, and mind.

Embracing each day

laughing all of the time.

The scars of pain remain

a reminder of the past.

Of how she survived

life's hardest test.

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My Time Is Near

2009-06-30T00:26:00.004-05:00

My time is near

the days grow dark

a peaceful feeling

nestles in my heart.

Soon I'll be at rest

no need to mourn

freeing my spirit

nevermore to return.

My time is near

seconds ticking by

this world dimming

no tears must you cry.

I'll watch over you

from heaven above

keeping you safe

holding you with love.

My time is near

soon I must go

love is eternal

this much I know.

We'll touch again

when my journey is done

together in paradise

forever in love.

Southerndelite

(this I wrote 2 yrs before my son died

and it was read at his funeral)

God Whispers

2009-06-30T00:20:00.003-05:00

Oh, how still the morning

God whispers in the breeze

Easing my worried mind

Peaceful interlude for me

Sounds of beating heart

Calming my restless soul

Renewing my tired spirit

At one with God: Whole!

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Favorite Time

2009-06-15T01:59:00.001-05:00

My favorite time of the day

Watching the sun rise

Fortitude and solitude

God's gift-natures surprise.

The house still sleeps

I'm the only one aware

Of the magic unfolding

Light dancing on air.

The stars are fading

Night does disappear

Day proclaims gently

Awake I'm here!

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My Life

2009-06-12T06:05:00.002-05:00

The ocean swells with the tide

So very like my life

Waves crashing against the rocks

Filled with fury and strife

The storms soon blow over

Rarely lasting but a day

The damage they wreak

Stays with me always

The sun should warm me

Yet it is unmerciful

As it burns and blisters

My thirst; unquenchable

My life is like the ocean

Unpredictable and turbulent

Sunny and calm with ripples

Oft stormy sometimes violent

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(1995)

An Angel Not

2009-06-11T14:19:00.001-05:00

Even angels become sad
At times they cry
Although immortal
Inside a little they die.

Even angels grow weary
Of being alone
Their wings won't fly
To take them home.

If angels feel thus
Then how intense
Our feelings are to bear
Mere mortals, no defense.

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