A box of tissues
A baby kiss
A cold like this
We sure won't miss

A week off, no work
Stinks with no pay
Yet I'm with my son
Time we can't delay

The precious memories
Cuddled in pj's
Me and my baby
On a cold rainy day

Blowing noses
Tickling tummies
I can't wait to taste
Those Christmas yummies

I am so thankful
It's just a cold
Shared with my son
Who's energetic and bold

My poems are lacking
My humor is great
Lord I wish I
Had a date!

Hachooo.... now I just passed the cold onto you.
Want to share my tissues with me?

Sending prayers for Mikey! Hope you are feeling better soon! God bless....

IF ONLY

IF ONLY I could wake up to find
The fella that I dream of
In a dream lost far behind

The prince with decent manners
The one who showed he cared
IF ONLY I could find him
In more than a distant prayer

The fellow who brought flowers
The one who kissed my cheek
Working as a teamplayer
Compassionate and sleek

For his inner core
Would shine on Christmas Day
Giving from his heart and soul
In each and every way

So I wrap up an empty box
A gold foiled one with a bow
Knowing treasured dreams
Within are all I know

Hope packaged so neatly
For one day I'm sure I'll find
This special man of integrity
With a great heart and mind

Each and every Christmas
I will remember this empty box
Which holds a heart that's longing
For the hope to be unlocked.

SDF

I win

I write... releases a lot.

Excuse me.... coming thru.... I WIN! ?

I began looking for that one forever friend... and I found many wonderful friends, mostly of the female persuasion, and began sharing my poetry.

I am happy when I hear the idea of MAYBE one day we will meet. lol

Hey while I am dreaming I can hope he opens the doors, and pulls out the chair for his lady. You are RIGHT ... I AM dreaming! Here's to hoping! lol

I love the smell of a baby.
I love lying under the stars and listening to nature's orchestra.
I love a man with great smelling cologne.
I love seeing my grown children walk through the door.
I love eskimo kisses, and the smell of a flower shop

I'm thinking someone needs to make the Christmas cookies!

I would hope he would pay or at least offer. I would also hope he'd bring flowers.

Singing... this is the song that never ends, and I never seem to win... my friends... lol

Hello all... I want to wish EVERYONE a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Sorry I could not join the Christmas card exchange this year. Thanks Nicole for the card!

long and hard

Dancing in the shadows of the early morning light
Wishing for someone to hold and draw so tight
Glancing through the pages of a melancholy mind
Knowing time can stand still as you look closely at what's behind

Time just keeps on galloping to a whimsical beat
Oh I have my moments when I want to just retreat
Lie dormant in the moment instead of looking to and fro
Waiting on a dream to come but caught in a familiar undertow

Stardust in one's eyes as the morning dew does settle
Feeling a whistling urge like the boiling of the kettle
The steamy words come frolicking off of a boiling tongue
Anger for a child's dream is tossed aside, no victory won

A father lost in alcohol spewing excuses like a spinning wheel
A mother on a soapbox as a childhood he does steal
With selfishness and righteous banter he approaches in such jest
Clueless on the web that's spun and yet he fails the test

Morning quickly approaches and to sleep she then succumbs
Knowing it makes no difference as the beat plays on the familie's drums
The trail of tears passed down through generations so she wails
The trail of tears for alcoholics in denial and then he bails

A mother and child tucked tightly into bed
Dreaming of a difference made by all the words unsaid
Integrity and faith win out as the kettle cools again
A family lost in a vapor and found in an "I remember when"

SDF 12/2/11