Like fire flies, we are wrong to think our lives long In the lazy hazy summer days, when we are young. Look up, and see a wondrous sight: Light after beautiful twinkling light. Shining like day Lighting our way. How did I not see before The leading light our elders bore? Our first teachers, older, [...]
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Happy New Year
Another year has flown so fast What once was future, now is past. A Happy New Year to you, and to you. Don't make a list of things you won't do! Don't decide to exercise more If you got any thinner, you'd just be a bore! I don't think you need any new resolutions. You're [...]
The Household Fairy
I love that you’re an optimist You think that fairies might exist. A household fairy just like Dobby, who’s Happy as about his job he goes Picking up your fallen clothes. He loves to gather stinky socks Or empty out an old lunch box. Your breakfast bowl and empty cup Fly on their own to [...]
Life is like a journey
‘Life is like a journey’, at least that's what they say I guess, as an analogy for learning, that's okay; Though we’d describe it better, I'm sure that you'll agree, As a journey on a cruise ship through a sparkling silver sea. And I hear the food's amazing, and the air is sweet perfume… But [...]
Season’s Greetings
It feels so good to stop at last, To slow the clocks that run so fast. When strivings cease, And hearts feel peace: The real Christmas gift. It’s strange that rooms so full of laughter And houses filled up to the rafter: This chaos farm Can bring us calm And give our hearts a lift. [...]
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