Life is short, sometimes shorter than we would expect. Twenty years ago I was 18. Twenty years ago life was just beginning. Twenty years ago seems like yesterday. Twenty years ago was so long ago. This poem and song is dedicated to my friend, whom I lost touch with yet never forgot.

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The greatest love story you never read
In letters and postcards and pictures
Tears flow from my eyes and thoughts through my head
A beautiful story, only richer

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[Reading Time: < 1 minute] and here you are on my mind once again thoughts adrift and unheard images of vibrant yellows, oranges, reds shadowy and unfettered by words my inner self brightens vibrating with a scorching heat needful wants and desires drowning out background noises harsh beatings of my heart afire wishing the mind [...]

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[Reading Time: 1 - 2 minutes] I decided to take some of Holly‘s advice on crafting poetry and practice with the various forms. This is truly not as easy as it might seem. And it does not help when you pick words like ‘under’ that have so few words with which to rhyme. Good or [...]

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[Reading Time: 1 - 2 minutes] I have a thought and sing a songdreaming about days long since goneyou and me, me and youTra-la-la turns into fiddle-dee-deeit’s more than just a memorywe dance and shimmy, shimmy, too A random explosion flows sublimewords and ideas fuse in rhymea heartbeat, a pulse, and I blushFree-floating, hovering from [...]

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[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] In the nightthere is a soft humminglightalmost unheardit is the windit whispers your nameI feel a rising in my chestdeepembracingyou are nearwarmth is all I feel Today is specialI am in loveI will always feel this intensitythis hold you have over meit is so strongnever yieldingalways in my heartyour [...]

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[Reading Time: < 1 minute] floating in the airhues change orange, yellow, redcool temperatures image courtesy of frazerweb.

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[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] With every passing minuteAnd each new breath I takeLonging for your touch, your scentA feeling of peace as I wake Overwhelming, this feeling I getI know deep in my soul it’s trueThis love I feel is never-endingAll my life I’ve been waiting for you ««««««««««««««««««««««««« … For love is [...]

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[Reading Time: 6 - 9 minutes] I found this in my emails.  The email is dated December 26, 2001.  Now before I start crying, I can feel the tears coming, let me get through this short introduction.  This was written by my father-in-law for my kids, his grandkids, in honor of his son and their [...]

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