Lies within us I knew not what I wasAnd yet I still reached for the skyHoping to grow tall and strong My family members were examplesOf kindness and sharingThey provided shelter and food To so many divergent species My brothers and sisters asked for nothing in returnTheir reward was the love they receivedAnd love they shared,…
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Another Garden Catastrphe Averted
In the middle of the night, the garden came alive with secrets only she could hear. This was not a new experience for Beth. By age three, Beth began to realize she was different. She didn’t think it was particularly unusual, but she was too young to understand her extraordinary talents. By age six, she…
Scratching, Scratching…
What’s That Sound? Image by https://www.freepik.com/author/EyeEm It was a cold, dreary late October day. The sleet was assailing them horizontally, making their umbrellas useless as they worked their way towards what she was told was the fresh burial site of her husband’s coworker, John. Suddenly Donna stopped dead in her tracks. “What’s that noise, she asked?”…
You Can Only Be You
That is a good thing You can only be you. That is a good thing. As a child, I dreamed I wanted to be Superman, The Flash, Spiderman, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Zeus, Davy Crockett, Tarzan, Zorro, Paul McCartney, and others. It is my firm belief that I was not unusual. There is nothing like a…
You Are My Life’s Summary
It was you, always you I was twenty-two when I met youIgnorant of life’s possibilitiesYou brewed your special brand of stewI lost all my sensibilities Up ’til then I was directionlessNever thought about tomorrowTime and space were meaninglessJust a contestant in a game show Hi, I’m Nancy, you saidMomentarily I lost my tongueWishing then we…