After all these years

Life is funny…
ironic even
You are a dream
Dreams come true
True as life
Life happens

Life is a circle…
Through experience and friends
We were connected
Like asteroids in the cosmos
Our circles bumped and collided
in space and time

Life happens in time…
Timing is everything
The time wasn’t right

After all these years,
I think back…
Strangers?
I think not

From the start
Radars alerted
Glances given
Smiles received
Hearts beat
Energy electrified
Intensified

Time is energy…
Sweet pangs triggered
Waves of wonder and curiosity
Moments enveloped
Developed into dreams
Dreams of fate
Glimmer in the shadows
Patiently waiting

Waiting…
for what?
For time…
A chance crack
A blossom of hope
Something
Out of the blue

Fate happens
Faith endures

The window cracked opened
Chance breezed in
A breath of fresh air
Embraced with a hug
Welcomed with a kiss

Embers rejuvenate 
Slowly, surely
Emotions combust
Feelings meld
Life binds
Dreams solidify

Fate happens
Faith endures

How long did it take?
Seemingly forever
Everything in time
LIFE does reveal itself
Eventually
However it takes

Timing is everything
Now is our time
Time is life
Life is a gift
Life is funny…
ironic even

Ode to a teenager

How two people can live together
And not say a word to each other
Is beyond me
When did it go wrong?
When did the smiles stop?
When did the kidding cease?
When did the love go away?

I’ve known you forever
For all of your life
I birthed you
Nursed you
Bathed and fed you
Soothed you
Played with you

It all seems a lifetime away
Days now dark and grey
Clouded and hurtful
What little we do talk
Your eyes are dead
I can’t look
But I need to

I need to let you know
I love you
You are my seed
You are a part of me
I am a part of you
When you hurt
I feel it

Still, I see you
Beautiful, intelligent
Shyly confidant
Well liked
The world will be yours
I want that for you
That is a mother’s wish

I am your mother
That will never change
We will not always live together
May not even live near
Distance in miles is bearable
Distance in heart is not
I hope that’s not the case

Hope is sinking
I’m fighting it
I have no choice
Can’t let it go
Heartfelt wishes
Heavy and deep
The loss is numbing

You are my seed
You are a part of me
I am a part of you
All I can think of?
All I want to do?
To let you know
I love you

(c) SEP 2011