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Sunlit water
Moonlit sky
Deepening shadows
Saying goodbye.

Soft flows the water,
so clear and blue.
It's shimmering image,
reminds me of you.

What I must do,
to stay happy today,
is to find a new path,
doing it my own way.

What is that path?
I wish I knew.
I will not start my journey
While I am living with you.

These words tug at my heart
for I am missing you so.
I know you will leave me,
but I don't want you to go.

I am fortunate
and a very lucky man,
to have all the friends,
who care about me.

My nose starts running,
my eyes, shedding a tear,
when I sit with you,
and you don't know I'm near.

Verbal communication,
gone with life's flow,
when I said, "I love You,"
you said, "I know."

A surprise to me,
was that reply,
for you had stopped speaking
and I was wondering why.

A case of four and twenty
or two dozen to you,
was a new counting system,
which was long overdue.

In other countries,
most don't count like we do
so, remember with numbers,
counting decisions are up to you.

I was at a dance
the other day.
Wait it was at night,
what else can I say?

I looked across the room
thick with smokey haze.
It was hard to see
who danced to amaze.

I caught a glimpse
of a beautiful girl,
she had lovely clothes
and wore many a pearl.

I approached her,
and took my chance,
hoping she would say yes
to a little romance.

She looked at me
with beautiful eyes
and said, "you don't
look wealthy or wise."

Embarrassed I was,
I could feel my shames,
and had just experienced,
another, "Shot down in Flames."

There is a lesson
I want to share.
Don't give up,
there are more out there.

Oh, my Lord,
what a day.
Everything I do,
I am in the way.

My creative life
is now in the tank.
I try to write now
and everything is rank!
Phew!

Summer heat,
sleepless night,
drooping eyes,
just not right.

How can you ignore,
the care of another?
They are not strangers,
nor sisters or brothers.

Step forward to be,
counted by all,
be they short
or exceptionally tall.

Reviewing Life.
What is life about?
Should we be happy
or scream and shout?

Life can be scary,
mattering not what you learned.
Life is up and down.
Sometimes we get burned.

Be strong my niece,
strong like you are.
Keep your love intact,
for those near and far.

What has happened
to life?
Why does it have to be
my wife?

She is a good person,
much better than I.
Why are you taking her?
Why not I?