My poetry comes from the heart and life's teachings, both positive and negative. Those are the traits which make us who we are. I have lived in several places, but now claim the small town in which I was raised as home. I have a wonderful, close family and supportive husband. My two wonderful and intelligent children have taught me many lessons and provided much inspiration along with a few frayed nerves. I have a terrific, small, close-nit circle of friends who support and protect me. They are wonderful. I strongly believe that you get what you give in life, so the choice is always yours. I am gifted in the way that I am tremendously sensitve to the people, thoughts, emotions, and situations by which I am surrounded. Sometimes it is a blessing and other times, a curse.
On the surface it would seem,
He has the goods that make a dream.
But underneath that outer shell,
He is shallow minded, mean as hell.
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Kole & Jeremy Oh! what can we say,
But 'thank you' boys for all the gray.
Stubborn and rowdy; squabble and fight,
But hugging and playing the very same night.
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Sunlight trickles through tiny cracks
And falls like rain upon your sleeping smile.
Threadlike fingers clutch worn fur of 'Noel',
Your safety bear.
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Little girls with silken hair,
The brightest eyes and skin so fair.
Raised like sisters, you argue and fuss,
Over silly things amusing to us.
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