week 466 ~ when the world sounds like music

when the world sounds like music
take a deep breath then join in
no matter what song you pick

you’re alone stuck in traffic
driving home from where you’ve been
when the world sounds like music

savor the moment things click
it’s one time you’ll always win
no matter what song you pick

happiness has no yardstick
no set place it should begin
when the world sounds like music

it passes you must be quick
to actuate your break-in
no matter what song you pick

you know you’ll land in the thick
of a landscape wide open
when the world sounds like music
no matter what song you pick

week 366 ~ inch your way down to the end of the branch

inch your way down to the end of the branch
and there perched precariously look out
at what lies beyond your grasp never doubt
that soon you’ll get there don’t look down don’t blanch
to repair broken dreams sing love out loud
you may teeter a bit as you balance
between hope and fear but reach further chance
rewards those who take theirs bravely unbowed
by the weight of all the things that never
worked out drop armloads of outgrown anger
turn around and take photos of questions
unanswered then shred unwise opinions
move ahead with an optimistic heart
you have just made it through the hardest part

week 231 ~ the weather doesn’t know what time it is

the weather doesn’t know what time it is
and midnight won’t wait because it’s raining
for they exist outside context like spring
and though we know they’ll soon be gone our wis-
dom never saves us from regret forget
those similes the ones you planned to write
step out onto the knife’s edge where the slight-
est breeze changes your perspective don’t let
Mother Nature scare you or Father Time
they’ve got jobs to do and so do you but
their parameters are more diffuse shut
your eyes inhale the sweet constraints of rhyme
daffodils are blooming and you’re older
good enough reasons for dreaming bolder