Lavender Paradise

Lavender Paradise

Leave the city behind

Take time and get away

There are places around

Ones where people dream of

A soft blanket of violet

Blowing in [rt1] summer breezes

Walk out into the open

Away from all buildings

Turn your back on distant trees

Then just lie down and look at Heaven

Let the soothing scents surround you

Close your eyes and just let go

Enter a paradise you never expected

If you do, if you can

You will never be the same again

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A Starving Mother

A Starving Mother

I do not like having to beg

The world around me

It forces me to do what I must

If I can find a crust of bread

Or maybe some leftover milk

I think I have my best day

Am I proud of begging on the streets

Honestly, yes, I am

If my child can eat just a small bit

I am proud even if I never eat

My child will live another day

What more could I want

Tell Extinction No More

Tell Extinction No More

The world is big enough for everyone

Both Human Beings and Animals

We should be able to live together

But extinction reaches out its finger

Watching what Humans do to the world

All it takes is even the smallest mistake

And extinction reaches down to Earth

Touching one member of a species

And too soon every one of them is gone

Gone but hopefully not forgotten

And Humans will find a way to tell extinction

We will not accept you taking any more creatures

And after all time we will live together

Emphasis on the word LIVE

The Ugly Dog

The Ugly Dog

I know I am not beautiful

You cannot even call me pretty

I guess I may be downright ugly

But I know one thing you may not

Under my Anne Burrell haircut

I have a heart bigger than the universe

I will sit on your lap when you get home

I will give you more kisses than you want

And I will even sleep right next to you

So, just look into my eyes and see me

I will be a great member of your family

Please just take me home with you

And give me one chance

Dryades

Dryades

 

I have seen you when you never saw me

Just slight glimpses from the corner of my eye

Of you running through the forest

Or standing on the shore of the lake

But I never knew if I was seeing you

Or if my mind was just creating a dream

I knew that I could never talk to you

Really, I would not know what to say

What I would like to tell you

It is so far out of my place

After all how do you speak to a goddess

A Rock In The Void

A Rock In The Void

When the times comes

And Earth takes its final breath

I do not want to be among the first

I want to watch as the heavens descend

And the air fills with fire and smoke

Everyone will pray to a god

The one who left us long ago

The one who sent the fire upon us

All of the prayer will rise into the sky

And float off into a cold uncaring universe

Never will they be answered or even heard

All of us will die as He watches

Every person, animal and insect gone

The earth will be a dead rock

Devoid of everything that made it unique

Just a speck of rock in an endless void

Nothing more…nothing less

Believe In You

Believe In You

From the first step you took

You began to move to the music

Even then you knew

You were going to be a dancer

Years and years, you studied

Learning moves and motions

Some easy and some hard

But you never gave up

You never listed to anyone

The ones who said you couldn’t do it

That it was all just a waste of your life

Now you dance every night

With a thousand people watching only you

You learned what most people never will

Do not listen when you are told you can’t

Know in your heart that, no matter what

You can and will do anything

As long as you try and you believe in you