memor-ized..for those who no longer, remember

i try to hold on to whatever i see
as it fades from view
i know that, too
that image will be gone.
lost to that place where dwell
the others, once real to me
but now only as real as
those who share them.
i see your face
do
i know you
your name
i cannot place.
did you love me
did i love you.
i was doing something...
what did i do.
the me i try so hard to hold onto
is now someone i do not understand.
i see you look at me
you do not know this
me, either.

embrace me as you once did
or so  you said
keep me  in your heart
as all fades from my head.
please love me still
i am not dead

this shell of a person
once filled with a life
somebody's  mother,
daughter, son
husband, child, father
or wife.

age

age is but a mere number.
and the heart never
bothers
to
count.

from

from the smallest of dreams,
a great idea grows.

peace in

Upon this swirling orb in space
A world of storms and woes
If love appeared in its
Place
A paradise of peace
Could grow.

grew old...letter to the young

all of us
but once were
young.
ran and kept going
all about fun.
did not listen to
stories
that we were told
by those we simply
considered old,
the words from their
hearts and mouths
to deaf ears fell.
we thought we knew
it all too well.
now years and days
accumulate
your words have faded,
or heard, too late.
and ironing out the
ironies
you always knew
that one day we

would
be old like you.

immerse yourself

immerse yourself

in whatever season

you may be.

the season that is

most beautiful,

is the one in

your company.

a spot of red

a spot of red.

little spark of glee.

that touch of

color we

all love to 

see.