Being sensitive is a doubled edged sword
Sentences starting with this is said with love or tell or maybe not
Hopefully the positive outweighs the negative
If you have nothing nice to say
Saying nothing is the best advice
Self Edit
People mean well and some are just mean
Listen and digest going forward
Correction and criticism both have their places
Listen, Learn and carry on and forward
Many times the problem is theirs and not yours

C@rainbowchaser2022

You put it to bed
You move on and forward
For good or bad doesn't matter you just do it
Then Friday the 13th comes and you get a call
Cemetery rates have risen
You have to step up to the plate again
No winners or trophies
You do the right thing again even though they didn't
You tuned into a better life while they tuned out
Happy that narcissism won't touch you again
You moved on with your adventure
Still walking in the rain

C@Rainbowchaser2022

He has soul
He has the beat
His words flow
This three year old captures his world with joy and wonder
The future seems grand in his blue eyed world

C@rainbowchaser2023

Is your mind on a page?
Not calling you a sage
The words are all the rage
Someday you will find that what was on your mind is original and sublime
Some may love it and others not
Not trying to be unkind
Not enabling
Not didactic
Not supporting what your heart doesn't beat for
Is your mind on a page?

C@rainbowchaser2022

Unbelievable
Unthinkable
Waiting for you to call
Picked up the phone too many times
No long distance to Heaven
No visiting hours
We will tell your story
Share photographs and memories with your great grandchildren
Second Mother's day without you
August will be two years since we bid you farewell
We wanted you to stay
So much more to do and say
You had to be on your way
Daddy was waiting for you
So were your parents and others we said goodbye to
You had to go and be on your way

C@rainbowchaser2022

Walking accompanied by Doves and Robins
Ease on down the road
Watch the syncopation of the rain
Gasp at March winds in April with May around the corner
Be Kind and caring but mind your business
Stay in your lane
Might not be the nicest way to put it but with the world is rotating strangely
Some people you wouldn't want to befriend
If you are lucky, you have a golden circle like mine

C@rainbowchaser2022

Nothing ordinary about it
It is extraordinary
Your take away is that simple and  simply are divine
Think very carefully before you utter another word
Don't even think a thought
Before you jump a boundary don't go there
Think before you say something that might hurt somebody
You may regret it
Rather walk away with my head held with no regrets
Mentioning them not worth it

C@Rainbowchaser2022

Wasn't looking for anybody
My somebody,so I thought ,
Broke my heart and spirit
He didn't take my soul
When looking seemed beyond even the humdrum
There you were
You took me over and under
Back and forth
You were not in my plans but my friend became my everything
You are my love
You share my life
You honor my soul
Some how an angel sent you
You found me

C@rainbowchaser 2023

I wish I was there right now
Circumstances and distance aside, I am
Things get better but the pain and hurt just ease up
Trust me tears flow when I least expect it
Excused myself and hold my head up high
Look for rainbows and butterflies
My loved ones know they are missed
The funny part is that when one least expects it they seems to be around
If there are Angels, then they are there and everywhere
My friend, I am with you all the way

C@rainbowchaser2022

Before U Tube
Before the internet
Before cell phones
You didn't question your parents
You did what you were told
Friends ,if you had any, were not permitted to visit you at home
Rules were not broken
They broke you in
Those latchkey kids with keys on their chains
Grew up lonely, depressed, with limited social skills
Without poetry and writing, their eulogies never would be written or heard
Let’s just say I know and read between the lines
Highly sensitive people know who they are

C@rainbowchaser2022

Bid Farewell to Before and Welcome to After
It was only yesterday but sometimes letting it go
frees you in ways you never imagined
You should remember who and what was
On the road for today and towards tomorrow
It was only yesterday leave it there
Enjoy being who you are
c@rainbowchaser2022

It has only been you
Not for lack of interest but their platonic pledges
They never saw me just air brushed beauty in the media
Never thought love would find me
Never thought it was deserved or out there
Out if the blue when the search ended
You found me
So stop looking and the very best will come to call
Forty three years ago in September
The very best came into my life
Married 42 years this coming October
My treasure and joy

C@rainbowchaser2022

If you are grieving,may wonderful memories sustain you
If you made a mistake or bad judgment call
May you learn,grow and stay the course of your journey
If you are hurt or heart broken,
Heal and know what goes around comes around
Insulating more does you absolutely no good
Leave it alone
If you can stay strong,loving and caring
If that is all there
Then that is more than enough

C@rainbowchaser 2023

The very best of the best
So Special unlike the rest
One and only
One In a Billion
I am talking about my one and only
How do you follow that?
How do you follow that?

C@rainbowchaser2022

We have weathered storms
You are my umbrella and my sunshine no matter the storm
Lost loved ones and cheered those battling whatever threat challenges them
Through my eyes love surrounds me
The same holds true for you
When you look at me the best thing that ever happened to me is near me
Still, hand in hand
Still dating each other
After all this time
You welcome my mornings
You are still a pain but you are my pain in the ****
Talking in the wee hours when sleep should befriend us
We can make new out of what is familiar
We never give up or give in
Not done loving you yet
Nor will I ever be

C@rainbowchaser2022

If this applies to you then bravo
You are not a member of the piranha pool
Corruptive liars stuck in yesterday
How they function today is a question for sages?
Religion and politics aside
What was was
What is is
How about common sense?
How about being a human being and not a monster?
How about listening and not commenting?
People cry out on social media
Their words not worth reading
Insult to injury
We all bleed red blood
We all cry tears
We have all lost and been in pain
We have dealt with so much and some have to learn to deal
It is not easy
Not slight of hand
You get real and appreciate what you have
Beautiful heart
Beautiful heart
Doing the very best we can
Expecting nothing in return but to be there and extend a hand
Not wondering what is in it for me or you

C@rainbowchaser 2023

Don't be offended
Yesterday was long ago
Time is limited and haven't got the time for an old friend
Not making it either
So another loss is mourned
Set yourself free from what used to be

C@rainbowchaser2022

Not tight rope walking
Not see-saw
Not teeter totter
Not bicycle
This is about calm, joy and eliminating hate
Another four letter word
Coming to terms rings a bell
Rather be sweet naturally
Change who or what does not work
Nurture what does
Keep it close to the heart
I wish you balance
Find it

C@rainbowchaser2022

East bound
West bound
Brooklyn College was graduate school twice
All the promises you made and kept started there
Driving to JFK dreaming about the places we would travel to
Walking the World’s Fair grounds and gazing at the Unisphere
A memory from childhood
Before Disneyworld came to be

Hopefully more goals and promises to share and keep
More stamps on our passports
The Belt Parkway, the beginning of us
It is not the end
We just have to keep traveling on other highways
Somehow when we are on the Belt Parkway Nassau or Suffolk bound
It reminds me of how we began
September 14, 1979 introduced me to the best person that came into my life
1980 seems like yesterday but is part of us today and tomorrow

C@rainbowchaser2022

We have all had enough
Time to get the answers
Be honest, caring,considerate
Have decency and respect
Agree to disagree
Forge a real United States
A Democracy
Republic
A greater truth
Come out of the darkness and get your head out of the sand

C@rainbowchaser2022

Fill your rainbow with shades of imagination
Nobody and nothing should color your rainbow
No matter what, when, who or why
Hold on
Hold fast
The smallest gifts are treasures
Recognize them
While others may not get the message
Wrap yourself in joy when storms or hurdles of any kind surround you
Humble your spirit towards the light

C@rainbowchaser2022

You move and climb mountains that held you back while dealing with the valleys and meadows
You tried to climb something that no longer needs to be scaled
You went to a place that only you can divulge
Ethically and emotionally needed cleansing
Needed to fly on its own without you navigating
Not only does it no longer matter
It does not fill you up and its purpose was another's issue
You rethink it and no longer think about it
If it rears its ugly head which it is bound to do
You have grown and changed for the better even if it hurt you
Accountable to yourself, first
Then you can be better for those that share your life

C@rainbowchaser2022

Improving is far more important and valuable that proving yourself
They work in tandem eventually
In the meantime, don't say been there done that because everybody deserves respect and gratefulness

C@rainbowchaser2022

A place to belong
Where food and love surround me
Where hugs and pats are my companions
Where cold does not spend its time with me
Where I dream and wake to find my family returning to me
Looking forward to greeting you and welcoming you back home
I dream of this when nobody choses me at the end of the day
It is always an almost but then they don't return
I dream of this when the volunteer tells me tomorrow girl
Looking for a home

C@Rainbowchaser2023

Turn off the noise
The Digital Media and Technology
Open your senses to sights and smells
Rainy day?
Just guess for it
Nature will entertain you If you let her
Just breathe
Just be

@rainbowchaser2022

New experiences are helpful and eye opening
Sometimes you have to search deep within yourself
Learning what works and what doesn't work
Proud to be myself as a writer and poet
If that is all there is
Making no apologies
That is enough
No regrets

C@rainbowchaser2022

You don't give up
You don't give in
You compromise and realize what you need
You are more than you know
Fear does you no good at all
You can be afraid but that is different
Keep learning daily to find out more
No fear and fearless

C@rainbowchaser2022

Just how deep are you willing to go
To find your power
Inspite of setbacks
Despite whomever or whatever is stopping you
Is it you?
Search places you never seem to find or seek
Excuses not only hold you back
You will never know how high you can fly if you don't use your wings
Will you solo?
Will you soar?
Will your self doubt leave you down there on the ground or floor?
Never more
Never more
Walk through the door confidently
Bust through that door

C@rainbowchaser2022

Differences
Changes
Adaptations
Rearranges
Stages
Pages
Ages
Find­ reason for each and every season
All the versions matter
If only you open your eyes and listen with your heart

C@rainbowchaser2022

You live in my heart
Not in hollowed ground
You are not there
You are here,tbere,and everywhere
Hard to think of you as photographs and memories
You left us very young and we were very Young too
Say Hello to Mom and happy you are no longer alone
When monarch butterflies and rainbows find me
I know you are around
Perhaps that
Is why I chase rainbows

C@rainbowchaser2022

All Princes and Princesses please stay clear
No matter where you are
No matter your background
Hedonists too
Some appreciate everything they have and are incredibly grateful
Those who live in Lala in their minds
While others  help people and animals
You  are only  concerned about serving red or white over tbe weekend
As you sit by a pool in your gated community as you await your cleaning services arrival
Why are you so entitled?
Most of us worked hard for what we have and help others and organizations because we care
Why are you so entitled?

C@rainbowchaser2022

The chapters were written
Her story about her loves and life are done
Those left behind will carry on
The tears and goodbyes have flowed
The tears will return when the period is dotted at the end of the sentence
When her monument is revealed with family message with date of birth and death
Her grandchildren and great grandchildren will share photographs and memories as we close the book on her story
One story ends and one begins
C@rainbowchaser2022

It opens
It closes
It is ajar, it revolves
It slams shut
Every now and again
It opens and leads you to something
You were not looking for but needed to find
Or it was looking for you?
Whether you walk in, walk through or close it
It really is up to you?
What will you do ?

C'@rainbowchaser2022

The world is splitting
How painful and scary
History repeats itself and they don't accept or acknowledge it
One country,one people,people,
In my heart United forever dropping politics and religion
Least this writer believes that
Losing two great friends and a parent
STANDING taller and stronger in their memories and for myself
I love  you baby even more
MY greatest treasure and gift that keeps sharing
Even more

C@rainbowchaser2022

Still cries at cartoons
The female version of Linus and Charlie Brown
A little Snoopy
Has to feed hungry animals
SENSITIVITY personified
Introducing me
Deal with it but don't judge me

C@rainbowchaser2022

Empathy
Sympathy
Know tbe difference
No matter the experience or situation
Empathy stands out
You can care
You can relate and understand
Respect privacy
Knowing the difference makes the wrongs and sorrow easier
to digest and accept
Making a wrong right is not easy

C@rainbowchaser2022

Patch of soft baby blue in a soft heather gray sky
Patch of sky blue in a steel gray sky
Pearl white Herons dot a tree as it sways back and forth
The plane getting ready to soar towards anoher conference destination
Trenchcoat and umbrella at the ready when we land and deplane
Ready for take off in the silvery skies

C@rainbowchaser2022

Cleansing and therapeutic
A Butterfly and three ducks for company
Two black and white marbled
The other marbled with a touch of red near her head
My spirit animals a bear and swan always with me
The very best company
The golden Butterfly landed near me on a water break
All on a Poet's Walk

C@rainbowchaser2022

You pay your dues
Some still owe
You know what payback can be
One day at a time even that feels like months and years
Perhaps with a different tune or melody
You accept what you can't change
We can write volumes on that alone
Knowing change will be a constant companion
Even though it is it your nature, you must put yourself first
Without this,you are no help or good to anybody else
Still learnng that
work in progress
Being yourself is more than okay
To the Princes and Princesses out there we will let go of those that wish to rearrange the status quo for those unlike them
Those in your corner will cheer you on and it goes two ways.
One way streets are dead ends
It has taken time for this easier spirit to emerge but she has

C@rainbowchaser2022

Rainy days and Mondays no longer get me down
Sorry Richard and the late Karen Carpenter
Snow and ice get me down
They are pretty but get in the way and are hazardous
Sorry skiers and skaters
Naysayers may not apply or get in the way of what matters
What matters is doing the very best possible
Doing the right thing when the wrong thing is easier a taste
that completely disagrees with me
My heart is on a page and one that I author
Some will never open it
Too much has happened
Too many last said goodbyes
Rainy days and Mondays no longer get me down

C@rainbowchaser2023

Henry David taught me well
Hiking on Walden Pond brought it forward
Nature and her children sing and frolic
The thunder and lightning and storms worn us she us a force to be reckoned with
Enjoy the sky,the wind
,waterways,oceans,predators and prey
As you sit in awe and enjoy the vistas and bounty
Remember we should care ,protect,and  respect everything around us
Not only should you sing her songs
Stand up and standby her always
C@rainbowchaser2022

Only three today
Sometimes they work together
Others separate but aligned in a galaxy we have yet to encounter
A positive democratic world in which we live as caring human beings
Is this a dream that won't come true
Ask that Orange colored clown and the January militia he rules
Does everybody have a different truth and kindness
Even Bill Maher has a negative view of the future
Some live in fear like chicken little the sky is falling
They are afraid of their own shadows
Are we so imbalanced after two years of uncommon ground?
We are so out of whack and can't come back better than before?
We can't have a conversation
We forgot how to think,share,and listen
Some live in yesterday
Some today
While others hope they have a tomorrow
History is repeating the sixties
John Lennon lyrics ring true
For me,aspire higher and creatively use my imagination for the greater good of one nation

C@rainbowchaser2022

When you love somebody enough to share your life with them
Sometimes despite and inspire of how you feel
You do whatever is necessary to make that special one,your life partner happy
It isn't easy and you have to ignore those well meaning comments and not so well-wishes
You hold your tongue
You smile when you want to cry
You are going to do whatever it is for him or her
If they breathe it,you make it happen for them
Don't make promises you can't keep
Compromise

C'@rainbowchaser2022

The Beach was vast
Velvet sky kissed the diamonds
She ran till he gently broke her fall
He was the blanket
She was the pillow
The ocean their lullaby
Until night turned into morning

C@rainbiwchaser2022

Don't cry because it’s over
Smile because it happened
No matter the loss of a dear one or something else
Don't just let it go set it free
Keep the memory in your heart
The ache has to subside
It is in its place
You can move on and set it free and yourself

C@rainbowchaser2022

Love them all and appreciate them
Watch and photograph them
All different and interesting
You are regal
You are sweet and strong
You have beauty and are statuesque but swans are mean-spirited
Those differences and the respect that Mother Nature has given her children is evident
She and her children deserve it
Even though Dolphins, Pandas, Koalas and whales have my heart
There is room for Owls,Squirels,and
Swans
What is precious  formidable and causes awe struck moments
Biodiversity fills me up
Owls,Squirrels and Swans as well as all their creature friends
Great whether big or small
@rainbowchaser2022

A gift that keeps giving expectedly
A treasure
Incredibly talented with a wit and intelligence enjoyed by those accepting of someone so different and special
You quietly standout and were so unexpected in a jam packed busy life
One door closed when Heaven called her home
By her heart and grace,you arrived at the right time and place
So every joy and genuine delight should find you and those you love
You are. a blessing and sure as Poets write your family knows this
May the stars smile down on you now and forever more

C@rainbowchaser2022