Blue Jay
Chara Azul
Geai Bleu
Saw you fly Among Mother Nature's spice rack of cardamom, paprika, saffron and sage
Fly and sing without a care
On the first day of  sunny November
Soar high and safely little friend

C@rainbowchaser2021

Online sites are helpful
They are resources for allied assistance
Many are not run by professionals trained to help you
Other than Dr. Phil, celebrity ones don't count
Be mindful
Be true to to yourself
Being depressed and having Depression are very different
Been there and know from my heart
Depression is a disease and should be treated as such
Treatment can vary from talk therapy and sometimes medication
Not all require it ,I did not require it
Seeking a physician shed a lot of light on the dark place I was in
No matter how things get rely on everything out there
Just talking it out is not the only answer
Writing poetry was the vehicle that saved my life but somebody saw the problem
My past was examined by reading things I wrote long ago
Things shared with nobody
Please stay well
Be mindful

C@rainbowchaser2021

She beckons me to return
Something changed when the words work to live became a mantra
Celebrating friends and family with a joy never known before
Just because and a dolce vita state of mind
You enjoy and take out the good stemware and stuff for special occasions every day
You make every moment a holiday because indeed it is a gift to be here and enjoy
That is the reason
So until we meet again dear lovely cities
Your art and culture never stop filling my cup
Firenze look for me
Venezia your magic fills the air
Italy with a style and colors of its own
A tutto c'e' rimecho fuorche la morta
Arrivederci alla prossimo


C@rainbowchaser2021

Nobody has your answers
You will find them when you expect to and sometimes when you least expect too
It looks easy but it is not
You learn to connect and disconnect along the way
Reasons are sometimes clear and others just seem to happen
Lead with your heart and then your head
Your gut will follow and hopefully all will work in tandem
When you come out of the dark it will make itself clear
Sometimes with epiphany, others times quiet reassurance
Sometimes known as an a ha moment
You are always a work in progress no matter who you are
May your dreams come true.

C@rainbowchaser2021

Winner take all?
How about playing the game?
Sadistic stupidity
Utter joy
Pain and pleasure
Happiness personified
Thunderstorms and bombs
Long walks on beaches never ending
Yesterday is over
It was what it was
Today just enjoy every moment without toxicity and ignorance
If you get tomorrow try reading a book
Stop tuning out
You might just get to the truth with all sides of the story

C@rainbowchaser2021

Not what I imagined
Blue eyes were a surprise
You poured your magic over me incredibly kind and true
Unlike some other rascal would do
We have been through roller coasters forward and back
Secret sad dreams as well as happiness shared in the darkest moments
As well as the morning light
Forty one years married my sweet heart what more
Can I say
You and me
Me and you
He is the only one more today than yesterday
He is the only to share my today and tomorrows
My treasure and greatest gift of my life

C@rainbowchaser2021

Happy 41 st Wedding Anniversary,Babe

You were beaten and abused
Left with a scar for life and *****
They told you no company and lock doors
They never said strangers in elevators are nit to happen
When parties and growing up should have mattered
Nobody to tell or help so back to school you go
Your parent dies upon and on you and the guilt seems to linger still
Two major traumas you kept locked inside
But you wore your key on your neck
Did as you were told
No friends
Clean the house
Do your homework by five
Cook dinner pre microwave days
This is our house and we do as we **** please
Talk back and the strap comes out
One look made that unnecessary but it, still looms
Have they done a study about those kids
Lonely kids with nothing but rules and regulations
Have become artists in many walks of life
That for them was the only thing to come out, from under
Living and loving life
Did that lanyard cord with a key around your neck make it wrong or right?

C@rainbowchaser2021

Your sibling is drop dead stunning
The boys and girls flock to her
You are the brainy plain Jane
You hear the snickers and laughter as it breaks your heart
Your spirit is kicked out of you
You keep trying but inside you are dying
Somebody saw something you never saw or let yourself see
Even through the bullying if the past never disappears completely
You can’t take a compliment said so sweetly with adoring eyes
Even now it still is Beauty and the beast
The difference is he saw what the others could never see

C@rainbowchaser2021

Dead ends
False friends
Nightmares
Day Dreams
Triggers
Putting you down again
Making darkness your frenemy
Nothing Pollyanna about blue days and stormy nights
Talk to me
Tell me the bad never becomes good
Dealing with it is not enough
Finding the road and easing down it
Knowing that the rain ends
The light you seek is inside your heart
Returns when it beats normally again
Dead ends
False friends
Here’s to the Light of Life

C@rainbowchaser2021

You can talk the talk
You can walk the walk
You can reach for a star
You have to start where you are
Go Beyond
Do it your own way but do it
Do it your very own way
Be original
Be Unique
So there is so much more
If that is what you seek
Go Beyond the dialing it in way of life
Hope you do it and find it

C@rainbowchaser2021

Reasons and seasons don’t matter
You can mix and match easily
Turn a deaf ear to what seems false to you
The Cult and it’s followers will learn the hard way
If they ever learn at all
Moving forward.is the only direction now
For as sure as History repeats itself we can’t afford to go backward
Ever again
Tasting,savoring and enjoying life matters so much more than it ever did before
This will lead you towards brighter days and sultry nights
No matter where or when
Where we are today needs to change

C@rainbowchaser2021

My friends other than a select golden circle and are far and few between
My words
They calm me
Befriended me as a child
They challenge me and bring me great joy
As for the cliche that action speaks louder than they do
They work in tandem as a dynamic duo
For too long my Thanks dearest friends
Without you lifelong companion
I would be off this khaki coil long ago

C@eainbowchaser2021

Old friends
Book ends
Part of yesterday
Unclear about today
Let's not discuss tomorrow
Phone calls stop
Not even to shoot the breeze
News Bad or Good is a thing of the past
Nothing left to say or share
Did we remember to care?
When the efforts made get lost
Leave the door open perhaps a ajar
What used to be no longer goes very far

C@rainbowchaser2021

No matter where or when
A lover or a friend
You need to talk and share
Someone cares
Reach out and be ready
Love is the answer
There are different kinds but still the same
Ignorance is to blame
If you don't take chance
No matter who you are
Near or far
Love is the answer
Love is the answer
What a way to be
What a way to go
Try or you will never know
Love is the answer
Just a better four letter word

C@rainbowchaser2021

Be kind
Be thoughtful
Be careful
Be mindful
Be respectful
Be happy no matter what and when
Enjoy every moment as best you can
Until the end calls
Just be real and who you are

C@Rainbowchaser2021

Football is for him and the hers that enjoy it
Enjoy other sports
This one not for me
Fed the squirrels
Watched them play
Awaiting the raindrops on their way
Researching the recipes and planning their adaptation so we can enjoy them with no worries
Remembering places we visited and wish to return to
Hoping to travel no new places with new tastes and faces
Hating that SNL today is not SNL yesterday
Though hold out hope since 1975 was long ago
There is no place to go
No friends to visit today
It's a cloudy Sunday

Await the Hallelujah
Dancing in the streets
Singing at the the top of your lungs
Being yourself and caring a lot more than you used to do
Hate is gone
Prejudice joins it
Being real and genuine
Some sweet day
Now only in my dreams

C@rainbowchaser2021

Give yourself wings
and room to fly
Your time is limited
Listen to your head
Though it will quarrel with your heart and soul
Takes a miracle not to lose control
The path can change
The journey is yours
No ifs, ands, or buts and especially because
Just excuses
Listen to your heart

C@rainbowchaser2021

Not planned
Not executed with precision exactly
5-6-7-8
You did the ball changes even when your spirit and soul had other plans
You didn't let those dark clouds interrupt sunny days
Cyphering with strangers and friends from a distance but together
Almost syncopated rhythm
The dynamics and focus were new to you
Your pivoting was freestyle with a musicality that you didn't know you possessed
So switching lines and transitions were made to look easy even though they never were
Take a bow and come shining thorough
Pirouette and Pivot no matter life's curve *****

C@rainbowchaser2021

Listen to the silence
You can still hear the tears falling
The cries that go unanswered
The selfishness that is killing Mother Nature and her children
Softly but way too quickly
The majesty and the harmony is slowly fading
Precious time is slipping away
Help Mother Nature and her children before they become a memory
What was isn't going to be much longer


C@rainbowchaser2021

Out of sight
Out of mind
Somehow yesterday wasn't left behind
Still isn't working
Incomplete dreams on rewind
Saying or singing Let it go isn't enough
Compromise doesn't work all the time
Keep your vitality up at all costs
You cast your kite into the sky
Flying it your own way
No regrets
No regrets

C@rainbowchaser2021

Respect is very important
Gratitude goes along with it
Tired of red versus blue
Disgusted with Democratic versus Republican
Along with everything in between
One people of different ideas and backgrounds
Respect and enjoy your culture and religion freely
Look at the poem on the Statue of Liberty
Lazarus was not wrong
The criminals that lurk need to be brought to justice even if they have held the highest office in the land along with their cronies
Even the guy that sells pillows
Fearing for the listeners of his podcast
Just once let us all be people who care
Just once let us be people trying to get it right when those who are powerful and follow them have gotten things so wrong
Stop judging and start repairing the harm that has been done
There real life Archie and Edith Bunkers are out there.
The pandemic is real
Families and friends have succumbed to it
What about children?
Education is everywhere not just in school
Take children to the library and read in front of the kids in your life
Go to museums and talk to your children
Virtual visits work too
Digital literacy is only one way not the only way
Boomer, Generation Xer etc stop putting us into labelled boxes
Stop making excuses
This Civil War didn't start In January
There are 96 colors in a Crayola box now
When will we be the United States again?

C@rainbowchaser2021

Not the highway
Not the Belt way
Not the two lane way
You choose your journey and sometimes it chooses you
You have to live every single day
Even when they are imperfect
That way
That way
C@rainbowchaser2021

tune in and stop tuning out
read everything you can and decide for yourself
no media should make up your mind
there should be many sources
before you say anything it is my field of endeavor
there are three sides to a story and one is the truth
not your truth , the truth
we are united in heart, soul ,and mind
the others that are not can leave themselves and yesterday behind
just because your parents taught you something doesn't make it right
you are taught differently in school and hear echoes of don't listen to them at night
open yourself to learning and growing you might find out that you everybody has a valuable story to share
time to listen to what everybody is about
after all we are human beings
there is no doubt

C@rainbowchaser2021

you crawl before you walk
don't quit if you expect to win
make sure you really want something before you begin
thinking isn't knowing
stopping isn't going
see and you won't have to look
open your eyes
feel and you'll know how to think
listen and see what you hear
life will make itself clear

C@rainbowchaser2021

in the crisp awareness of the evening
when silence can be heard on the streets
thoughts turn to you
for if tomorrow
all the music stopped
You'd be my music
if the composers and lyricists of the world threw their motivation away
You'd be my song
when the magical juices in my mind and body cease flowing
You'd be my creativity
and if tomorrow, I was called upon to return to my maker
all the things I was or ever would have been
You would be

C@rainbowchaser2021

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 simply was
What is simply is
How about common sense?
How about being a human being and not a monster?
How about listening and not commenting?
They cry out on social media just 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 just 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@rainbowchaser2021

Dream in words and lines
They marinate
Black and white
Colors unimagined or named
The words awaken us and accomplish their feat
Do we dream verses?
Do they talk with us as if to say Write me down?
Record me
Take me to a higher level
Your fault if you forget
Sculpt me and find a fresh new way with me
My forever friend
Somehow you will accompany me now and forever more
So it goes and continues
Anatomy of a poem

c@rainbowchaser2021

We awaken that way
Blue eyes looking at my chocolate chips
Still your brown eyed girl
Night time snuggles and chats about dreams
Some have come true
Others in progress
Laughter and tears with gratitude hard to measure
Delicious
Delightful
Beyond compare
That is how we are and always will be
Afternoon rains when we are together but even we are not we are
Walking in downpours on beaches with kisses I still can taste
A smile understood between us
These little gifts and treasures all started with
Morning hugs

C@rainbowchaser2021

You are supposed to learn from your mistakes
Learning should take place everyday not just in a school
No age limit so be open to that
You have to move forward and not stand still
Tomorrow is not guaranteed
Make the most of today even if there is not much to make the most of
Enjoy your friends and keep them they are a gift that keeps giving
Put your self first and take good care even I am guilty of not doing this
You are are of no good to those you love if you don't
Just remember
Just remember

C@rainbowchaser2021

Crying in the night
No tears just bad dreams that awaken partners
Better that you wake and not remember
Even though deep down and inside you do
For you accidentally hit your partner in your sleep
Sometimes you don't let go
You just keep it in a place that only comes to light in your dreams or nightmares
Pleasant dreams

C@rainbowchaser2021

How can it happen?
You start your life and there before your eyes he stands
Just like that 42 years has passed since we met
We celebrate that meeting for it is a great gift that endures and gives
We have been threw it all and even now that young couple made it
threw the rain and the storms
The thunder and lightning
The Hellos and Goodbyes
They said we wouldn't make it and we proved them so wrong
Not the day we married but this wonder of wonder days
Just when you stop looking love finds a way to you
Thanks for loving me and being my best friend
You are truly the greatest treasure in my life
Once in a lifetime love
I love you even more

C@rainbowchaser2021

Once you drink from it
Digest it
Live within it and around it
One fine precious day you wake to find it is not you
You bid it and the person that is a fond farewell
Set yourself free
No matter how hard that is
Even if you love them unconditionally
You know what to look for the next
Toxic Tonic comes to call

C@rainbowchaser2021

Two more struck down too young
Fighting for their lives
We say hang on
Hang tough
You are not alone in this battle
UP close and personal
This horrible enemy who has taken others from all of us
Rears its head on the faces of the family that confronts the issues when they leave the hospital
Etched in pain and a hurt that we may know but everybody deals differently
You watch and wonder and all you can do is listen and be there when they want you to do so
Not the patient but the families
The two I write for and those that love you being turned Inside out
as they wait

C@rainbowchaser2021

Religion and Politics are not being analyzed or discussed here
Truth, honesty, gratitude and common sense are
The difference between right and wrong
Good versus evil
Evil spelled backwards spells live
Living good and well is the prescription
You fill that and stop being selfish
You can go back in time but you live for today
Hoping you get a tomorrow
What it is and what it could be
A debate on social media or MSNBC
How about being a caring and thoughtful Human being?
Twenty years post Nine eleven haven't we learned yet?

C@rainbowchaser2021

Been there and been through turmoil and hell,
Buried things that should have exited long ago.
Wanted to protect someone who was too ill to help
His exit broke my spirit
My apologizes to my friends and loved ones who knew about my anger all the time
You never threw your hands up, Thanks
If you did, your loss.
Took a caring physician to open the door to a very dark world.
He did and made me work hard to change not just who I am but why I am.
Even those who love you can't listen the way you need them too.
So a professional with a trained ear was suggested and the talk worked
People who are Extra sensitive usually find a way in this world and we still get stuck
Asking for help just isn't something we do
We want to help others but there comes a time when you have to ask
The denim blue stormy days still come but they are far and few between
You let go of those who hurt you
You surround yourself with the very best of people
If you have been bullied than you know what I mean
There are some here that qualify as the best and lucky to call some here friends
Here it goes
Get what you need
Ask for help even if you are not confident enough to do so
Realize that something needs to change and you start the change
Seek it and don't leave us because you don't think there is a way out
You have to go in and find a guide to help you
Here it goes and I hope you find it
It is more than fine to be a work in progress
Your life is not work find a way to enjoy it
It is so much more than making lemonade from lemons

C@rainbowchaser2021

If I told you every word in my mind
You would color me differently
You know what you know
That should be enough
Let me surprise you
as I surprise myself
I will care you for as I care for others
With joy and all the generosity one can muster
No matter what or where
We know the what
The new is exciting
There is no pain greater than watching you suffer
Gladly trading places with you would be of no consequence or issue
You and the others in my life are loved more than you know or can measure
Crohn's disease be ****** for hurting any of you

C@rainbowchaser2021

Beaches beckon come walk on my sand and share my shore
Enjoy the rides and arcades
The crowds are gone so enjoy more
Enjoy summer just a little bit longer
Before the days grown shorter and darken
Indian Summer perhaps
September 11 brought attacks, challenges, adaptation, adjustment and aftermath
Now recovery and redemption
Sorrow personified and magnified
We will never forget
We will always remember for DC, New York, and Pennsylvania
Months that end in ER begin again and again
They never really end
They echo on our hearts

C@rainbowchaser 2021

The blue macaw kept squawking
The red panda played hide and seek
The penguins were with their forever partners
Then you came to mind
Dear friend stop looking
Hope he drops from the universe
Pops up in Starbucks
Finds you at Reagan or LAX
Heath row ir wherever you go
Your one and only is out there
Hope you find him
Want to dance at your wedding
Find him
Who you are looking for
He is looking for you, too.

C@rainbowchaser2021

Those blue eyes
Hidden under gold glasses
Touched my heart
Filled my soul
Made me lose control
Love you more
Love you still
Under and over
Love of my life
My Best friend
Now until beyond the end

C@rainbowchaser2021

Serene mountains
Majestic waterways
Quaint towns and colorful people
Your serenity is precious
Lush greenness
Joy and respect of Nature
Awe and wonder
Island devine
Stones of History
Abbeys and churches filled with stories
Incredible isle of Puffins
Seagulls await your lunch swooping down for take out
Celtic and Nordic charms and humbles locals
Enchants visitors
Respect and wonder at every turn
Culture and creature living in tandem

C@rainbowchaser2021

Finally got that Brass ring
All the other times just wanted to set you free and go galloping
The beautiful artwork and craftmanship from Coney Island to both US coasts always caught my eye
Still ride you wherever I am but enjoy how incredible regal you are
Ridden horses before but nothing compares with the ride I take with you and that music
Amazing organs not the ones that are recorded
Love Carousels
Up down and around

C@rainbowchaser2021

Fractures depending on severity heal
Unfortunately some leave scars naked to the eye
Healing and recovery take time
Some lessons we need to absorb and learn
The stubborn and common stupidity of some are making life difficult for others that follow rules whether they agree or not to protect the many
We are supposed to be United?
The world should be more like the Broadway show Hadestown which is the the way things should be
Going forward and not backwards
I won't welcome you into our fractured world
Be patient and then you can come on in when everybody does the right thing not what they want to do

C@rainbowchaser2021

On a very hot August afternoon
Stuck in meetings
About to leave on business trips
These three goodies do the trick
Passion Fruit Iced Tea or Peach will do as well.
Sweetner not needed Biscotti or Mandelbrot has enough
For those of you that do Iced wine, Cheers!

C@rainbowchaser2021

Never expected you to come into my life
Not the expecting type, more like  the accepting type
We were not looking but we found each other on September 14,1979
Sharing dreams on the Belt Parkway
Many have come true and look forward to more
New York City sprinkled magic around us
Gently and quietly something special started
Everything just fell into place nicely and easily
Stars sparkled and realigned
You understand me better than I do myself
You still do
We jumped hurdles and healed broken hearts
Still working on those in progress
No matter what,no matter when,where,no matter who
No matter
We climb mountains slowly and steadily
Every moment for the rest of our days
Whispers and hugs will calm the tears in the middle of the night
It always ends up better and alright
Everyday is Valentine’s Day because you are my best friend and love of my life
No greater gift, my love.

C@rainbowchaser 2021

Raised in solidarity
Changes long overdue
But not acted upon or met
Tears falling and not understood like feelings wiped away
and locked in time
Believe what you need to care about
Respect others differences and rights
Religion and politics are left and checked at the door
When you take your shoes off
Make sure that you read and ask pertinent questions
Listen and think before you speak so you are understood
Look very carefully at the prisms
Colors are bright,bold,subtle and beautiful
When you open your eyes and your heart
Prisms of voices appear

C@rainbowchaser2021

Trying to get on with it
Just had so much to take
Maybe too much
Its job so very much like the climate
Dealing with it takes time, adjustment and great care
You scramble when it's too late
Is it too late?

C@rainbowchaser2021

Editing is not just for writing
It is for speaking
It is for dignity, honor, and respect
It is for being human
Say what you want but watch how and where you say it
Social media has hurt people
Words hurt people even though we try our best
Sometimes that isn't even enough
Extreme care
Every where
Please don't make promises you can't keep

C@rainbowchaser2021

Joy still not compared
Ecstasy from sources you cant control
Chocolate to name one
Singing at the top of your lungs
Dancing in the street or anywhere the feeling strikes
Lady Liberty in the Harbor
Time Square , restaurants and museums for every taste
The Big Apple is still healing along with her sisters New Jersey and
Connecticut but she is back!
Her cousin Pennsylvania beckons one and all
As the old song states ,she will come through
So shall we all.

C@rainbowchaser2021