Lovely blossoms glistening near the mountains West Coast
while the East Coast deals with Henri
waiting for a blue sky the morning after and another hear wave


C@rainbowchaser2021

48 years ago my beloved Daddy left us this Monday
Mom is with you now and that makes it harder but easier for you
The pain returns every August
Flashbacks of how you were taken so very young when we were very young
You would be proud of all of us
The scars of yesterday did not stop us
We still fulfill dreams
All the joys and triumphs of our lives felt you were there
Your girls and their husbands
Your grandchildren
Your great grandchildren so little and we will share stories about you
The tears are here and visiting the cemetery doesn't help
You are not there, you are in my heart
The Monarch butterfly flew by me awhile ago so I know you are here and with me
I miss you still, Daddy

C@rainbowchaser2021

Some writers get it and you
More about your words and how they are crafted and polished
Readers are somewhat surprised and take a step back
You can write it to them but not say it to them
Not putting us on a pedestal
Tired of hearing the word special applied to me
Maybe because accepting that is still further away then one might expect
Learned the hard way to accept and not expect
Being grateful is something else
Always have and always will be
The need is very simple but one must stay true and activate it
Be the do good type
Do the very best you can and strive for more
Help and and listen
Know when to hold back and when to be there
The need is greater than one would think
Open your eyes and take a careful look around
Unite don't divide
You can agree to disagree

C@rainbowchaser2021

We couldn’t eat it
Dairy issues but we left it for another couple
Several luscious flavors with real whipped cream,syrups,and sprinkles
Of course a Cherry on top
The note read May sweetness find you throughout your lives
Make sure you share some with others whether you know them or not
Boomerang effect it will return to you

C@rainbowchaser2021

Reflects what is there and what you don't see
Beauty versus Ugly
Pure heart versus toxicity
False and real
It is a big deal
Not who you want to be
Strike a pose
Heaven knows
You cant wash lies away
Until somebody looks in the mirror and shares the truth of what you thought you know
But they knew
You can do every cosmetic procedure but beauty cant be airbrushed
Strike the pose


C@rainbowchaser2021

Where are you my muses?
You woke me again at 2am
The words dance in my head
Missing choreography, rhyme, rhythm ,or beat
Cant deny they are there and every where
Once I find it
Once I get it
Profound
Stick around
Headed for delete button or circular basket
Where is the how and the feeling?
A rainbow with colors and shades bright and new
Poet's Lament
My head is in cement
waiting for your vibe to come through

C@rainbowchaser2021

The last smile and Hello
The memories flooding my eyes but cant find a place for them
Just one more glimpse
One more good time
The Other side
Take me there and with you
Maybe I dont fit in
But this time with this break I will win
CANT RELIVE YESTERDAY
SEEMS SO VERY FAR AWAY

The other side
where things made you happy
That is what we tried to do
There was never a me and you
The other side is where I break free
You have have to to be you
Need to find me
on the other side
Finally happy without you
C@rainbowchaser2021

You had the look
You had the smile
You had it all
Not mine
Not mine
No matter what I did
No matter what I tried
Platonic is a stop sign
Don't go any further
Telling you for the very last time
Can't be had
Tough too bad
Not even a one night stand?
Not mine
Not mine
Not mine
The sun will never shine

C@rainbowchaser2021

Breathe
Stop talking
Silence the noise in your head
Shut off the Technology
Take it all all in without interruption of any kind
Can you do it?
I challenge you
Take a moment
Maybe several

C@rainbowchaser2021

It all comes together
Even though it is falling apart
Like a kite with broken string wanting to soar
Like a ventriloquist with a sore throat and the dummy is silenced and can't come to life
Deep inside somewhere in my mind

C@rainbowchaser2021

Just one look
That smile
The style
The low key swagger.
What a sandwich for a female Colon Firth and Patrick Demsey ,delicious.
When dawn came I was happily in your arms
Dream baby
c@rainbowchaser2021

Many questions were not answered
Wish I had asked though they would have gone unanswered
Probably because at the time children were seen and not heard
They should have listened but would they have heard?
The children knew better than to say a word
Just one look was all it took before the belt came out
This is my house and I do as I **** please
was the mantra ringing in your ears
Real life Archie Bunkers of every race, religion, and creed
That was how it was
That was how it was
Now, this probably would not happen
Remaining hopeful
This is how it is
That is how it is

C@rainbowchaser2021

Letting you and yesterday go was not easy
Not planned on
What you meant doesn't fit with now
Sometimes you have to know when to say goodbye and leave the door open
Whether you walk back in is up to the wind
So take your direction and don't look back
Goodbye and Be well
Take great care
Moving on
When you hold on for dear life or too long
You lose so much more than your grip

C@rainbowchaser2021

Been there and done that
Highly sensitive person in progress
Know the difference between worrying and caring
I am the latter
Real human Care Bear
Life lessons learned and still evolving
When learning stops you are over and done
Learned that liking me is more important than what others think
Doing good in this world and wanting to do the very best one can is fine
If you don't like it and are selfish and cruel
Don't let the door hit you as it closes

C@rainbowchaser2021

Where you saying Hello yesterday?
He’s not here
Guess he us everywhere you go
Sitting at a publishing meeting
Ironically the book in the Great Wall of all the books published from 1900- 2014
Right behind of shoulder read”Manuel”
Didn’t catch the author
The title struck me
Of all the places and spaces before me
How did that particular title. Show up?
Coincidence
Hi Daddy!
I miss you
It is August again
He’s not here
He’s everywhere
As long as we remember

C@rainbowchaser2021

Book ends
Old friends
Nightmares
Day dreams
Triggers
Pulling 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 within your heart
Returns when it beats normally again
Dead ends
Old friends
Here’s to the light of life

C@rainbowchaser2021

The cold is awful
The human monster that discarded you the worst
Those who care and rescue you are angels on earth
We raise money and do what we can
You cant love buy you can adopt it
You can foster it
Love has paws, hooves, wings, and  tails.

C@rainbowchaser2021

My friend told me we hurt Mother Nature and are paying Dearly for how we treat her
He is still the Professor and I am forever his student
He is right and thinking back to those who take a stand for her and took stands for
Where do we go from here?
Sorry California
Sorry Greece
You fooled with Mother Nature and you need to stop talking about it and fix it
Sorry

C@rainbowchaser2021

This is not a decade poem
Age sometimes has wisdom but some are older souls though their birth certificates don't jive
It is only a number, folks
This is not about being correct
Learn when to say F off
F you
The most important one I F Ed up and I apologize
When to use a Four letter word
Some have beauty and others lessons
Some thorns and others nightmares

C@rainbowchaser2021

Podcasts are tremendous
The best ones make it a delight to listen
A skill many of us are lacking in
Stop listening to yourself  talk and you just might learn something
You take a beat
You take it in
You become real and discard nonsense and phonies
Realize when you are challenged
When you ***** up
When you should apologize and learn from it
It is not what you say but how you say it
Self-editing is a great gift
It lends itself to many things and roads
Writers understand this

C@rainbowchaser2021

No airbrushing or unnecessary nips and tucks
No extreme measures no matter which celebrity is touting it
Taking good care of oneself is a must
Plain Janes and Joes have arrived
Alive
You live on the other side of the camera
The **** Tube and UTube have emerged in many forms and facets
Real and Reality have emerged to become
imperfect perfection

C@Rainbowchaser2021

Disrespect
Clearly and obviously
Wear a mask
Lies to rationalize and for no other reason
Opponents of sanity with no regard for what is right
The violence
The square pegs in round holes and vice versa
Democracy always
Autocracy that needs never to return because it is dangerous and pathetic
Simply a sin
Please don't let your opinion **** another human being
Too many of us said goodbye to loved ones
Just how selfish are you?

C@rainbowchaser2021

The. Beach sends them
The Surf and tides
The gulls
Wind songs
Colors. that are gentle and those that explode
Vibrant beyond belief
Smiles and tears
The muses are waiting as they whisper to you
Poets the whispers are singing to you
Will you hear their call

C@rainbowchaser2021

The gold ring on the left hand says it all.
Through trials and tribulations.
Losses and gains.
Tragedy and joy.
If one does it correctly than once is amazing and the truest form of Love.
Please don’t Thank anybody for loving you.
I do and I did says it all.

C@rainbowchaser2021

Cosimo de 'Medici are you and your family appreciated enough?
Where would Arts and Humanities be ?
Let alone Sculpture, Language,Theatre ,Painting, Books, Drawings, Costumes and Fashion
Today the Internet might be considered our Renaissance but how to compare that to Arts and Culture let alone Nature and her glory.
The works of Michelangelo, Petrtiarch, Dante, Boccacio and many others can be gazed upon at Pitti Place in Florence or the Metropolitan in New York where Poets gather their muses or are inspired by the eyes of the subjects looking directly at them.
Being struck by a beauty so profound and creative at a time when people don't take the time
Nor do they make an effort
When they do they come away as Poets do with an Infinite Beauty which we try to capture when we write
Behold our eyes see a deeper beauty
It touches us at a level some will not grasp or not care too

C@rainbowchaser2021

Gigante oso bailarin en el muelle me sopia beso en Valencia
Los turistas se detienes no me emociocan
Pero hay momentos entre congelado en vigor e inteligente
Mi espanol fue apreciado y aplaudido
Sevilla fue impersonante
Granada y Toledo asombras
Luego vinieron disturbios in Barcelona y  una vida Francesa quitado
Espana me tienes El Prado y Valencia
Mi corazon siempre esta contigo y con Cervantes

C@rainbowchaser2021

Balloons will fly to Heaven
Every shade of purple for you
Candles will mark your memory
Yizkor will be attempted
365 days will have passed and like many the world has changed
Too many losses and not much gained
We have cried tears that we have not shown
Your children are married
Your grandchildren are married
You lived to see two great grand children
One you never got to hold
The other isn't even three years old
We will tell them stories and show them photographs
2020 broke hearts and minds
Somehow it doesn't want to leave us yet
We will get through this Tuesday
Just letting you know we miss you, Mom.

C@rainbowchaser2021

In a chef's shop was a dish towel
It beckoned me twice and finally picked it up
It read stressed spelled backwards is dessert
She was taken to a register and became a souvenir
I had her framed and mounted and she is hanging in my kitchen
Savannah Georgia reminds me daily
Stressed spelled backwards is dessert
Eat it, Create it, digest it and believe it.

C@rainbowchaser2021

Pit fresh cherries
Bake from scratch when it is not too hot
Stay home on a Saturday night when you would rather be out
Cry in the shower not to upset them
Take walks to make the disappointment lessen
Do what ever it takes and more
Calmly, sanely, and passionately
Turn down invitations because your love needs to heal
They need time you must give
What you do for love
What you must and all you can

C@Rainbowchaser2021

Not clothing
Not makeup or paint on wall
Not a new suit or dress
Or nothing at all
No joy or celebration
No blue balloons dotting able sky
No rainbow sprinkles delighting a child on an ice cream
Beyond doom and gloom
This makes Depression look happy
The decision was adequate and then there was no goodbye
No note
No bridge or body
of water to search
The police could do nothing but close the building where another took their nobody life
Another shade of black

c@rainbowchaser
2021

You want to remember what you have and who you lost
How do you summarize a life?.
You have much to remember while you are letting go to Nature and a universe we still kmow so little about
Stars and planets.
Asteroids and life we have yet to know and may
Never meet
Never say never
As much as we need to move forward
Celebrate and be joyful
You  find yourself going through the photographs and memories of a story that has ended
Moments are fleeting and yet when things happen that you can't
Explain or accept
Your head shakes
Your tears fall
That life will always live in your heart
Grateful that you were lucky to have that loved one grace your life
The monument is not for you or the dearly departed
There was a brief shining monument when she walked amongst us
Now she is with loved ones who left before she did

C@rainbowchaser2021

Strong
Powerful
Delicate
Ever evolving
Creative and artistic
So Soulful
Stayed by the Duomo
David and The Medici
Easy to love
Forever in my heart
She is Italy for me
Luckily have met her sister cities
Until we meet again
Ciao, Bella.
Dolce Vita and Domani
Always
You gave me the gift of friends for life
Milioni di grazie

C@rainbowchaser2021

(Lyrics in progress)

had it with the rain
had it with so much
Nothing is really lame
Nothing is the same

Let it come and let it go
Some things are out of your control
You know
You know
We do the best we can
Just need you to understand


Life lessons you need to learn
Some leave scars and some burn
Take your time and discern
Life lessons need to be learned

C@Rainbowchaser2021

Those incredibly azure blue eyes hidden under your specs
The tall body that is sure and solid
You never look down on people though they look up to you
The laughter from your jokes or the magic of your smile
Your touch style ignites a passion that will tke a life time to describe
I am up to that challenge
Electricity and lightning to begin with
What was it
What it is and always has been
Love you Madly
What was it
My best friend, life partner and love of my life
They will never have a number high enough to describe it and when they do they
Will need another
What was it?
What it is, you and me
Me and you

C@rainbowchaser2021

Watched you play your games
Did not know you were a player
Guess it was far from my grasp and mind
When you hugged me hello and it was longer than it should
have been.
You said are you curious?
Bolted and cried because we were platonic friends like a brother and sister
I listened to you
When others felt you wasted their precious time
The gold band on my left hand says more than you should have summized
When you realized that certain things should never be said
you ran to find me
My husband drove me home and kissed the tears away
He said a line got crossed so reel it in and stand your ground
You stepped on my heart but now you are married so you understand
Hope you do and you are happy

C@rainbowchaser2021

The twelfth of never came unexpectedly when a confession is unleashed
You danced at her wedding and she confided it should have been our wedding
Another fell for you and you admitted you were a two timing man
Strike one
The platonic friend listened but didn’t judge
This was strike two
Strike two came on when you ended a romantic weekend
Leaving a hysterical woman in a hotel
Seems you called at an ungodly hour saying you you needed to talk
Seems you didn’t have the guts to tell me that you led a double life
You were a one man man
After all this time nothing has changed and your friends are the same those that we know of
You never combine us?
Strike three you are still playing games and luckily life continues
How you play ball is your business
Love is love
Love who you love
C@rainbowchaser2021

Yentas and nosey bodies need not apply
Know it alls
Remember you always have something new to learn
Curiosity is fine but keep your distance
Reframe from negativity
Hold your thoughts and tongue before uttering things you wish you never said
Men are just as guilty as women
Usually the warning comes when people like this are around
Perhaps their lives are empty and boring
No excuses

C@rainbowchaser2021

Loyal
True
Warrior heart
Private and caring
Quiet and introspective
Traveller and explorer
Small groups not loud noisy crowds
Exception concerts and Broadway shows
Just the way it is
Just the way she is
C@rainbowchaser2021

Groups of new people unnerve me
Not interested in their worlds or goals
Taken time for me to care about myself and those I love
Just because they are your friends doesn't mean they are mine
They matter and not sure I want others to matter
There is a golden circle built on time and trust
Those are the ones where time is spent and enjoyed
Trusting new people isn't easy
What is in it for them and there is nothing I want to offer
Wish me well, Much Thanks
Please don't plan my life or future
There is much privacy surrounding a loner's life
If you are let in, it takes time and not in the plans
Keep your distance and mind your business
Been hurt enough not to let it happen again

C@rainbowchaser2021

Hearing one's self talk gets old
Even if what you say matters and counts
Thinking of something to say when one is talking doesn't bear fruit
Lately, listening and turning everything and everyone else off is refreshing, soothing, and calming
Tune in and tune out the noise
You can agree to disagree but have the courtesy of listening the person out
Interrupting is rude and unnecessary
Hearing them out goes in one ear and out the other
The quiet helps in a very mixed up world where what counts and matters and matters just like yesterday and today
Listening carefully for tomorrow.

C@rainbowchaser2021

Panaceas
How can we listen to the media with different reports?
Not sure that once we create and develop them that they
Will accomplish what they seek to do
Somethings are meant to be fixed
Others meant to be left broken
The questions and answers don’t always mesh
Evidence and facts don’t gel or perhaps the mystery lingers
Daunting challenges that need to be answered
researched ,and corrected.
Daunting challenges

C@rainbowchaser2021

You looked longer than you should have
Luckily, he didn't notice
I didn't tell him
He knows about you and sure as the sun shines daily he would have punched you and knocked you out
Then shook your hand for leaving and hurting me
Looking up was my way out
That is what I did through your eyes when that no longer should have been
Yesterday was long ago and so was nineteen
No more lectures
No more Dr. Ruth classes, yes that one
That moment and you are gone except for nightmares of you and that little boy lost forever
Little girl found

C@rainbowchaser2021

That sweet cute little face
Trying to jump out of her pet carrier and into a stranger's arms
Those olive brown eyes looked more human than canine looking straight at me
You didn't want me to leave but you were behind me on the plane
Though your human mom kept reminding you that we played while waiting but not when we fly
Havanese puppy with silky hair and bewitching smile
You can't come home with me or any other dog for that matter
My beloved is so allergic that hypoallergenic dogs cant be with us or near us
Just one look let's me walk twenty five miles a week for the ASPCA
My daily doggie fix

C@rainbowchaser2021

You can care enough to change
Legislating it or demanding it goes to deaf ears
When those ears are appealed to with care, respect, and understanding perhaps they will make a difference no matter how they choose to do so or not
Conservationists do their utmost as well as those who support their efforts
Nature and her children deserve so much more than we give to them
You may dislike hunters and poachers
You may not like zoos and parks with wildlife entertainment
You know you can't buy love but you can adopt it
You know their are cruel and heartless monsters pretending  to be human that discard their pets on the road
Appealing to an Ethic, please help Mother Nature before she is gone forever

C@rainbowchaser2021

Haven't been loved by many
The first one I wanted didn't want me
Grateful for the second time around when he found me
Written about what it might have been like
There is my one and only
My prince still and forever more
He is gentle and sweet and incredibly generous
Patient ,kind ,and tender
If you enjoy that and find it then you are a lucky woman
It has nothing to with the many but the one that rocks your world and
loves you like you are the most special one
The touch of my man doesn't compare
His touch is my one and only love

C@rainbowchaser2021

Just when one has no clue
It comes at you
Not in a gift box
Not in a day at the beach
Not in an amusement park
Not an ice cream cone laden with rainbow sprinkles
Subtle as a smile
Warm like a kiss from your special someone
Embrace it
Revel in it
From its own space
Its own design
No slight of hand
No spell
Magic
Magic

C@rainbowchaser2021

We don't seek an audience
Though having one is nice
People who write are a very special breed of talent and sensitivity that others don't seek
Others are thrilled and enjoy the craft we polish and try to perfect
The muses seek you when you least expect it
When they choose you, you have to continue to master writing
Listen more carefully and probably feel life differently and more  completely than others do or care to do
Highly sensitive and intelligent lot that seek a life others can't define That is our mission or one of many
Writing is beyond a gift and sometimes a frenemy
Without it, I believe I would never be the same

C@rainbowchaser2021

Apologies and understanding not enough this time
Health issues would be the only accepting factor here
One can not control Mother Nature or illness
You know the old saying about plans
Two years of no visit now is three because of this
What if a Herculean effort was made and change is only one side of the story
Somebody very special throws a hiccup or monkey wrench that is no longer acceptable?
A friendship that has weathered decades
The best and worst of life celebrated and dealt with
Maybe not meant to be any longer?
There is no band aid for this
Not meant to be?
We will see this is so much more than disappointing

C@rainbowchaser2021

Used to be so much waste in people and places that bring hurt and no joy
The latter two matter
Bid them farewell and wish the the very best of everything even though they already think they deserve it
Earn it, people
Check your egos and mouths at the door
We are listening though we would rather tune you out and tune in what matters
What say you?
Art, Beauty, Nature and Travel come to mind
Your ear to that cell phone of yours and looking at your reflection every opportunity that presents itself is more than old
It is over and done
Start learning and believing
Your education is not in a place called school
It should be every day

C@rainbowchaser2021