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Sep 2019 · 234
LISTEN carefully
Maddy Sep 2019
Hearing is not required of you
Shut your mind off
Stop doing
Give your muse a break
Really concentrate
Enjoy mother nature's children
Take it all in
More than smelling the roses
Marvel  at what others fail to notice
Listen carefully to the music and lyrics around you

C@rainbowchaser2019
Sep 2019 · 115
So long,Until then
Maddy Sep 2019
Many charity walks in Autumn New York
All worthy causes and very important
A smaller new one
Is in a small park on Staten Island
All the faces honored on banners overdosed on drugs
Reasons are not important but taking the time to listen
And take action is
You can’t dwell on the families and love ones left heartbroken
Yet So long,until then only makes sense
When we band together with help and understanding to stop this
Will you?
Or will your turn your head because you never took the time to understand
C@rainbowchaser2019
Sep 2019 · 214
Fact of the matter
Maddy Sep 2019
You can dislike someone you love
Sometimes it is so unclear
Then
you hear the voice in your head
Reminding you
Others don’t notice
Either they don’t choose to do so
They see what they wish to see
Not what is truly there
It is clear when someone is so shallow
So narcissistic
You can no longer digest their environment
Someone can hurt you so badly
The person who should never hurt you at all
Truth is,it is what it is
They are who they are
They look at how a package is wrapped as opposed
To the contents and quality

C@rainbowchaser2019
Sep 2019 · 83
Most of all
Maddy Sep 2019
Long ago
Feels like yesterday
That is where you live in my heart
Hard to love a one way street
It was hormones overheating
Not interacting or shared
So when I go back there
That other time and place
Knowing what time has taught me
The second time around came to pass
When it was not
all encompassing
The hormones calmed down
Even now, he loves me most of all
As for you,hope you found your most of all
You are guilty of breaking a heart

C@rainbowchaser2019
Sep 2019 · 80
Making love to words
Maddy Sep 2019
This is not ******
Much higher level
Melding of spirit and soul
You don’t lose control here
You polish and perfect it
Call to the muses for help
Listen for their call
Inspiration hugs you
Nothing to exchange
Sharing here leaves you spellbound
If you are lucky
Cherish what others don’t take the time to find
You are a poet
You make love to words
The words teach you to love more than you thought your heart could take
C@rainbowchaser2019
Sep 2019 · 189
Angels and memories
Maddy Sep 2019
they slip quietly into the night ,pain free
my wish for all
Instead of social media and  texting
Catching shows on marathon cable
Pick up the phone
Talk
Say what needs to be said
Listen very carefully
You dont want to think of people you love as memories or angels
The toxic you let go of dont count here
You know who really counts
If you listen to your heart
Cherish those you have
Memories are made of moments and Angels

C@Rainbowchaser2019
Sep 2019 · 125
Instinct
Maddy Sep 2019
Not the word
Great one
The show that CBS pulled the rug out from under
Finally quality programming with exquisite writing
An ensemble cast of talented artists and thespians
great scripts and original stories a viewer can sink their teeth into weekly
It isnt over til the fat lady signs
Or til Uncle Walter signs off from the pearly gates
C@rainbowchaser2029
Aug 2019 · 96
Hold on
Maddy Aug 2019
Utilize brain
Clamp the urge to open your mouth
IS IT worth hurting somebody
It is golden
How about yourself?
Have you nothing better to accomplish .
Be a better citizen of the world
Strive to do your very best
Your thoughts
Your feelings
Sometimes better not shared
Hold on to them
The bittersweet mIght be more beneficial
So hold on tight
C@rainbiwchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 124
Gull Serenade
Maddy Aug 2019
They wake you in Hyannis with their Ha-Ha-Ha alarm
Gulls cry softly and then the chorus begins
Barely heard them on Martha’s Vineyard
Remember them inNantucket years ago
Yeow Yeow Yeow
Somehow echoing a sweeter crescendo
this time
In a time that needs solace,balance,respect,and unity
We welcome their song
Ha oh Haoh Haoh
Long all
Humming and laughing on Main Street
Huoh Huoh Huoh
C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 260
Another side
Maddy Aug 2019
No ifs
No Ands
No Can’t s
No buts
Get on with it
Have a conversation
Eye to eye
Face to face
Stop texting and social media cruising
Be appropriate
Or in appropriate
Don’t let anybody decide for you
The Remote Control is no longer in your hand
Shouldn’t have been in the first place
You have to have known the honesty
Understand the truth
Shake it off
Find a new direction
A new kind of strength
You want to know
Though you really might not want too

Doing the right thing isn’t always popular
There is a wrong and right way
Once you've Had enough
There is no going back
No need to return
No matter what you have tried
There’s another side
That is where you need to be
Only you hold yourself back
c@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 254
When it feels wrong
Maddy Aug 2019
It keeps you awake
It makes you feel awkward
You know what it is
Won't admit it
Refuse to deal with it
Causes appointments set and then postponed
Excuses turned into prescriptions for maladies of your own design
When it feels wrong
Go inside yourself and trust your heart
Speak up or reach out so you can be heard
Sonebody will listen and care

C@Rainbowchaser 2019
Aug 2019 · 76
The Magic of you
Maddy Aug 2019
Draw outside of the lines
Create a new color
Drink white wine with meat and red wine with fish
Sing off key,on key,any key at the top of your lungs
Wear unmatched clothing or last decade’s style
Whatever way you define happy is fine with me
The cheer and support will be started by a source close to your heart
I loved you then as I love you know
As I have from the start
How could anybody not love the magic of you

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 228
Finally
Maddy Aug 2019
Dearest old friend
We are sharing our heart with others
My fears are still with me but the time is now
It is about emerging into the woman some really don’t know
The one who truly knows has my heart and keeps my soul in check
Being sensitive is a double edged sword
Been there and done that
Second thoughts need to go the way of yesterday’s news
It matters but it takes its place in herstory
Finally,we have something to say and it matters
As do others

C@rainbiwchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 101
Broken
Maddy Aug 2019
Mistaken because you are so lost
You want to encounter found
It is not in a person or intangible object
It is in your heart and soul
If they are wounded no matter the scar
Give yourself the freedom and time to heal
Scars are reminders
Somethings can’t be fixed
Neither can some people
It is never your job to do that
Even the broken rise again

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 92
Remember
Maddy Aug 2019
Respect and gratefulness were precious
You knew who your friends were
You are open to enjoying others if you know your heart
You could enjoy every moment
Savior the Magic because it was special
Cherish those around you near and far
Yesterday repeats itself again
You are no longer sure you can return to that time
Maybe the sweetness nugget means more than it every did before
Remember who you are
Remember what you believe and you stand for
Remember to be involved in the life you were given
Life is an on going lesson
It does not only happen in school
You are here and that is the greatest gift of all

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 74
Listening
Maddy Aug 2019
Spent too much time just hearing
There in spirit but not heart
Scars never healed correctly
Can you be too blind to see what is obvious and right under your nose?
Accepting is the hardest thing to do
Unconditional love just doesn't apply here
Excuses need not apply
They have danced in your mind for way too long now
You were the broken toy they refused to play with or engage
Being different was not part of their world
Narcissism just is what it is
Luckily, it chose not to embrace you
Are you listening?

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 267
In between dreams
Maddy Aug 2019
What really happens when you're in between?
All the plans,wishes,and schemes
It’s not always polka dots
and moonbeams
If it were ,it wouldn’t be worth it
But as you go,go your own way
Sleepless nights stop you dead in your tracts
Something similar to a mind attack
You take the time to re-evaluate
It is what it is or you go with the flow
Setting different things in motion
You have to be alone with yourself
Which is really not a bad thing
Listening to both your heart and your head
Equal time for both
Which is really not a bad thing when you’re in between dreams

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 1.1k
Special someones
Maddy Aug 2019
Platonic or not
In an instant, you know this is a life time one
The perfect recipe with the best ingredients
The It factor
The Je ne sous quoi

You love them forever
The call late at night
The miss you too and meaning it
Time stands still even if it’s been awhile because
It falls back into place so genuinely
It is a golden circle that envelopes you if you are lucky enough to have it
Cherish those members
Remember and embrace the good and bad times
Be grateful and true
Really listen
Special someones are hard to find but you will know when you do
Lucky you

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 104
One more time
Maddy Aug 2019
It was gentle and quiet like a warm summer breeze
Gone too soon and passed you by
You can recall it and bring it back but it is never quite the same
Maybe even better because it left an impression
That smile so unexpected
The kindness and generosity of a stranger
The toll paid for
The Thank you
One more time
Precious and perfect in a world that needs so much more and we can all make small changes toward it

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 68
Ugliest girl in town
Maddy Aug 2019
If you are a boomer and remember the TV show
This is real not taped for a studio audio audience
Takes one mean girl and her friends to make you feel worthless
This was before the Bullying term came to be
It was yesterday and it is gone and out of sight
Not in your heart or your nightmares
They haunt you even now when you know better
When somebody comes along and sweeps you off your feet
You remember the pain and the shame
It always stays with you
So the next time you put somebody down intentionally or not
It stays with them and you are to blame
For the Ugliest girl town

C@rainbowchaser2019
Aug 2019 · 90
My Happily Ever After
Maddy Aug 2019
September 14 ,1979 was long ago but not to me
See going down a one -way street to a dead end
You lose yourself and your heart
Never coming back again
You never say never because the unexpected came my way
Might not have fulfilled the requirements of yesterday but what was made up was more than ever imagined
When you least expect it and stop looking
Prince or Princess charming appears
The second time around the love of my life and very best friend
created my happily ever after
My wish is the same for all of you

C@rainbowchaser2019
Dedicared to Howie
Loved more than can ever be measured
Jul 2019 · 118
Be Merry
Maddy Jul 2019
Whether you celebrate or not
Whether you have loved ones around you or not
Another year will soon be upon us
Make your heart and head friends
Contribute your time and effort where it suits you and others
Your help, even in the smallest amounts of time is appreciated
Do it your very own way
What others think really doesn't matter and never should have
You awake everyday hopefully to do your utmost or at least your very best
Don't live between a rock and a hard place
You choose your path and if it gets altered
you adjust and compromise
Be merry and deal

C@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 371
Advice
Maddy Jul 2019
What you hear and what you listen to
are world's apart
What you take away is another story
You pick your fights
SElf Editing becomes a talent you hone
Keep your friends close and enemies closer
Frenemies need not apply
Sometimes they are the same but you have to learn that
Then when you least expect it many things make themselves clear
Just remember that every moment is a learning opportunity
You should never ever stop learning
Advice to you is to remember that because when it does
You are no longer on this khaki coil
Keep your feet on the ground even when you are soaring

C@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 311
Shadow Walking
Maddy Jul 2019
Locked in the horns of a dilemma
One conundrum folds into another
Like a cake with unfolded ingredients
Sometimes you feel separate and then apart
Life's curve ***** require adaptation,revision,rethinking
Yet, you take your seat at the table
Whatever you do criticism will follow
Going with the flow works for some
Shadow walking occurs in the wee hours of the morning
Wasn't you I saw?



C@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 92
Second Best
Maddy Jul 2019
Sometimes third place
Always something better,brightier,prettier
Plain Jane became my moniker
Even when the  one person who said it
Shouldnt have
She never knew better
Substance was always took second place to appearance
Never got that message
So in the World of Hertz being the champ and Avis being runner up
That is how it used to be
The mold was broken and second best is fine
Nobody to prove myself to but me



c@rainbowchaser2019
Hertz iis a car rental agency always billed itself as number One.
Avis was number two.
Jul 2019 · 223
Synergy
Maddy Jul 2019
Its origins are important to you
It is a balance of old school and new school thinking
The balance is the key
You are part of an Army with help from people and places you have known
Sometimes unknown if you have yet to encounter them
Take it in
Digest it
The Drama will only bother you if you let it
Who said you have to do that?
Get those ugly voices out of your head out
Being different is not a life sentence
It is usually a gift you have to utilize
Embrace it and respect yourself
If you are happy than that is all that matters
Those you make unhappy will have to deal
Whether you know that or not
You are strong
You are powerful
You matter
Synergy is the game of life
Learn to play well
Kick Chaos to the curb with its BFF Drama
Never assume
For you know what that makes you
You are always a work in progress
Remember not to take nonsense from anyone

C@rainbowchaser2019
Dedicated to Cheryl B
Thanks
Jul 2019 · 130
More than enough
Maddy Jul 2019
You are good enough
You are sound enough
Unlike any other because you’re original
Going through the laces and spaces
You listened and stopped hearing
Knowing that being different was a gift
Not something to be ashamed of or bullied about
You will take your place
Find your ten minutes of fame or more
Telling those who share your life what they have already known
They may be seeing you for the very first time
Enjoy it

C@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 74
Who said
Maddy Jul 2019
Rules are made to broken
Perhaps adapted
Truth needs to be spoken
Nothing is as easy as it looks
The trick is to make it look that way
When you listen don’t read between the lines
The words will find you in good time
Who said
Who said
That you can’t climb the mountain to your dreams

c@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 86
Been there
Maddy Jul 2019
Down just doesnt work
Take a step back and then forward for up
You will get there
Not when you plan and then again when you are ready
You may or may not know that
Nobody will tell you
Learning continues when school has long been out
Let yourself in
Been there

c@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 227
Unpolished gem
Maddy Jul 2019
It was there but she didnt know back then
Despite her cheerleaders the message didnt get through
Maybe she knew but didnt let on
Fortunately she emerged a swan and a gem of luminescence and quality
Just being in her presence the obvious is clear
She forever shines if you get the honor to be in her life
A pleasure and a delight this gem
Long Island needs to know her
as do you
Dedicated to Lori Beth
Maddy Jul 2019
That sentence haunted and taunted me
That is what happens when you fall into infatuation
You dont know any better
Then better finds you
Prince Charming comes into your life
unexpectedly
Another time and another place
One-way streets are like dead ends
You walk down one and you never come back again
You are more than you thought you would ever be
The messages of yesterday never come back again
Rise up and appreciate the vibes you send
You have made sure your mind will mend
c@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 110
What the future holds
Maddy Jul 2019
Embrace and enjoy today
Yesterday is part of
your memories
Not every wrong has its remedy
Sometimes you just cant fathom things or people
Is it worth the effort?
You cant always let go,give in,or forgive
Easier said than done
The choices are yours of course but by never saying never
What was and what might yet be
The door to your life remains ajar
for the success or failure of the future

c@rainbowchaser2019
Jul 2019 · 76
Writing
Maddy Jul 2019
Befriended you long ago
Latch key kid doing what was expected
You let me talk to you
Life got in the way for others to have time for me
Never judged or bullied me
When life turned ugly
You glistened
Without you
Would have been gone long ago
You saved my life
Others have read you and shared their feelings too
Writing is my forever friend
Always catching rainbows with me

C@rainbowchaser2019
Jun 2019 · 105
Embrace and release
Maddy Jun 2019
Found you
Was searching but encountered the unexpected
Souls,stories,connections,family
Accepting every person and puzzle like the gems they are
What was and what is are on two different uinverses
Those that connect us are no longer here to tell their stories


Knowing that finding things out might be surprising and shocking
Still need to know why things happened and how we got to now
Have to embrace and release

C@rainbowchaser2019
In memory of the Mandel Siblings
May 2019 · 221
Goodbye
Maddy May 2019
Not so long
Not farewell
No more memories
Too many nightmares during the day
You are toxic
Too needy
Demanding
Guess you never know until it is too late
Wishing you very well but after all
It is Goodbye

C@rainbowchaser2019
May 2019 · 108
From my head to your heart
Maddy May 2019
They have danced and accompanied me
Sometimes pervasive and others progressive
Happily positive
Balancing the very best of old school and new school thinking
From my head to your heart



C@rainbowchaser2019
Dr.Joe for u.
May 2019 · 118
Last Said Goodbyes
Maddy May 2019
If Heaven and tbe Rainbowbridge had visiting hours
How I would embrace Hellos and moments
Just know all of you are missed upon measure
Seeing you from the rainbow

c@rainbowchaser2019
May 2019 · 255
Lessons
Maddy May 2019
Stuck in neutral situations
Knowledge and learning must accompany you
Walking through your fears
When will the freeing embrace you?
Release yourself .
So where do you go from here?
Even if you don't know where you are going to
Standing still
Not regressing but on a trajectory of your own making
Perhaps not what you expected
Don't expect,accept
One step at a time
Baby steps if necessary
Finding whatever makes you happy and complete
When you arrive be prepared
The process is the most important asset
Change is the one constant
That can't be taken from you
Moving forward takes time
Lessons always being learned


C@rainbowchaser2019
Apr 2019 · 211
Melanie
Maddy Apr 2019
You were wanted
You would have been loved and adored
Just wasn’t meant to be
From time to time,thinking about what would have been
Alas, our paths didn’t cross
Until a recent event reminded me of you
The essence and idea of you
Another person’s journey
Melanie

C@rainbowchaser2019
What was and might have been never came tompass but it doesn’t mean it was forgotten just let go of.
Mother’s Day is not easy.
Apr 2019 · 133
It is not easy
Maddy Apr 2019
Trick is to make it look easy
Take the higher plane and ground
Fake it til you make it
The butterflies will be in your gut
You will never be sure
Be your own true self
The naysayers won't stop talking
You will come through shining because nothing is easy
You are the only one to find happiness and gratitude despite the rain days
Put on your boots and dance

c@rainbowchaser2019
Dedicated to JC M
Mar 2019 · 421
Nightmare
Maddy Mar 2019
When we awaken
This reality show is defunct
Cancelled
The victims Americans not born with a silver spoon
Those who earned everything by working hard
Some who were not born here
Immigrants just like our grandparents and Great grandparents
Congress will be bi-partisan
Archie Bunker will be remembered as a beloved character
Not those who refuse to understand that yesterday is a memory and tomorrow matters
Today is to be enjoyed and put into prospective
Cherish and respect human beings despite our differences
There will always be bad dreams but the nightmare should never have been elected in the first place

C@rainbowchaser2019
Feb 2019 · 253
Give you a reason to cry
Maddy Feb 2019
Mother Nature and her children still stops her in her tracks
Makes you want to share it and give back
Movies move her to tears
Some lyrics start the flow
Stop crying or I’ll give you a reason to cry
You never took the time to listen ir want to know why
How jaded and cold can one be?
Narcissism is your goddess
Others don’t really matter
Put yourself second best
Wasn’t worried about the rest
Wanted to give up
Never areason to try
Give you a reason to cry
Give you a reason to cry
Maybe that is why rainbowchaser seeks a deeper truth
Not a lie

C@rainbowchaser2019
Jan 2019 · 361
Henry David
Maddy Jan 2019
Taught your books
Reread your words
Walked at Walden
Life changing monent
Touching your desk left me humbled
Always crafting words like reworking recipes to improve them
Poets can't laugh at themselves but their words lessen life's highs and lows

C@rainbowchaser2019
Jan 2019 · 82
Real
Maddy Jan 2019
Don't mince words
Dislike phonies
Real and true
I am a poet
Taken long enough to say that aloud
Have no time for stupidity or unfair games
Very Real
Time and effort precious

c@Rainbowchaser2019
Jan 2019 · 113
Ferral cat man
Maddy Jan 2019
Bright blue bitter January sky
New York City Eskimos running their Sunday errands
Then he arrived with his seen better days car
Man with the mission
His cats were waiting
They scurried from nowhere to Bluebelt park
Out of his bags came food for his cats
Watching and quietly seeing love and respect at a strange time in our cities
Love protected those homeless cats as my poetry protects me

C@rainbowchaser2019
Jan 2019 · 195
Every Moment
Maddy Jan 2019
The walking wounded
Don't exceed your respect
We walk on by with
our heads held high
probably because our shoulders are doing their best to keep us together
Be thoughtful and kind
A smile and  a hug go a very long way
Please remember that sometimes reaching out helps you more than the person you gave your time to
How fragile we are!
Appreciate every moment

c@rainbowchaser2019
Dedicated to Gene Gurkoff
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