Have heart
Have soul
Be careful if you lose control
Be kind
Be caring
Be considerate
The world has changed and is changing
You can change it or stay with it
You can stay true to your beliefs
Take a road less traveled
Try a different journey
It is up to you

C@rainbowchaser2023

I come out on pages
Bleed from many different colored pens
Older but not old
Happier but not happy
In love and always loving him
Share,care,and deliver
It is more than Ok to be
You don't have to like it or me
Kindness and gratitude are my friends
I am a writer
Finally,I said it and believe it

Remnants of Helene are in the Northeast with gray skies and rain
September is saying farewell
Poet’s walk must continue
Until she came upon an imperfectly placed artwork by her feet
Mother Nature’s wonder
Amber
Canary
Honey
Sunshine
Biscotti
Sepia
Fawn
Ruby
Burgundy
Cherry
Currant
Rose
M­ixed in with good measure
Splendidly arranged in Mother Nature’s Mosaic

Sweetheart, may you have a wonderful life
A crayola-colored rainbow filled  with
JOY
LOVE
PEACE
MAGIC
WONDER
Very best of everything, sweetheart
A brand new gift for all of us.
Love Auntie M and Uncle H

Blue-watered lullabies
accompany your eyes
my treasure chest beckons
Rippled memories swirling
Circles near a gulls wing play in the water
Too many shells and seaglass to enjoy and carry
Yet, I do take their memory with me
The ocean carries me
Cliffs call out because they noticed the dolphin gang
trying to get closer earlier on
We've walked on water because the sand never kept us still
You know a greater truth that because keep secret in a place known to those like us
Still falling deeper than a submarine can submerge with you
It's the way of the owl
It's the way of the swan
It's the way beaches make me feel
This love and bond can tumble but not with so many beaches yet to walk on and explore

C@rainbowchaser2019

A double rainbow yesterday.
Daddy said Hello.
That is one of the reasons rainbowchaser is my copyright.
We lost him fifty years ago this August when he was only 45.
We lost Mom three years ago this August.
My father-in-law was eight years ago this August.
I don't like or care for the month of August.
Take care of Mom and our grandparents.
Watch over all your kids including grand and great grand.
Thanks for saying Hello and will always love and miss you!

C@rainbowchaser2023

His birthday celebration with loved ones and friends all around.
He takes his Aunt’s hand and asks would you ride the carousel with me?
The greatest gift is to spend a few magical moments with her five-year-old nephew.-
A Little Boy’s Gift.

c@rainbowchaser2023

She will be loyal
She will always be true
She will always be loving and kind
That smile of hers that melts your heart
Even when you know her a short while she stays with you
Joy and kindness personified
She will be greeted at the Rainbowbridge by a handsone Golden Retriever naned Skippy
I can hear him calling her name
Tori  accompanies him and watches over us
We love her forever and always

C@rainbowchaser2024

Older
Not old
Positive
Refusing to allow politics and ignorance to rule or dictate my life
Goodness and Kindness guide my light and life
Nothing Mickey Mouse or Pollyanna about it or me
So no matter what you say and believe
No matter what you choose to do
Somehow I will find a way to come shining through
Because that is who I am and what I need to do
What I need to do

It's not about them.
It is about you
You can care and share
Be loving and considerate
This time it is not a stranger or a friend
Not a friend of a friend
The ball was tossed to you
You have to play
Before you know the rules of the game
There is a flow and feeling
A control about the cards dealt to you
You are not gambling your life and meaning for what is at stake
You don't go through this alone but when those closest to you feel a million miles away because what you are doing is all too real
You stay the course
You stay positive and win with patience and great but quiet determination
When it is all too real
Live genuinely and when it is all too great.

C@rainbowchaser2023

Jonathan Groff ignites the stage on Broadway
Our craft ignites a page
The flow
The feeling
The correct word
A memorable performance and a standing ovation
A great review from readers
Maybe buy our book
Bravo no matter how you creatively ignite

In your arms, the smiles and the tears come easy
The kisses and cuddles are the very best breakfast
There is a comfort and joy after all this time that makes any delight seem minimal
This is it
Lunch, dinner and by far dessert , the very best
No matter where we are
No matter what hiccup or road block challenges us
Good Morning my love
Good Morning

C@rainbowchaser2021

I live in my own words
A different imagination
In Vistas, Discoveries, and Memories
The latter lives in my heart and my dreams
They are part of what was and what is
As well as what is around the corner
You don't miss what you never had but when you find it-
What a treasure
Be carefully taught to understand, accept, and not hate
It there any chance of this happening before its too late?

C@rainbowchaser2023

Walking has become a healthy means to reframe and enjoy every day or start that way.
No music, no podcasts only nature's sounds and music
It's healthy.
It's calming.
For the last four years of battling diseases of those close to the heart and Dear Friends, pain, hurdles, and sorrow
It has become a great friend
It doesn't read my poetry
It doesn't promise to write book reviews that have yet to come to fruition
Walking for hope, and charitable causes and to see what the world can be
Walking for and with Hope

C@rainbowchaser2023

Chasms
Differences
They are both fine
Accept what is and the exceptions you make in your home are up to you
They are your business and being carefully taught remains the same
You can be outspoken but learn that religion and politics topics have their place
That is my credo and I live by it
To break free peace and respect work together
Kindness rules not hatred
If you have nothing nice or important to contribute than say nothing

C@rainbowchaser2023

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

Take a hard look
Turn off the noise of the past
If those toxic creatures messed with your soul
Set yourself and them free
Once they roll off their thrones
Bid them and what they did a long over due farewell
Take along hard look and realize they did a number on you because you didn't know better and you were too sensitive to see for yourself
Beauty is inside and out

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

Watching a male squirrel with mouthful of grass for a nest reminded me of Mother Nature 's joy and dignity
Her creatures great and small wonder when tbe humans will
accept change as tbe constant that it is
Still fighting it instead of going with the flow
When will we change for the better

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

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

When you hurt somebody
When your acts brake their soul
When loved ones stand by them or walk away because there is nothing left for them to do
Are you listening in DC?
Everywhere and all over the world
Be a loving and caring
Genuine human being
Get help if you need it
Admit your issues and face them

Those,who don't qualify
You are not above the law
Your day will come to face the music The Me too movement is only the beginning
To right so many wrongs
c@Rainbowchaser 2018

It's not about you
It's about what you do
So until you find it or it finds you
Get a clue
it's not about you
It's about what you do!
C@rainbowchaser2023

You're not going to melt
You might get a little wet
You might have to slow your pace
Fight the fear
The ones that keep you from being the very best you can be
The ones that become excuses and get in your way
Now that you have admitted that you are afraid
Get your umbrella and rain gear
The worst that can happen is that you might get splashed or caught in a downpour
The best thing is that the rain brings flowers in May
If you are allergic take your meds and carry a tissue

C@rainbowchaser2023

Not ROYGIBIV
Deeper and yet more vibrant
Not traditional but incredibly profound and lovely
Harmony and Melody personified
Accepting and Gracious on our khaki coil
May your rainbows be glorious
Of your own making and design
Daddy, ours is special it means you are watching over us

C@rainbowchaser2023

Your wind is glorious
Your nearly blew over a ferry to Cape Cod and Nova Scotia
There is more to you than that
Your nights are sultry and velvety with starry blankets
Your lemony sun and turquoise make for great moments
Sunshine and lollipops
There is so much more to you than that
Beaches, vacations, reunions, weddings, and graduations
Milestones and memories
Your days are laid back and carefree
You are more than any other season
You give us a breather
Longer days
Rhymes are cleaner
Rhythms are crisper
Melodies are sharp
You are short and sweet but always remembered
Especially when we turn the clocks back in November

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

Mental Health is crying out for help.
Young, Old, and in between
Not our original intention but Poetry and other creative arts help
Read your reviews if you don't concur
Let us start the healing because others need poetry
It helps many including this poet
A great gift that keeps giving in ways unimaginable

C@rainbowchaser2022

Wish it was possible to gift wrap the person you seek.
The only thing to be sure of is that you know the person.
You need to stop looking and then you will find each other.
Saddens me to know that your puzzle is incomplete.
You should not define yourself in that way.
Your friends know you better and too well.
Your only is there.
Just search your heart and follow your path to glorious journeys.
You are that special.

C@rainbowchaser2023

A noisy crow flew overhead greeting friends, loved
ones, and unsuspecting humans
Sorry I have not written but needed a break from each other
You know that I can’t stay away too long from you
Have to let go temporarily of two people that matter
The Debby downer stuff is getting old but will respect it from a distance
Just as we turn the corner and happier days are hopefully ahead of us
Just have to let them go knowing in the future things will improve and we will enjoy the friendships that have stood the test of time
Letting them go for now.

C@rainbowchaser2023

It was a beautiful day with lots of puppies and dogs frolicking around as their human watched them with water and treats if needed and wanted.
That night I dreamt of one dog asking his human Can I take you to the human park and put a leash on you?

C@rainbowchaser2023

Good Morning squirrels
Stay safe and happy today
Dear Sky, You have to rain but can it wait for me to finish today?
You soaked me through a few times already
Trusty umbrella and a bottle of iced diet green tea at the ready
My miles help animals and me with an app that measures my distances.
They help me get on with it by walking

C#rainbowchaser2023

Never saw this coming
You let go
You decided that yesterday was long ago and counted for nothing.
No matter where or when
Thought you would be there until the end.
You slammed the door shut.
You had no time for me
No longer a friend.
What more can I say
It happened along the way.

C@rainbowchaser2023

Amazing Mother
Thoughtful Niece
Great Daughter
Kind and Supportive Sister
Loving Aunt
She makes her statements professionally
Her narratives and stories are beyond par toward excellence
She is engaging.
Beyond Awesome that is why I names her this way when she was a baby.
Happy Birthday
For My Awesome

c@rainbowchaser2024

The Past is a learning curve
Don't dwell in what was
Time to enjoy
What that is up to you but do it
Regrets are useless
No need to embellish
We have all been there
Sometimes with frierds and loved ones.
Sometimes on your own
Happiness,Joy.The Very Best of Everything Always
Going Forward

She closed her eyes but felt that look
Across a crowded train
Too many people
Not enough moments
No head shakes
No hellos
No capture of a smile
Just that look
That haunts him still
Wonder if he ever found you
Wonder if you found him
Just that look

C@rainbowchaser2022

History and Herstory
So much to learn from and revisit
It is behind us and past
Too many stories there told and untold
We are broken
We are imbalanced
Yesterday once more just doesn't cut it
What are they saying behind closed doors?
Behind backs
It's a schism
You have to be carefully taught to understand and accept not hate
Is there any chance of this happening before it's very past too late?

C@rainbowchaser2021

Where we came from and where we are going
Embracing each day as a gift and finding purpose in joy in it
Somehow and someway
Delighting in no last said goodbyes
Knowing we all have to go one day but leaving is quite a different story
For there are more stories to tell, share , and absorb
Finding the good despite and in spite of the bad
WE are only fragile apart but together there are incredible things to accomplish there size does not matter
Maybe that is what we need to be
It remains to be seen

C@rainbowchaser2021

Respect
Lifetime friendships torn to shreds
Making people's lives not only difficult but beyond comprehension
The day by day simple joys vanish
The meglomaniac doesn't know any better
We do
That is the difference
It is 2025 not 1940

Things are getting better
Not normal
Still need care and caution
Mourning those we lost and what we thought we cared about
Do we know what we care about now?
Do we care differently?
Those with mental health issues are still held at bay
Echoing the words stay away
This May
Mental Health month
Think carefully and again about what you thought you knew
Maybe slowly we will start to understand

C@rainbowchaser2021

If you open your heart
The rest will follow
Surely as rainbows come after rainy days
Surely as you can wish upon a star
Take good care of yourself first
Guilty as charged because I put others before myself
Open your eyes
Close your mouth
Open your mind
Open your heart.

C@rainbowchaser2022

Monarch butterflies landing on flowers
Just the right look coming your way
Swans appearing in unexpected places
Children being real and genuine
Rainbows gracing us with their presence after a storm
An ebony velvet sky with twinkling diamond stars
Rainy day walks that never end
Long Summer nights
Moments that stay with us forever
People, places and things beyond compare
The feeling that you’ve got it right when naysayers tell you that you’re wrong
What captures your heart
Caresses your soul
Knocks you into the next star system
The Song you hear on the radio forever but must stop to sing
Just like you do to me
You always take my breath away

Dedicated to Howie Steinhart
C@rainbowchaser2018

You placed a band of gold on my finger
Your ring matches exactly
We share our lives together
I love you beyond measure and if ever they measure that it wouldn't be large enough or high enough
Please stop Thanking me
Thank you

C@rainbowchaser 2023

The first four letters spell out what needs to echo loudly and clearly
Bull which is what these people are filled with
That said stay clear and get on with it
They have no clue or self edit mechanism
For sensitive souls ,they are not worth the air they breathe

C@rainbowchaser2022

Not alone
Have family and friends
They are busy with their own lives especially this time of year
Thankful for being a poet and a writer
Bless December Bluebirds
Bless ducks, geese, and turkeys roaming free in the most unexpected places
Squirrels seriously overfed with bananas smeared with almond butter
Along with a variety of shelled unsalted nuts
Rain circles and raindrops
Sunny days
Walking twenty five miles a week for the ASPCA on Charity miles app
Being a loner is fine for me

C@rainbowchaser2023

Insecure and partially secure
Sensitive but use it for it has magical powers to heal and create
Do what makes you happy and say no
No doesn't mean you won't care or love someone.
You just make a choice and go with it
Been there and done that
Stop disappointing yourself.
You learn to deal with what comes your way
Be the genuine, considerate, caring, and amazing person that you are
Some will verbally try to knock you down, insult you, and discourage you such as I love you but...
How you choose to ignore, listen, or forget is your call even if they think they mean well ?
Prescription for a Happier life is a work in progress

C@rainbowchaser2023