Good morning

The sun does not shine, on this morning of gray
I watch the clouds linger and wish them away.
It’s cold and it’s dreary but still my heart sings,
for in it, I recap my favorite things.

My hair is quite messy, my wrinkles all show,
which causes much laughing yet on I will go...
to tackle so bravely those stairs,
the reminder of all of my years.

Parts creak and parts crack like they didn’t before
and believe it or not there are part that hurt more,
but I’ll face it one step at a time,
for this heart beats of sweet hope sublime.

I’ll sing out a medley of songs old and new,
to conquer this grayness with shadows of blue
and dance about freely I say,
yes I’ll be my sunshine today...
at least till these clouds go away.

Deo Volente
November 22, 2010

Invited...

Yesterday was a day that came by way of many moods and chaos, it was to be but not of heart. I was invited to share in a celebration because one stranger thought of me. Such is the story of my life, I quietly do; forever in the background is my position. I once told a friend that the best way to describe me is invisible and I like it that way. Yesterday however, all eyes for a moment turned to me and needless to say I felt like running. If I could have shed my skin I would have but it was not an option so I stood. In the back as always, in the shadows as usual but this time, for just a moment, I was seen. I thank the kind stranger and all those who felt it important to look back in the shadows... I am not perfect, I am simply human, I live quietly, humbly and always in hope that God is with me. I do the things I do because I firmly believe that I should treat others the way I wish to be treated. There is no need in my eyes to thank me for that, I honestly know no other way to be.

D.V

Thinking...

Today was a beautiful day for all the reasons that make fall a season near and dear to my heart. I stepped out of my "cave" so to speak, into the middle of a sunny, breath taking minute of my life. It occurred to me that Christmas is fast approaching and Thanksgiving is around the corner, yet the spirit of it all has not found me this year. Too many things have seeped into my sense of peace, too many dreams deferred for reasons no longer important, too many days in the dark...wasted. The thing is, I am well aware that each of these things lost can never return but I still find my heart has begun to grieve. Time is catching up on this old woman and now I wonder how to let go of what erodes my soul so that I may once again know how to be thankful and joyful for the things that have and continue to shower this simpletons life with blessings. Never the less, I want to wish you and everyone in this world of ours, a wonderful, breath taking day, today and every day in between and to offer a little advise... "always find balance or the scale will become a burden that you carry."

Deo

Pieces

All the pieces from the creases
Of a whole that should have been
Every fragment of the patchwork
All the colors sewn right in
Quilt of memories, layered moments
Where the patterns shall begin
Missing stitches, broken wishes
Every part so thick so thin
We are crafters true designers
As these lives we’re woven through…
Make the pieces and the creases
That become both me and you.

Deo Volente
November 4, 2010