Across the Room

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which is is impossible to be silent."

Victor Hugo

French Author

1802-1885

ACROSS THE ROOM

Baby can't you hear the beat?

Does the rhythm make you dance?

Are the words innocent and sweet?

Do I even have a chance?

I'm too shy to say it

But with the music you might know

It is why I asked they play it

Because it reveals my loving soul

If only you are listening

And our eyes might dare to meet

Are we even worth considering?

Will this song knock you off your feet?

Here I stand across a crowded room

With a flower in my hair

And I've sent to you this sweet love song

And Cupid's arrow is in the air

DroneFingers

Our Song

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

Plato

Greek Philosopher

427 BC –347-BC

OUR SONG

He played Sloop John B over the phone

That is how the relationship  began

It was a song we listened to each night

Over and over again

I was just a girl of thirteen

Not allowed to date, no that was wrong

But he was my guy and I was his girl

And we were held together by a phone and a song

With a dream in my mind and a song in my heart

I fell asleep cuddling just a pillow each night

Two teens sharing a song to ignite a spark

We had a melody but were miles apart

Just listening to our tune we did no harm

That became all this little girl and boy had

In spite of the nightly calls and invisible charm

We never even once held hands.

Thank You for What I Have, Today I Shall Not Ask for More

"You pray in your distress and in your need; would you not pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."

Khalil Gibran

THANK YOU FOR WHAT I HAVE, TODAY I SHALL NOT ASK FOR MORE

As we find ourselves immersed in prayer

Of loss, of pain, of adversity faced

In your search for answers it is only fair

You admit to blessings you have embraced

In someone's shoes you must walk a mile

To realize how you have  been so blessed

Then in prayer we can face our Lord and smile

And let gratitude do the rest

Thank You Lord for all I have

This day I will not ask for more

I'm grateful for each day that I have laughed

And for the future ones in store

Hidden Blessings

"Gratitude is an opener of unlocked blessings."

Marianne Williamson

HIDDEN BLESSINGS

I stand before future's tightly locked door

Wondering what blessing are hidden from me

Knowing that behind it holds what's in store

And gratitude is the only key

Wearing Your Vintage Past

"If you have lived, take thankfully the past."

John Dryden

WEARING YOUR VINTAGE PAST

Who we were in part we be

As today's reflection we now see

Bringing forward the best of   what once we had worn

Leaving behind the ugly and the torn

Vintage garb that made you unique

Past and present gladly meet

The ugliness of then how cast aside

And just its beauty now worn in pride

It is ok to wear your vintage past

And admire it in the looking glass

If it's the best of you from then

In todays fashion you frolic in

Welcome the Fresh and New

"Gratitude is an art of painting adversity into a lovely picture."

KAK SRI

WELCOME THE FRESH AND NEW

Stumps left of once were grand towering trees

Now a barren foreground adds to the sadness of how things once were

But looking past a depressing scene

Is brand new life thriving out there

Young vital nature making its existence known

Is now the art we will all embrace

Thankful now for the new that's grown

Into yesterday's memories with a happy new face

Quotes pertaining to loss

"I've always heard every ending is also a new beginning, we just don't know it at the time, I'd like to believe that's true." -Emily Prentiss

"Loss is a wound, healing takes time. How much time depends on how well you use the memories." M. Beatty

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." -Harriet Beecher Stowe

"If only I had taken the time to express everything he meant to me my grief would not be smothering me so. But in all the world there would never have even been enough time to express what I wanted to say. I only hope my heart and his heart together felt our mutual admiration." M. Beatty

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." -Cicero

"You trusted me with your love. Be assured you can trust me with your memory." M. Beatty

Missing Him on the Special Days

Alphonse de Lamartine 1790-1869

"Sometimes only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated"

MISSING HIM ON THE SPECIAL DAYS

Memorial day was special for him

As he read the paper, the front page news

His smiling picture on the wing of his plane

Brought him to tears about how much time he used

Three weeks later he was gone

Peacefully he passed away

For weeks thereafter folks gathered around

Expressing kindness in the words they'd say

Easter brought memories about how he cherished

Watching the kids dart around our big front yard

Gathering colorful Easter eggs

His joy swelled in his festive heart

On the fourth of July he always mused

About how baby Ryan slept through the colorful show

As fireworks burst loudly in the sky

He made me tape them so later Ryan would know

In August came that special day

Remembering how he held my hand so tight

He wasn't a bit ashamed to cry

As our precious son arrived so healthy and bright

Together we were always on some new mission

I remembered fondly on Labor day

With trailer in tow and horses prepped and groomed

We were usually heading to some horse show far away

The niece and nephews and Ryan of course

Were always a big part of our planned adventures

I had 33 years with Bob by my side

Yes, He was missed dearly this past September

We together always enjoyed Halloween

The kids chose their costumes and grabbed their sacks

Walking door to door we may well have been kids

We had our share of good times and that's a fact!

Now here comes Thanksgiving and he is not here

He always loved a bountiful feast

Though I'm surrounded by loved ones, Bob is still gone

The emptiness strangles me, to say the least

And I look ahead to Christmas coming fast

It will be six months to the day

More holidays will come, this isn't the last

But all the firsts without him are so hard to take

Birthdays and anniversaries

Even ordinary days have something to say

When the memories crop up, sure I smile

But sadness soon follows, it's another lonely day

Seasons in Time

"Life is full of happiness and tears. Be strong and have faith."

Kareen Kaphore Khan

SEASONS IN TIME

Arriving to build condos in the trees

Living, swaying in the smooth spring breeze

The birds have arrived to have their young

It is then a life's new chapter has begun

Children clinging to a string

Of floating kites among the birds that sing

No more hats and gloves for quite some time

Remember when ice cream cones were just a dime?

Schools release the anxious youth

Of summer hours they make good use

Sunny beaches and slippery slides

You won't find the adventurous children inside

Comes the fall and school bells ring

What awesome colors that autumn brings!

The leaves, they fall in silent surrender

Touching the earth so crisp and tender

Children in new duds reclaim their status

After a too short summer hiatus

Football fields glow brightly on Friday nights

New school crushes will soon ignite

Now the winter wind will blow

And coat the earth with soft, white snow

Holidays bring joy to cold winter blues

The bears are smart to hide and snooze

So is life each year we find

Another piece of us left behind

And through the years we are counting down

Tomorrow a loved one won't be around

Seasons come and seasons be

Then go before you can count to three

Life is a carnival, life is a sport

And a good life is always much too short

From Christmas eve 2013

Thinking of my friends on Christmas Eve

Hoping you are happy and warm

Staying tucked in until Christmas day

Out of the cold and winter storms

I pray you will enjoy seeing the children

And generations young and old

Opening gifts well chosen

Given with all the love a heart can hold

The most important thing to remember

Is to send a prayer or two

Thanking Jesus for his sacrifice

And how much He means to you

Then when you are saying your goodbyes

To send the loved one's on their way

Send another prayer to our Lord

For all a safe journey home this Christmas day

From 12/31/13

A heart intruded upon my life

When I realized the importance of you

Never a feeling so strong

Has held me so captive

So it is now that when I say goodbye

And know I may never hold you close again

I break into pieces when I walk away

And a sadness remains a part of me

That I store within that many times lonely heart

Experience

QUOTE

"The difference between school and life? In school you’re taught a lesson and given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson."

Tom Bodett American Author 1955

EXPERIENCE

School seems to me an early temporary fix

Numbers, language, and a smidgen of history

But experience provides us what really sticks

And sheds a light on what's in store for me

In school I was taught and given a test

A lot was short term influence on my memory

Applause or disappointment had done the rest

The facts of life my refinery

I learned from life and know it well

I grew strong experiencing pitfalls and success

And so far in my growth, time will tell

If I merely existed or lived my life for its best

Adversity and Character

QUOTE

"You know what FAILING stands for?... F-A-I-L-I-N-G..... It stands for FINDING AN IMPORTANT LESSON. INVITING NEEDED GROWTH" (Gary Busey)

ADVERSITY AND CHARACTER

Although success is my final goal

I have found failing is what made me whole

I find important lessons more far reaching

With personal experience a part of my teaching

Positive influence I prefer to know

But usually when I stumble I tend to grow

Scars remind me how vulnerable I have been

Adversity in my sails is a very strong wind

Fail once or twice but never again

In each life lesson I hold within

Strong storms at sea make a better sailor

He's known too many hard lessons to become a failure

Hand in Hand

"When the storms of life come, if they come to me personally, to my family or to the world, I want to be strong enough to stand and be a strength to somebody else, be shelter for somebody else."

Anne Graham Lotz American Author/Clergyman 1948 (daughter of Billy Graham)

HAND IN HAND

Dear Lord give me the gift

That I can hold the hand of another

As he dangles over a  deadly cliff

On the great moutain of despair

Lord, let me know the words

That will help to ease his pain

So he can hear the thunder as drums

And be refreshed by the cleanliness of a driving rain

May my presence bring a soothing peace

Until the wounded man may find his own

So that what pain he is feeling soon will cease

Escaping the loss of hope he has come to know

And Dear Lord, once my duty is done

And I have helped a friend to a calmer sea

Please allow that there will be someone

When that wandering lost soul is me

To teach and inspire

"Uninspired teachers breed uninspired minds." M. Beatty

"Try not. Do or do not." -Yoda

"The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret." -Salvador Dali

"Some look to those who have things worth sharing as being an intruder in their thoughts. It is better to share knowledge secretly, without fanfare with those adverse to learning." Marian  Beatty

"It's often said there's no footprints too small to not make their mark on this world." -Unknown

"At times it was the innocence of a child that caused me to act. It is their well-being that make us become warriors and leaders." M. Beatty

DroneFingers

My Mentor

My Mentor

You have been relevant in what you write.

You inspired me to do the same.

Without your valuable years of insight

Life would have just been another game

Initiative

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

INITIATIVE

An idle mind can't be condoned

An Idle pen in a hand of stone

Those of us how know should dare

To pen the words we need to share

An idle life with years of knowing

Lying dormant, uninspired, and rarely glowing

So much to be done with so little will

So many empty promises left to fulfill

Too many children with no one to lead them

Craving hope for which they beg and plead then

So few of those who know will care

While silent minds leave treasures there

Never Too Late To Learn

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN

Back in time when I was young and new

Learning seemed to be an afterthought

Too many other things that I wanted to do

Caused me lacking  knowledge I should have let be taught

My bank account of skills were lacking

As were investments in my political knowledge

It was my own initiative lagging

Survival in life doesn't need years in college

Too late in life I craved just knowing

Anything and everything my mind could digest

Had I had this will as I was growing

So many contributions I would have saved to invest

Learning is an ongoing lifetime burden

Better done with young, fresh minds

But before my last act, my final curtain

I found it not too late to enhance my mind

Truth?

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell

"Obama has made lies such a universal norm that the those who expose the truth become the targets of those deceived" M. Beatty

Run Silent Run Deep

Right now I think the Republicans should make like a submarine and run silent and deep. Once they have their target in clear view, their torpedoes loaded, and all hands present and ready for duty, then fire one, two, three...sink the BSS Obama.

DroneFingers

POLITICAL DEVILS

"In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible."

George Orwell

POLITICAL DEVILS

Self serving lies and rhetoric

More cover-ups to condone

Their fairy tales are specific

They are liars to the bone

Agendas with a purpose

To bring our economy down

They are smiling sweetly on the surface

While running our ship aground

Chaos is their cover

Crisis keeps them in control

It is a devious style to govern

But Satan owns their souls

Our So-called Leader

"Those who won’t be counseled can’t be helped."

Benjamin Franklin

OUR SO CALLED LEADER

I stand steadfast here as an American patriot

Who would stand by my president if

He would have learned We the People matter

But he doesn't have that gift

Even leaders can use advice

Input from the people he serves

But this so called leader we have today

I've had enough of his selfish nerve!

It seems that all he considers

About the job he was elected to do

If he can't leave with a positive legacy

Being the worst, he'll accept that, too

He seems to be a unique kind of terrorist

Using his precious phone and pen

As he undermines the constitution

To disappoint us now and then

I think he gets a kind of rush

Like a drug that makes him bold

If I had my share of choices

He'd be homeless and in the cold

Quotes pertaining to honesty

"To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly." -Benjamin Franklin

"Faith does not weed out the lies and deception your hero or leader has in store for you. So faith should be forever questioned and reviewed, lest you be deceived." M. Beatty

"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead." -Benjamin Franklin

"There are too many confidants to protect a politician from his lies forever." M. Beatty

"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." -Benjamin Franklin

"Passion can become a runaway horse for those who dare ride his steed without a bridle." M. Beatty

The ruination of the Democrats

"Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest."

Ben Franklin

"How can they call the people stupid when it is this administration that has cast doubt and disdain on a once powerful political party? It will take years, if ever, before the Democrats can call themselves trustworthy."

M. Beatty

"Old Ben was a man who demanded truth and he was wise enough to know a lie when he saw one. Lies and power are a dangerous combination."

Sharon Krogman

The Doors Need To Close

"Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our health care system, our education system, our criminal justice system, our environment, our infrastructure and our public safety."

Jan C. Ting Politician 1948

THE DOORS NEED TO CLOSE

Jobs most don't want but sorely need

An economy reeling that can stand no more blows

Hospitals over-burdened and their finances bleed

As unsecured borders allow a continued flow

How many more poor with no hope to succeed

Will flood our schools already in trouble?

How many more dependents will amnesty breed?

How much faster will our economy crumble?

Along with the good the bad will follow

As illegals with criminal backgrounds exist

In overcrowded prisons they won't have to wallow

As their felonies bring a mere slap on the wrist

How many more benefits can one country provide

To not just our own and not neglect

More and more people on a welfare line

Who learn to live without self respect?

There are more that fail than reach a goal

In a country with a deficit that continues to rise

How can we continue to dig this hole?

And it is not their people who we despise

Our hearts are still open, but the inn is packed

We are at the extent of global charity

It is taxpayers we need and that's a fact

Or our own will continue suffer disparity

The doors need to close until our own burdens are met

Our minds need to relieve our hearts for now

If we continue this course we will soon regret

That final bird that broke the bough

The Obama Legacy

"America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000 mile border with a developing nation, and the government’s refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first resists ‘comprehensive’ immigration reform."

George Will American Journalist 1941

THE OBAMA LEGACY

With over two centuries going on three

America has been the land of the free

Well chosen leaders adhering to the people's will

Could insure our liberty we cherish so, still

Then comes an extreme liberal with lofty goals

Pushed by puppet masters with evil souls

He has succeeded in dividing an ever healing nation

And his imprint could impact us for the years we're facing

A health care act based on lies and deception

He knew what it was at its inception

Laughing behind closed doors at our stupidity

About how the bill was passed with ideological creativity

Not that that one big folly will be a costly blow

To his future reputation, he is sure to know

Now in his final two years he uses executive action

In a law not popular with its adaption

Amnesty for millions of  illegals he pens

Into law with executive action at our expense

His legacy is set, it's no mystery

He will be known as the worst president in history

Quotes pertaining to planning

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." -Confucius

"While you are planning revenge take a moment to to figure a way out of the results of your actions." M. Beatty

"The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone." -Milan Kundera

"A concious effort to plan before we act is a cure to the humiliation we bring upon ourselves by our impulsive decisions." M. Beatty

"Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future." -Dale Turner

"Some of our greatest achievements may come from planning our future with the past as our guide." M. Beatty

Honestly Speaking

"Honesty is the best policy."

Benjamin Franklin

HONESTLY SPEAKING

We have them for our cars and homes

Policies that are meant to protect our assets

We have them to bet on our longevity

They will be fought over around our own death beds

One policy that the good will adhere to

That sets a standard for moral impunity

Is the policy we take an oath to

And it revolves around our life based on honesty

Be Prepared

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."

Benjamin Franklin

BE PREPARED

It is in all that we do

When we fly by the seat of our pants

Mistakes from out of the blue

Too many failed attempts st romance

Choices that should well be forgotten

Voices with words to be judged

Incidents that make us feel rotten

Budgets where numbers are fudged

Preparedness is our only reprieve

A good plan sets the tone for the day

Fewer reasons for a past we must grieve

More intelligent things that we say

Certainly there are times to meander

Shed your inhibitions and dance in the rain

But to enter the dark with no lantern

Seems a bit on the side of insane

Innocent Victims

"Terrorism is psychological warfare. Terrorist try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society."

Patrick Kennedy

INNOCENT VICTIMS

Is it so easy to face an enemy

And know his intentions

In broad daylight

With no pretenses?

No battle is easy

No battle is foreseen

With any glee of the warriors

But they know what it means

Where in the shadows

Do terrorist conspire?

Vicious attacks

No chance to return fire

And it is with pride

That they create so much fear

There is no place to hide

Now that our battle ground is here

We once walked our streets

Aware of our foes

With a war against terror

Anything goes

The victims are not armed

They may be old and defenseless

Anyone will be harmed

The terrorists are relentless

No innocent daily routine is the same

It is fear of the unknown that drives us insane

The innocent become victims of a terrorists rage

Just pawns in a game we don't wish to engage

Mr. Obama

TED CRUZE, US Senator from Texas, born 1970.

Obama’s consistent pattern of lawlessness is extraordinarily dangerous. He has selective adherence and enforcement of laws passed by U.S. congress, especially the 2010 Health Care Law.

OMR. OBAMA

Elected to lead our country

The power went to his head

He has no sense of democracy

He is socialist instead

He thumbs his nose at laws

Passed by those who represent the people

He circumvents the checks and balances

And it is ok with the sheeple

And in a shocking instance

He got a second term

After the disaster of a first one

You would think the sheeple would learn

The economy is crashing

The scandals pile on

It doesn't take a genius

To want this Marxist gone

STAYING ABOVE IT ALL

what he is saying here.
Dale Carnegie.

First ask yourself: what is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

STAYING ABOVE IT ALL

Look down into the depths of despair

Notice the vermin  crawling around down there

Constant improvement on your part

Changes that come directly from your heart

Above the worst will always be your everywhere

Life quote

"No-one ever travels upright and at a steady pace. Sometimes they run, sometimes they take baby steps, sometimes they stumble and fall. It's called life."

M. Beatty

The Odd Mom

"Yes, Mother, I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me."

Alice Walker

THE ODD MOM

There were times that you embarrassed me

Some personally, some indirect

But my memories continue to be

Mostly pleasing I suspect

So you liked to take me out for pie

As I wore my band uniform

I felt so exposed that I could die

In that outfit I had worn

You tried to share your fashion sense

And presented to me with pride

The most ridiculous pair of clown pants

In lime green and orange stripes

It didn't really occur to you

That such garb was meant to be

Worn by disco dancers

And by pimps on crime tv

But being the dutiful daughter

I wore them to the dance

I wasn't drawn and quartered

But all had their share of laughs

Then I always must remember

How cool our friends thought you were

With the top down in December

To pay off a bet that had occurred

You had the greatest records

And spun them at the hop

You raced your souped up '57 Ford

Loudly down the block

Mom, you always kept us wondering

What kind of antics you'd show next

Though embarrassing moments brought suffering

In my life there are no regrets

It turns out my friends adored you

And wanted you for their own

The teenaged days that I lived through

I've clearly not outgrown

No one is born to perfection

And certainly not you

But now I look at my reflection

And who I'm seeing now is you

I've acquired all your idiosyncrasies

And your bold infectious ways

From a lifetime of played out fantasies

Which made growing up the good old days

We Who Really Know You

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul, there is no separation." Jail ad Din Rumi...(1207-1273)

WE WHO REALLY KNOW YOU

For those who did not know you, my dear

You are not gone, you were never here

For those acquaintances who may have passed your way

They may join the prayer list for just a day

For those who loved you with their eyes

Who saw the hero in disguise

They will always have their stories to tell

Things about you they knew so well

Then there are the ones who quite like me

Look beyond the person you tried to be

We know your heart, can count the beats

We felt your triumph and shared you defeats

We understand your cunning mind

Where serious moments and you humor combined

We sensed your strength when others saw fear

We'll know the loneliness now you're not here

Yes, those who knew you with their eyes

Have missed the character you held inside

They will say goodbye now that you're gone

But there are some of us who will say so long

No physical separation that your passing has forced

Can cut the ties our hearts gave forged

We who knew you with our hearts and souls

Will feel you with every wind that blows

The Weight of the World

THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD

Reality is indeed stressful

One reason so many people bail out

They would rather find their life blissful

Instead of dealing with problems and doubt

Children are lucky in that respect

Because dreamworld is where they reside

Their minds are filled with  illusions they pick

And that's their place to hide

As an adult we have a responsibility

To know what's going on

We remain tied in all probability

To bland standards from dusk until dawn

In times of turmoil some may shatter

And childhood seems an escape

Too short are those years that matter

And growing up is our only mistake

The weight of the world on our shoulders

Two feet planted firmly on the ground

It is the curse of our growing older

Some can never get up once they're down

Daring To Live In a Dream

"There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality, and then there are those who turn one into the other."

Desideruis Erasmus

Dutch Philosopher 1466-1536

DARING TO LIVE IN A DREAM

Alice lived in common town, here

And chased a rabbit down a hole

There was quite a surprise what she had found there

A strange new world that sparked her soul

Peter Pan followed a tiny fairy

Her name was Tinkerbell

Into a world quite wild and scary

Captain Hook made that place sheer hell

Peter and Alice soon came home

In awe of their discoveries

Now seldom in reality they choose to roam

And they seem fine without recovery

It was reality that sent them chasing a dream

A bunny and a fairy

They found their peace somewhere it seems

Because reality made them weary

I'm In Touch and Can Prove It

"Reality is the leading cause of stress with those who are in touch with it."

Jane Wagner

I'M IN TOUCH AND CAN PROVE IT

I wonder why the folks around here

Say behind my back

"She's in La La Land, I fear"

I think they are quite off track

The only way to stress, they say

Is to touch reality

And I am here to confess today

That "Stress R Us" is me.

My quotes for today

"Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none." -William Shakespeare

"It doesn't take much to get back at someone, but it takes one of God's favorites to forgive." M. Beatty

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." -Ben Okri

"Only an inanimate object needs to sit in the dust. All people have will and ability, it depends how you use it how far you will move from your original position." M. Beatty

"The past is our definition. we may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it." -Wendell Berry

"Perhaps those of us who live in the past have not found our place in the present and have given up on the future." M. Beatty

WHO'S LOOKING BACK AT ME?

"I always wanted to be somebody but now I realize I should have been more specific."

Lilly Tomlin

WHO'S LOOKING BACK AT ME

Movie star or Peter Pan

NASCAR hero or Superman

President of the United States

Not just good but maybe great

The mirror of course betrayed me

I'm just what God had made me

I never evolved to be someone

Only ordinary things I've done

But my spouse and kids still love me

There is a solid roof above me

Happiness is not a mega-being

I accept with a smile the reflection I'm seeing

Oops!

"Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."

Dave Barry

OOPS

My system just seemed to be blocked

My tummy was hard as a rock

My meals were caught in a traffic jam

The pancakes for breakfast and dinner's ham

Hours upon the throne

Reading catalogs while I strained and moaned

I was so tired by the end if the day

People aren't meant to push from within this way

So I gave up when I needed to sleep

My blockage surely can keep

A laxative I swallowed to move things around

So in the morning I could flush that traffic jam down

Oh, but my tummy ached

So a sleeping pill I chose to take

It was definitely a folly those two remedies I took

Surprise!  In my jammies was one major oops

As that night falls away to past tense

I had to question my common sense

To take such opposing pills before sleep

It won't happen again, that one promise I'll keep!

The Expensive Couch

"My therapist told me the way to achieve inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M & M’s and a chocolate cake. I feel better already."

Dave Barry

THE EXPENSIVE COUCH

I had to see my shrink today

I thought my train of thought derailed

It always seems to be this way

With projects I start have failed

He listened like he always does

Complaints, yes, I had many

I wanted to go back in time

To the days when I was skinny

There was always so much energy

I was sure to get things done

It was but just a snap for me

To finish more projects than just one

It is funny I blame my addled mind

Instead of my advancing years

For the roadblocks I tend more to find

Within my atmosphere

So now I write another check

As often I tend to do

For a therapist to hunt and peck

About what the heck I already knew

DroneFingers

HIGHER POWERS SHALL JUDGE

"Respond intelligently, even to unintelligent treatment."

Lao Tzu

HIGHER POWERS SHALL JUDGE

The one time in life when we should react more slow

Is when another human being decides to treat us low

Harsh words, gossip, and lies they spread

Things that make us wish ourselves dead

They are better left alone to suffer the black marks on their un-righteous souls

Our vulnerability...quotes

"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves." -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Our elected officials...there they are in all their glory. Or are they?" M. Beatty

"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Look around...is this what we want for our children?" M. Beatty

."The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone." -Milan Kundera

What Obama has done to our country is not just a mistake made by the voters twice, but that the world has seen our vulnerability comes from within." M. Beatty

The Obamatrain

HENRY KISSINGER...

"There cannot be a stressful crisis next week. My schedule is already full."

THE OBAMATRAIN

Obamacare is the engine

That pulls the bomb-filled train

It seems this president's mission

Borders on insane

As We the People are fearing ISIS

And terror is at our door

Here comes another crisis

As it came a week before

Our government in turmoil

Hearings continue about the IRS

We are still fighting over oil

And the climbing cost of gas

We're in the dark about Benghazi

And how our patriots had died

Hillary keeps running from that folly

Questions of who the hell had lied

Oh, and there's the Department of Justice

Who a allowed the arms to run

And Holder wonders what the fuss is

That the cartel has our guns

There still remains a stalemate

Bills piled high on Harry Reid's desk

Parties refuse to be teammates

And won't get the damn bills passed

So Obama threatens action

With his precious phone an pen

He uses daily distractions

To sneak his agendas in

As terrorists chop the heads off

The hostages on film

Our action is just send planes aloft

Another bombing drill

A war without ground forces

ISIS warriors scatter like rats

The liberals will endorse this

As the terrorists still kick ass

While at home the war on women

Keep many occupied

Two parties airing dirty linen

And division gains in stride

It all is what it never seems

The chaos and turmoil rages

It's just Obama's smoke screen

As futile domestic war engages

The Obamatrain continues down the track

The cars all filled with chaos

And all his czars will have his back

As they call the people brainless

Why I Say

From an anonymous source....

"It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."

WHY I SAY

I may not be an orator

Or prone to make a speech

I'm not a valid ambassador

High office is above my reach

I can say with all my honesty

Cross my heart and hope to die

What I share can be deemed as trustworthy

About my country I refuse to lie

I am just a proud American

Proud to learn what makes her best

And will spread the word best as I can

And hope those listening can do the rest

I'm seething at the fraud involved

Being sold by our politicians

And it shames me that the lies evolve

And become truth across the nation

You may grow tired of my discussions

Meant to enlighten those I touch

But I can see the repercussions

Supporting politicians we should not trust

They say it takes a village

To grow children to be their best

Informed votes should be a priviledge

And our will should be expressed

It is a cold world....

"Things do not change. We change." -Henry David Thoreau

"We are lulled into the illusion of peace after a period of chasing other rainbows. While under the rainbow we abandoned evil turmoil boils into growing chaos.

While we became peaceful and complacent the world around us changed and became more disruptive. Now have we the endurance to catch up so we can protect ourselves from all this negative change? Or did the termites destroy our dwelling?" M. Beatty

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places." -Ernest Hemingway

"I can only hope there is a substance strong enough to glue us back together now that the Obama administration has shattered all we had hoped to be." M. Beatty

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it." -Alfred Hitchcock

"9/11 brought us not instant terror rather it brought instant remorse and a life sentenced to the anticipation that it will happen again. The fear is not knowing when, the uncertainty is not knowing where, and the regret is not understanding why." M. Beatty

"Will there ever be prayer strong enough to destroy the devils who are laughing at our demise?" M. Beatty

The Skimmed Forces

MAJOR PETE HEGSETH said this:

There are dire consequences to be considered...this administration has chopped, gutted, and shrunk our military making us more vulnerable. I can tell you who is not shrinking...Russia and China.

THE SKIMMED FORCES

Say goodbye to the strength we have known

The military power we proudly owned

As this administration fails to think

They work hard to make our military shrink

Think hard of all the unemployed

Benefits for them we can't avoid

Why not employ young people seeking a wage

A chance to fulfill a military stage?

Better a soldier than homeless and down

Benefits become wages to spread around

Out power grows as soldiers learn

Government handouts become a wage well earned

Now has come they skim our forces

Tax dollars are funneled to other sources

While China and Russia are about to erupt

Without our military they will eat us up

The Right To Vote ....routes

"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." -Sir Walter Scott

"We the people are caught up in a tangled web of turmoil spun with lies, laws, and ludicrous agendas. Deception has been used as a weapon against us by the very people we voted into office."

"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -George Bernard Shaw

"Political communication consists of bold statements, undeliverable promises, then complete denial of the consequences which shifts blame to the other party." M. Beatty

"The herds seek out the great, not for their seed, but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need." -Napoleon Bonaparte

"Are we the people voting for our leaders for the ability to lead or for their historic relevance, suave personalities, and a pretense of greatness?  Will the leaders influence make us a better people or bring us down as his false vanity and inability to lead fails? M.Beatty

"We have to be skeptical of the actions of our government. If we are not we will be consumed by them." M. Beatty

SKEPTICISM

The quote is from DEMOSTHENES, a Greek Statesman and Orator. (384 BC-322 BC)

"There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches and the like...But prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings of democracies. What is this safeguard? SCEPTICISM. This you must preserve. This you must retain. If you can keep this you need fear no harm."

Skepticism

The castle only continues to stand

Because of a deep and deadly moat

Deadly intruders shall forever be damned

By swimming creatures they may provoke

A moat is not an option in modern times

But we have will for our protection

Skepticism will stave off political crimes

Thrown in our direction

We must not fall for promises

In a slogan of hope and change

We should search to find the blemishes

Before our lives are rearranged

Our ears must filter lies that are told

Our eyes must watch for slight of hand

Our voices will be ready to question bold

And our minds and hearts be ready to take a stand

Quotes about learning

"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn." -Albert Einstein

"Let the teacher, with passion, provide the facts so his pupils will with like passion be inclined to learn." M. Beatty

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is with history and hope our present thrives." M. Beatty

"Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn." -C.S. Lewis

A teacher's passion

I had been taught history, science, and literature by some good teachers who were passionate about what they taught. I have also had to sit through classes of some idiot droning on and on the paragraphs read from a book.

I wish all students could know the gift of learning from a teacher so passionate he stands before the class and speaks from the heart that which is instilled in his mind.  I wish years would not filter and dilute the history, science, and literature that have made us who we are so that we can do whatever is necessary to make things better by knowing the truth from our past.

DroneFingers

Rewriting History

"Radical historians now tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey."

Mason Cooley 1927-2002

REWRITING HISTORY

Through hapless, vile agendas

Our past is wiped away

By driven political pretenders

Who rewrite what history books  say

Who knows what drives their passion?

What will their acts reflect?

But to me the past's oppression

Amounts to present man's neglect

Now Lincoln Belongs to the Ages? Angels?

"The past is so often unknowable because it is befogged now but it is befogged then, too, back when it was the present. If we had been there listening we still might not have been able to determine exactly what Stanton said. All we know for sure is that everyone was weeping and the room was full."

Adam Gopnick American Writer

"What is uttered in a room where people grieve is heard among a din of voices of prayer, condolences, bereavement, pain, and love. It is not strange that words are mingled, misunderstood, forgotten, misquoted, and cherished in one form or another." M. Beatty

The Fallen President

THE FALLEN PRESIDENT

Respected was he by the good people

Rejected by those with evil in their hearts

Through him people of color would shed their chains

And someday become citizens with a brand new start

A bullet dropped Lincoln one day, so sadly

John Wilkes Booth pulled the trigger in that crime

What was in his heart and mind to act so madly

And become such a villain of his time

Now Lincoln belongs to the ages

History will remember him well

Now Lincoln belongs to the angels

And his murderer will rot in hell

DroneFingers

Wars

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars." -Khalil Gibran

Is it true that suffering makes for stronger souls?

Then why do so many soldiers return from war broken and weak?

They must kill and maim to achieve a goal

And come home holding in visions of which they will never speak

"For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won." -Lucy Maud Montgomery

"Although freedom was an awesome gift for we the people, it has been oh so expensive to maintain." M. Beatty

"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." -Ernest Hemingway

"Are we villains for choosing to send our soldiers into war knowing some will die? Are we murderers or complisent in that crime?" M. Beatty

Thank You For Your Service

"Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many members of our armed forces."

Charlie Dent American Politician 1960

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

Thank God for our lives and free will

Thank soldiers who had to be taught to kill

Help the veterans who come home with minds so ill

Curse the enemy that haunts them still

Thank God for the strength they needed to survive

Bless the soldiers and keep the troops hope alive

Help them heal at home when broken they arrive

Curse the enemy and cut them down to size

Thank God for blessings we all must share

When the troops come home from over there

Help them through the burdens they bear

Stand by them and prove we care

Thank you for your service ma'am

Thank you generals who were in command

Thank you sir, may I shake your hand

You fought for us, your biggest fans

God Bless the Veterans

The 11th month the 11th day the 11th hour. With gratitude and respect we remember the Fallen.

As we express our gratitude, must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.

John Kennedy

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS

Dear soldier there will come a time

To move forward on the path, blazed by other patriotic soldiers before you

It is sad that war, this mega-crime

Uses up our sons and daughters, not returning more than a few

So many reach Heaven instead of home

Where inconsolable loved ones grieve

And some come home to relive the hell

Ever more for treatment to
receive

Once bright minds are compromised

Once healthy bodies are broken

And leaders never come to realize

War is a beast that should not be woken

Pray for peace my fellow man

But peace is yet to be

Because tyrants do just what they can

So others won't be free

On this day we thank those who fought

And remember sadly those who died

Our veterans skills to fight were taught

And they were born with civic pride

The Reasons Terrorists Win

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it." -Alfred Hitchcock

THE REASON TERRORISTS WIN

If only one victim falls after a terrorist threat

And the odds are against each individual's demise

Just the thought that randomly anyone can lose his head

Is all that a terrorists needs to victimize

It could be any one of us on any corner

It need not be hundreds that die

It is that we all have been brutally warned

In a bloody film prepared for our fearful eyes

Quotes about survival

"Some of the best lessons are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future." -Dale Turner

"Our success in life is based on whether we take the fall and refuse to get up, or accept our mistakes and set off on a more worthy journey." M. Beatty

"There is not a righteous man on Earth who does what is right and never sins." -Ecclesiastes 7:20

"Sins are lessons that we admit and reject, then try earnestly to do better." M. Beatty

"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." -Robert Kennedy

"When the roof caves in we don't lie there in defeat and rot our life away. We crawl out, stand up, and rebuild." M. Beatty

PREPARE FOR TAKE-OFF

"Don’t be afraid to see what you see." (Ronald Reagan)

PREPARE FOR TAKE-OFF

See it, face it, don't deny it

Consider it then if we must, we fight it

Not all is peaceful where we exist

When our freedom's taken we must resist

Accept it, own it, don't condone it

Have our fear but never show it

We can be the champion of our roots

If we don't stand shaking in our boots

Liberty is earned, prisons are burned

When it's time to act we take our turn

Patriots aren't idly standing by

They claim their wings and off they fly

Stagnate and Imposed

"There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we erect ourselves."

Ronald Reagan 1911-2004

STAGNATE AND IMPOSED

We were born that we could fly

But some stay grounded and sullen

Should we all just live to die?

Staying down the first time we have fallen

Discover your wings and use them well

Uncover your spirit buried inside

The clouds are further from proverbial hell

Fly among them, enjoy the ride

Walls may keep the evil out

But also keep you trapped within

Tied are those who live in doubt

Just pop the bubble and let life begin

Man...quotes about him

"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves." -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Once you have convinced yourself you are someone you are not, the other people already know who you really are." Marian Beatty

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." -Oscar Wilde

"Man is all about being everyone in his own clothes. Hidden in cyberspace he can say exactly what he means, for he is invisible." M. Beatty

"If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate." -Elbert Hubbard

"Superiority is only a figment of the mind, a mere perception. Evil is a form of being above all else at all costs. If we all knew each other as we reside in our own skin without the masks we wear to prove what we wish to be, there would not be heros and villains. We would just be people with our own agendas, not invincible." M. Beatty

The Plastic People in the Pews

"Faith is personal if its to be real."

Bear Grylls British Explorer 1974

THE PLASTIC PEOPLE IN THE PEWS

For those of you who sit in the holy pew

To be obvious to your neighbor's view

While most are saying prayers from the heart

You are the ones thinking about when brunch will start

You are the ones who argued as you dressed to the nines

Screaming to your family about the time

You must be seen in your new church wear

And have others jealous about your hair

You are the ones who won't have God in mind

Or offer a prayer from time to time

You gossip about your neighbors who have less than you

But lend them a hand? That's just not you

Charity to you is not ordinary

Praise is not in your vocabulary

But you will never see yourself in these words I said

Your goodness is only in your own vain head

Yes, there are plastic people in the pews

Living to take what they can use

And what they leave in that offering today

Is just payment for the game they play

We Are Not All Superman

"Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by."

OVID Roman Poet 43 BC-17 AD

WE ARE NOT ALL SUPERMAN

OOPS, there goes another day

When things didn't seem to go my way

But I won't give up, no I won't surrender

I have years of plans for my endeavor

Fall, I may, from time to time

Cry I won't, but I might whine

Bold I'm not, but I'm not shy

Given a chance I will get by

We are not all Superman, that I see

Being a hero is not instilled in me

I'm not the owner of some magic fairy

But I'm so damned good at ordinary

Quotes about political treason.

"Unfortunately, a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares." -Sir Peter Ustinov

"When a country puts its hopes and dreams in the hands of an ideologue with a treasonous agenda, our hopes will be dashed and our dreams will become nightmares." M. Beatty

"It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence." -Mahatma Gandhi

"There will be times when war is necessary to preserve peace. When evil encroaches we need a strong leader to be there, not someone who makes excuses and prefers to wave white flags." M. Beatty

"There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts." -Voltaire

"Obama has a delivery in his speeches that are chameleon-like. Whatever group he addresses , he uses his flair for words to get into their minds. His words are seldom sincere and are a pretty package for the bombs he has in store for the destruction of our country." M. Beatty

The Battle Plan

A reflective reading of history will show that no man ever rose to military greatness who could not convince his troops that he put them first, above all else.

General Maxwell Taylor

1901-1987

"Brave soldiers do not fight their best when they are an afterthought. When their generals and commander-in-chief sends them into battle with everything they need and with every confidence they can instill, our soldiers will be more powerful than any bombs our planes can drop. War is personal." M. Beatty

"Battle plans are not only made to defeat the enemy, they are to insure our troops that the general has every intention to win and that the preservation of his troops are in his highest priority." M. Beatty

THE BATTLE PLAN

He sends them into battle

With confidence and flair

He is the leader in the saddle

Sword waving in the air

His soldiers are his sons

And the daughters he must protect

As the battle has begun

On this he will reflect...

"I planned my mission carefully

With intent to win this war

But my soldiers fighting unselfishly

The ones I send into this storm

Are the reason I plan so meticulously

That they receive the least if harm

The victory is secondary

To the troops I dare to arm"

About PTSD

"Between the desire and the spasm, between the potency and the existence, between the essence and the descent, falls the shadow. This is the way the world ends." -T.S. Eliot

"The life of a soldier with PTSD is a lingering existence in the shadows. If he tries to be happy he just can't quite get there, forget ever being excited about anything. A good cry won't do him any good because in sadness is now a normal way to live. He is there but he is not. A personality he has no more." M. Beatty

"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." -Robert Kennedy

"The only way out of the hole is to climb. PTSD is like standing in that hole waiting to be buried." M. Beatty

"A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ." -John Steinbeck

"There are prescriptions for most maladies and disease. The only things that can heal a soul is a big heart and healthy mind.  But by the time most souls are dying, the heart has been broken and the mind has been lost." M. Beatty

His Ghosts

HIS GHOSTS

Rest is elusive for the once strong man

He gets bits of sleep whenever he can

Bombs go off, pictures of the dead

Are still rambling around in his head

Talk to him, he seems so distant

Nervous tics are so persistent

His answers are always vague

He rubs the stump where once was a leg

He used to laugh louder than anyone

Sadly now those days are gone

He wonders what his hours are for

He thinks he is of no use no more

Home they come to be this way

In their own little worlds they tend to stay

The sounds of gunfire and bombs persist

They'll no longer live they just exist

Once a hopeful man he was

Then off he went to fight because

We gave him boots, a uniform, and gun

And home he came, a damaged one

And the ghosts of war will taunt him

Visions of mangled souls will haunt him

The music he hears are bullets flying

He survived but is forever dying

DroneFingers

The Big Empty House

American Poet LANGSTON HUGHES. (1902-1967)

"When people care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul."

THE BIG EMPTY HOUSE

The lonely widow spent another day

In the house where she had shared

So many words they had to say

With the man for whom she cared

He just up and left her a year ago

To spend his time with God

Now what to do, she still doesn't know

Her life now seems so odd

She wanders around her kitchen

Remembering meals she would prepare

Just for two of them back then

Over dinner their thoughts they shared

Going about a daily routine

Is like living on an assembly line

She feels like an old worn out machine

Just rusting, biding time

If she knew that people cried for her

If she knew that people cared

Life might somehow revive for her

If she were not so alone and scared

Just a call, a note, a surprise visit

Just proof there's someone there

Would go far to lift the old lady's spirit

If you've got a moment to spare

Quotes about leaders.

"The healthy man does not torture others. Generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers." -Carl Jung

This quote may be a bit extreme for Obama, but from what I have heard of his upbringing it may have a lot to do with his actions as a man.

"A person can either be beaten down and be the rug people walk on, or he can spend his life getting back at his torturers through people to whom he, in his own mind, has made himself superior." M.Beatty

"Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one who inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it" -Mark Twain

"Pain doesn't necessarily mean that which is physical. Sometimes pain is loss. Loss of liberty is painful to a people for whom freedom has always been." M. Beatty

"Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always." -Mahatma Gandhi

"We have had adequate leaders and bad leaders.
We have had evil destructive leaders and great leaders. When it come down to the final curtain, if there are still patriots among us the evil will fall." M. Beatty

The NARCISISTIC LEADER

"Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change."

George Ayittey Economist 1945

THE NARCISISTIC LEADER

The dictator stood with fierce resolve

After the people had spoken

He knew he was watching his empire dissolve

Once a dollar but now a token

So be it if his agenda will melt

Into history as it has failed

He'd rather be soundly hated

Than be someone whose ship has sailed

He will draw his sword and raise it high

With one final act of defiance

Now the people dare to question why

Was he absorbed with selfish triumph

He won't ride into the sunset

He won't wave a little white flag

He just wants to be forever remembered

Be it good or be it bad

We as family quotes

"It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us." -Norman Maclean

"When I think of all the years we were so far apart after, as children grown up, we made our own way in life, I feel sad. But the gift we have received of our renewed love and bond will live in me forever as my greatest blessing." M. Beatty

"...within the core of each of us is the child we once were. This child constitutes the foundation of what we have become, who we are, and what we will be." -Dr. R. Joseph

"We survived some turmoil as children because we were always the little adventurers, the little pranksters, the children that had it in us to rebel. We had a built in resolve to get past roadblocks and head full speed into what we were to become. I think we did just fine." M. Beatty

"The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering." -Ben Okri

"There is so much each of has overcome to become the good people we are today, and I'm not embarrassed to say that we are good people. We earned the right to be vain that way for having gotten through the forest in spite of all the downed trees and the predators." M. Beatty

My Family, My Friends

"Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care."

Jerry Cantrell American Musician 1966

MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS

I sit here in denial about losing my hair

I'm a woman, after all, and it just isn't fair

I look at my brush, and most of it's there

But one thing I know, my loved ones still care

I look in the mirror and I think it's a sin

The person staring back has a full double chin

Where is that good looker I saw way back when?

But my loved ones still hug me each time I walk in

I'm loaded with wrinkles all over my face

My cottage cheese thighs make my heart ache

My boobs, they are drooping for heavens sake

The teeth that I chew with for years have been fake

But one thing is constant I know that is true

This wreck of a being is still loved by you

I feel it with every good thing you do

With family like mine it is hard to be blue

Re-Memories

QUOTE

"In the end, we all become stories."

Margaret Atwood Canadian Author/Poet/Inventor 1939

RE-MEMORIES

Though we all are not famous

Or do notable things

In our own little worlds

Our notoriety springs

We've been big sisters to follow

Big brothers to bug

Fathers to cuddle

Mothers to hug

We all have our stories

Our laughter and tears

We are harboring memories

And teased for our fears

Each family seems the same

Though is reality quite different

Life is forever a game

With some form of commitment

Someday in a cemetery

While reading the stones

Someone will have commentary

Of our story they've known

They will remember us somehow

Here's hoping it's good

We may raise an eyebrow

But we thought that we would

I hope they will laugh

As our story they tell

And we are listening from Heaven

Instead of from hell

Personal quote.

"It is only through the people I love that I have become a better me." M. Beatty

DroneFingers

Reflective quotes

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." -William Faulkner

"I can't base my life and actions on another's accomplishments. I can be myself and do better than I did yesterday" M. Beatty

"Don't forget that I cannot see myself -- that my role is limited to being the one who looks in the mirror." -Jacques Rigaut

"If you refuse to look into the mirror you are denying who you are. And you will never become better unless you know that face in the mirror." M. Beatty

"Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable." -William Shakespeare

"I can wish, I can hope, I can imagine. But I will never be anything until I take action." M. Beatty

Keep Your Eyes on Heaven

I agree, the poem does reflect the Prunes.

Tolkien:

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."

KEEP YOUR EYES ON HEAVEN

Life is a challenge, an adventure, a test

When the night comes

It is the cue you should rest

When light again shines

Here's hope you slept well

It's time to resume your journey

Out-running  offers from Hell

The devil's a chaser, he's after your soul

Life as you face her, let's you grow old

With Heaven as your destination

There is no way to lose

It's about how you manage

The time that you use

Keep your eyes on Heaven

Reject bribes from the evil

Make goodness your obsession

Avoiding upheaval

Pray when you rest

Laugh when you play

Take all the best

To the end of each day

DroneFingers

THE FULLEST OF LIFE

"Take a rest. A field that has rested gives a beautiful crop." (OVID)

THE FULLEST OF LIFE

Dance in the rain

Twirl round and round

Find a hill, roll yourself down

Run through the fields

Racing with butterflies

Be an actor and dramatize

Lose your breath

Wear yourself out

It's joy of life as you frolic
about

Then let the calm take over

Close your eyes, feel the breeze

Let yourself dream

Let yourself dream

Relax and enjoy

While you recharge you spirited soul

Tomorrow again rejoice

And live life fully right up to Heaven's threshold

The Atom Bomb

"LET US CONTINUE OUR EXCHANGE FOR AS LONG AS WE ARE BOTH ALIVE WHILE OVERCOMING HATRED AND SUFFERING" Takahashi

THE ATOM BOMB

A day in infamy opened an era of hate

From the skies over Pearl Harbor our fleet met its fate

It led to years of war, lost lives, and treasure

Until that most horrid day history could ever measure

The worst of man's inventions was dropped from the skies

Over Japan, not once but twice

Were we really the people to deliver such a blow?

The most questioned act our country would ever know

It did end years of the devastation known by war

An exclamation point, the final score

But sadly I look back upon that most deadly attack

It was not soldiers who died, when atom bombs turned two cities into scrap

I rue the day our country perfected this deadly invention

The most horrific weapon that a Godly people should have never thought to sanction

Why such weapons of destruction must exist is just a mystery

And it was our country who had used it, our blackest mark in history