Leonardo DaVinci once said "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
SO SOPHISTICATED
Your tee shirt and jeans
If not in imitation
By all means
Is your sophistication
It is better than threads of gold
Adorned on the phoney
And better to ride a common horse
Than a lavish wooden pony
"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth." Tolstoy
CELEBRATE THE SIMPLE
Celebrate the simple
Relax in quiet respit
Relish all the goodness
Reject what makes us desperate
Embrace what to be true
Cast away the lies
Let the best in life be you
And not some convoluted disguise
"Not until we are forced with a crises or sadness do we begin to remember that if we only laughed a bit more, loved a lot more, and felt the simplicity of loving ourselves-just a little more...this day would be the greatest day ever." Lee Pryke
WISHES ARE FOR THE YOUNG
It came to me one day
In the most painful diagnosis
For long I could not stay
Was the final sad prognosis
I wish I would have laughed harder
I wish I had loved a lot stronger
I should have been a self starter
I wish I could have lived longer
Wishes are for the present
For future wants and desires
Not for a convalescent
With the reality of waning fires
Be the best, live the most
I wish I had been the one
To laugh and sing and make a toast
Before my time had come
Leonardo DaVinci once said
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
K.I.S.S.
Machines are roaring in my head
Traffic is at an all time high
Stopping and starting and speeding and stalling
People always screaming "Let me by!"
My cell phone follows me everywhere
If has become an extension of my very being
Texting and calling and status updating
How much of my life is it stealing
Nature is left to be viewed
On a screen in a room indoors
Games are now left to be played
On the same screen as nature, of course
What has happened to hiking and playing in the the woods?
Does anyone play hide and seek anymore?
Have we left behind all the living we should?
Has technology put us behind closed doors?
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow man. Herman Melville
IT IS WE NOT ME
It's not ours to hoard as our own
Our influence is ours to share
If it is one thing that should be known
Our life is everyone's just by being there
The threads are much stronger than they seem
And they tangle with each life we touch
Things mix in the water while moving downstream
Intermingling our moods and our ideals and such
Unity is a fact of life we should know
To each is not truly our own
Gathering facts and lies as we go
We are all everyone when we finally have grown
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. Herman Melville.
IN THE DISTANCE
Something in the distance was never on my mind
I was too busy being vital and young
Life was so livable, love was so givable
Stars were reached for and bells were rung
Something in the distance grew nearer in time
When responsibilities were at the height of my existence
Life still a pleasure, family a treasure
I could see it approaching but showed my resistance
Something that had been only slightly on my mind
Found its ways into my thoughts each day
Aching bones and a slowing steps reminded me
The truth of my demise was inching its way
It is very near now and I find myself wondering
Did I make the best of what time had to give?
If there is one legacy I want to leave behind
It is to be, enjoy, love life, and live
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I love most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person. Audrey Hepburn
I HAVE FOUND MY BLISS
Eureka! I have found the cure!
The elixer that helps me now endure
The pitfalls that life throws my way
The events in which I have no say
Alas I've discovered a lasting truth
Like life inside the kissing booth
Is this a simple cure that finally found me?
Humorous people all around me
