Headline Poem 3/20/14 -- dear you

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Today is the first day of Spring. It would have been my grandma Bernice's 95th birthday. It is International Day of Happiness. And, I am in love... with love, with spring, with my husband, with my children, with my mom, with my breath, with myself, with art, with nature, with music, with poetry, with friends and family. Today, a love letter.

dear you,

today, i give you myself in spring
new, like flowers
bright, like sun
fresh, like grass
happy, like wind

when the new flowers bloom, the bright sun nourishes them, the fresh grass welcomes them, and the happy wind lets them go

thank you for embracing me in spring,
my gift to you

you deserve it

i love you,
me

Headline Poem 2/14/14 -- Loyalty

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In honor of Valentine's Day, a not-too-mushy poem about loyalty and love.

Loyalty

There is nothing more beautiful than a man in love

Weakened by a woman, and unafraid 

Constant as the break of day,

Loyal like thoughtful children who gather to listen, and to tell their tales of adventure

and sleep

Despite the arguments and miscalculations, 

He is comforted knowing she'll never leave

For although sometimes there is no bliss, there are always half-asleep reflections,

Woven apologies,

And the moment their hands meet

There is nothing more beautiful than knowing the birds will sing in the morning,

And she, loyal, will be waiting with a kiss.