Unconditional

Stretching,
    Changing,
        Rearranging,
Move over,
    Hold on tight.
Sharing,
    Caring,
        Overbearing,
Wrongly claiming right.
 
Putting up
    and pulling up--
through both
    the joy and pain.
Sunshine in a smile shared--
    Wintry days and rain.

Always open
    heart and arms--
Closing not one door--
    Accepting each and every part,
And giving so much more.
 

The Healer

With fanfare great--
    royal decree,
they let me know
    they'd chosen me.
They swept me off
    my feet and then--
As swiftly knocked me
    down again.

No longer did I want
    to write.
I crumbled, fell,
    turned out the light
on all the creativity--
    let darkness take
that part of me.

The outskirt man
    stepped in one day.
Said he felt he had
    to say that words
I'd written long ago
    had touched him and
I had to know.

    No public
proclamation made--
    no photos,
prize or accolade.  

    Unexpected--
        quiet--
            calm--

A spark of light,
    a healing balm.



 

Imperfect

Love is often felt
in spite
of flubs,
mistakes--
and flaws.
Love is what's expected
but
Like
is just
because.

Facelift

The secret to a selfie
  if age is what you fear--
Lie on the floor,
  Don't smile too big..
The years will disappear!