The Rhodesian Ridgeback the only dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With my two babies Josh and Jesse

A lot of Railbirds downunder!

ONE GREAT AUSSIE

WORDS

I heard a word most often said
and so it echoes in my mind
a sound so sad and so unkind
it makes me cry from deep inside

Words we say to hurt or heal
just to find if one can feel
or if we can as we must do
say it out loud to just be two

The words expressed of me and you
of words of one then of we two
the kind that bite your very soul
and then the kind to make you whole

The kind that chill you to the very bone
or those with a gentle rhyming tone
the three small words that hurt untold
or wrap you in sweet blissful folds

The power of words can reap and sew
and be not used as you come and go
to give and take from another's mind
and leave a thought the sweeter kind

Just three words so often blind
or said to anothers soul and mind
I love you that sounds so sweet
yet often leads to defeat

The most deadly weapon we can know
a bitter harvest we so often know
so spare the hurt of a fragile soul
and do not fire until you know!

DAYS

do you remember when we were young
we would walk and talk and watch the sun
the days would pass in a slow sweet kiss
and time meant nothing to any of us

do you recall those days we could all share
and the times we ran and jumped for fun
when we would sing those happy songs
the times we knew would never pass

do you remember to when mother cooked
those glorious smells that filled the house
and dad would always be right there
and sitting in his favorite chair

I recall december's of yule tide cheer
of beer and wine and natures fare
the times I miss and it seems unfair
and I recall with my head held low

it plays so slow in my minds eye
just as the sun across the sky
my mind goes to a gentler time
when we ran and jumped with hearts held high.

For the lovers

I sit and look and wonder now
of me and you and what comes now
Does time for us just pass on by
or can it be the time to try

Can I hope for just one day
the gift I crave will come my way
In thoughts too many I cannot count
and sit and cry alone with doubt

For just a fleeting glimpse I see
a glimpse of two of you and me
In scenes of love I have and hold
to be in your arms as I grow old

And as my time does come to end
my body worn and unable to mend
I will know as you will to
I carry thoughts of only you

The Prayer


With eyes now open and ears to hear
I will take notice of all of your fears
Right by your side through all of your pain
I will be your shelter from all the rain.

No longer blind and willing to hear
I am beside you and not in the rear
No longer watching what I choose to see
I am beside you, can you not see.

The strength I offer, I give to you free
Not just the one but two and three
In numbers growing 'til all can and do see
The hurt and pain that should never be.

The eyes so young, that should not need to cry
Should never know that old sorry lie
You know I love you, and that is why
I take those tears that roll from your eyes.

But very soon there will surely be
The spirit and soul for all to see
That being much bigger and older than me
You can be caring and loving and let me be free.

Friends are the most awesome of gifts!!

Just in case you don't believe!