Author: maiamom

A dog will come.  And sit.  And stay.

A dog will join in work.  Or play.

A cat will do what cats will do.

That won’t include obeying you.

Words of hope.

Of love.  Of joy.

Of reconciliation.

Sympathy.

Apology.

Atonement.  Expiation.

Words that lift.

Help others grow.

 Share the best of all we know.

Send out words you’d like to share.

Speak the words that show you care.

Today’s a day of memories.

Some fade, while others last.

And all those tangled memories

 together make our past.

Kids grow up.

And Graduate.

We watch them as they grow.

 Their eyes shine bright with eagerness.

Where did those young years go?

I like to hope

that man is good

and smarter than a robot.

But as I watch

the evening news

I must admit

I think not.

Today’s a day for happiness.

Today’s a day for joy.

May ev’rything that comes today

be something you enjoy.

Today’s a day for friendship

and for beauty for your eyes.

May all that comes into your life

bring welcome, glad surprise.

My new computer gives me fits.

There– on the desk– it

sulks, and sits.

Giving me the Evil Eye.

‘Cause it is smarter –far—than I.

My pink petunias like it hot.

But hot’s a temp that we have not.

In honesty, I’d have to say:

it’s been a dull and driply May.

Here’s a thought to make you laugh.

Think of an elephant-sized giraffe.

Now give that creature an elephant’s ears

and let it shed some crocodile tears.

Invite it in for a cup of tea.

We’ll share a laugh

‘tween you and me.

The rain plops down.

The wind cuts bold.

The little plants shiver

in the damp…in the cold.

Yet it is May.

The little plants know

that this is the time

for them to grow.

So they lift their heads

from their chilly beds

to smile up at the sun,

and the joy they spread

from their flower bed

brings warmth to ev’ryone.