My Friend
Her presence Gentle and light Makes my world Soft and bright She warms me Body and soul My friend, Sunshine From long ago She knew me then She knew me when She’ll know me more Tomorrow
Tag: life
Wild Ones
If you were a flower What would you be? I’d be a wild one Born to be free Free to be wild As my nature says, I’ll be With deep enough roots To not be careless But still free Free to enjoy The company of wild ones Like me
Good Days Ahead
My t-shirt states Good Days Ahead Since I’m a realist I half believe what I’ve read Because I know they’ll be hard Challenging and sad Some days to forget That were mostly bad But there will also be joy Celebrations and laughter Days to remember For many, many days after There will be days ahead… Read More Good Days Ahead
Day By Day
If you’re living right You’ll understand Life doesn’t always Go as planned It’s a hurry up To wait some more A hallelujah You can’t ignore Life will hit you hard With a closed fist Then pull you in For a hug and kiss Before sending you On your way To places unknown You’re not long… Read More Day By Day
To Silence the Noise
Honking horns Shouting voices Commuter trains Construction noises Wailing sirens Screeching brakes Blaring music Stress headaches To silence the noise A sparrow sings
The Pebble in Our Pocket
How do we find Meaning In a pile of Messy moments? We search We sift We sort For the elusive In the rubble Only to realize The pebble in our pocket Was the answer We carried with us All along
Happiness
Each day be sure To find some happiness Though it may be hidden Underneath the mess Though it may be hard To see or find A little bit of happiness Is good for our mind It’s good for our spirit Body and soul It gets us through When life gets old It lifts us up… Read More Happiness
Life Had Not Lived There
The paint is peeling Breaking away Curling and chipping Not much longer to stay On the shingles and shutters That’ve seen better days When not yet twisted By the hands of decay When they hung straight And the paint was new The windowpanes glistened And the sun shone through But life had not lived there… Read More Life Had Not Lived There
Find Joy
Find joy in the little things Each and every day And soon you will find With you, joy will stay Today, tomorrow, Always, in all ways
To Me, From You
Though you are gone I know you’re here You made the rain end And blue skies appear You sent the birds to sing Just for me The first blooms of spring You meant for me to see You tickled the windchimes To say hello Just as you said goodbye Those many years ago But the… Read More To Me, From You
Jessica M. Collette 
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