Words matter little When little is heard Heard but a moment Are forgotten words Words brought to life By the magic of song Become catchy lyrics Living on and on Words of wisdom Are few and far between But pearls exist To teach what life means Words matter most When heard and understood Written… Read More Words Matter
Sometimes fate Is hard to bear When life grows heavy And seems unfair But roots run deep When left to grow Hidden anchors Hard at work below Sending nutrients From the ground Up to the branches Where fruit abounds The branches bend Under the weight Fruit is picked The tree fulfills its fate Feeding the… Read More Deepest of Roots
Big, yellow, and loud It rumbles by A busload of kids Along for the ride Inside is louder Than the clunky machine With chatter of children And bullies being mean Leftovers from lunch Are flung through the air As the bus driver yells Billy pulls Jenny’s hair Backpacks are searched Love notes are passed Liz… Read More School Bus
We each have a story A story to tell As the story unfolds Will it end well? Is it a mystery Day after day Full of secrets We’ve packed away How about romance A steamy affair Falling in love Is our story to share If it’s a thriller With twists and turns The correct move… Read More Book of Life
Dreams chase the dark Out of the night With help from moonbeams Mixed with starlight Bringing possibility, Imagination and fun A world of wonder That’s only begun Never following rules Of time or space With plots so strange Seemingly, out of place Dreams chase the dark Out of the night And fuel creativity To share… Read More Chase the Dark
The dirt has a secret A dirty secret to tell Ever since the leaves On the dirty secret fell To protect the secret Where it now slept Hiding in dirt Under a sky that wept Down on the secret It covered leaves with ice Until that spring day The weather turned nice Forcing the dirty… Read More Dirty Secret
They spoke to each other Melodic and jittery But the words they sang Remained a mystery A mystery I wished To keep as that A thing of wonder Notes pitchy and flat Matching the beat Deep inside of me A steady ebb and flow Peace and Unease Fed by the same air That songbirds breathe
The air smelled clean Refreshed and new Along the rustic path The spring air blew It came from somewhere I could not yet see Citrus floral notes From where could they be? Walking further Rounding the bend ahead A magnolia arose From its garden bed With a morning stretch Sweetest perfume spread
Just as moments come Moments always go Without a warning As the wild winds blow Tossed here and there And then stuck between Forever searching For what it all means Even when the warning Is plain to see It’s a guess How rough the road will be Enjoy the journey No apologies
May the luck of the Irish Bless you today With more than enough For all year to stay ~ Happy and healthy Perpetually free A wee bit o’ charm Forever will be ~ In the Irish hills Where beauty abounds Never stop looking ‘til treasure is found ~ Unexpectantly A rainbow touches down
Jessica M. Collette 
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