IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN

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                                REACH THE LIGHT

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Running from the storms of a weathered life,

Wounded deep like a blade of a jagged knife,

Running hard to reach that  beam of light,

It looks so close but feels so far from sight,

Storms are raging in a heart of broken glass,

A heart that feels fragile as a blade of grass,

No turning back now, it will never be alright,

Keep running fast, to reach that beam of light.

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                                  FATEFUL DAY

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                            PEACEFUL KIND OF LOVE

There is peace in my soul
For such a long awaited time
There is love in my life
A love of melody and rhyme

Once you took hold of my heart
I knew no other could have reached
As whispered fate took my hand
To levels only you could reach.

You in my life... will live eternally.

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                                  TRIPPY HIPPIE

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Blacklights, bell bottoms, groovy, hippie chicks,

Janis, Jimi, Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, Grace Slick,

Peace signs, far-out, love ins, classic rock jams,

Bongs and joints, Haight Ashbury, Zig Zag man,

Psychedelics, love, long hair, black and white TV,

The sixties, life of a hippie, my best memories.

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                                    SMITTEN

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                                  LOVE FOR YOUR SONS

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My 2 boys called me tonight,

Such a sweet pleasant delight,

I love to hear the sweet laughter,

I felt renewed immediately after,

I miss my sweet boys.. so grown up,

Keeping in touch.. I'll never give up,

Thank you God for the families we love,

I've so many things I am very proud of,

Nothing compares to the love of your sons,

In my heart they will always be number one.

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                                   SIMPLICITY

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A summer from back in the good old day,

Feeling pretty and laughing the day away,

Making wonderful wishes on dandelion seeds,

The simplest things sufficed our daily needs,

Life was sweet and things were uncomplicated,

Gadgets and technology, today are overrated,

Pretty summer dresses and long flowing hair,

Boyfriend took you to the annual County fair,

The  days of simplicity, wish that I were there.

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                              AND WE SURVIVED!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who
may have smoked and/or drank while they
were pregnant.
-They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for
diabetes.
-Then, after that trauma, we were put to sleep
on our tummies in baby cribs covered with
bright colored lead-based paint!
-We had no childproof lids on medicine
bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,
and, when we rode our bikes, we had
baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.
-As infants and children, we would ride in
cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no
seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and
sometimes no brakes..
-Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a
warm day was always a special treat.
 -We drank water from the garden hose and
not from a bottle.
-We shared one soft drink with four friends,
from one bottle, and no one actually died
from this.
 -We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter,
and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real
white sugar. And we weren't overweight.
***WHY? Because we were always outside
playing...that's why! ***
-We would leave home in the morning and
play all day, as long as we were back when
the streetlights came on.
 -No one was able to reach us all day.
{--And, we were OKAY}.
-We would spend hours building our go-carts
out of scraps and then ride them down the
hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes..
After running into the bushes a few times,
we learned to solve the problem.
 -We did not have Play Stations, Nintendos
and X-boxes. There were no video games,
no 150 channels on cable, no video movies
or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell
phones, no personal computers,no Internet
and no chat rooms.
 -WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and
found them.
-We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones
and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from
those accidents.
 -We would get spankings with wooden
spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just
a bare hand, and no one would call child
services to report abuse.- -We ate worms,
and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms
did not live in us forever.
 -We were given BB guns for our 10th
birthdays, made up games with sticks
and tennis balls, and although we were told it
would happen- we did not put out very many
eyes.
 -We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house
and knocked on the door or rang the bell,
or just walked in and talked to them.
 - Little League had tryouts and not everyone
made the team. Those who didn't had to learn
to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
 -The idea of a parent bailing us out if we
broke the law was unheard of. They actually
sided with the law!
 *These generations have produced some of
the best risk-takers,
problem solvers, and inventors ever.
-The past 50 to 85 years have seen an
explosion of innovation and new ideas..
 -We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility, and we learned how to deal
with it all.
 If YOU are one of those born between
1925-1970, CONGRATULATIONS!

-You might want to share this with others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids
before the lawyers and the government
regulated so much of our lives for our own
good.
-While you are at it, forward it to your kids
and grandkids so they will know how brave
and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the
house with scissors, doesn't it ?

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