BESIDE ME

( B ) eing 

( E ) ver

( S ) ensitive

(  I  ) s

( D ) efinitely 

( E ) ndearing

( M ) agic 

( E ) verywhere

BESIDE ME always... my husband. 

My best friend... and lover. 

Keeps me safe... and warm. 

One and only... I am. 

FOUND

( F ) ocused 

( O ) n 

( U ) nderstanding 

( N ) ew 

( D ) eal

FOUND me lost in... my own space. 

Running around in circles... nowhere to go. 

About to make another... mistake in desperation. 

That’s what loneliness does... with broken hearts. 

During your own search, you FOUND me. 

Saw the beauty within... a soft glow. 

A light of love, meant for you. 

FOUND just in time, before too late. 

My response, “Wish I’d... met you sooner.”

Those words offered a... ray of hope. 

Music to your ears... miracle at work. 

Now two years later... forever entwined together. 

REST

( R ) eadily 

( E ) stablish 

( S ) ound 

( T ) raits

REST is matter of choice... in busy world. 

Can talk self out of... excuses all there. 

Or embrace the benefits of... good night’s sleep. 

Only takes minute to decide... if question asked. 

There’s always something out there... that needs done. 

Or once in bed will... occupy your mind. 

The must dos that just... can not wait. 

Or so one believes the... lies tell themselves. 

Cuddle in next to the... one you love. 

Now close your eyes and... breathe in deeply. 

Slowly release and do again... now getting there. 

Drift off to sleep with... smile on face. 

FAMILIAR

( F ) irst 

( A ) gree 

( M ) utual 

(  I ) nterest 

( L ) etting 

(  I ) n 

( A ) lternate 

( R ) eality 

FAMILIAR can trap... or open doors. 

Repeat a pattern... or stop altogether. 

Try something new... keep it simple. 

Open your eyes... to better tomorrow. 

I wasn’t planned... here I am. 

I stopped apologizing... two decades ago. 

It took awhile... to find myself. 

Took even longer... to recognize love. 

Two years ago... it found me. 

He knew instantly... meant to be. 

Now I’m his... and he’s mine. 

Wouldn’t have it... any other way. 

WHAT IF

( W ) ondering 

( H ) ow 

( A ) ll 

( T ) his

(  I ) s 

( F ) orgotten 

WHAT iF today… doesn’t bring tomorrow?

Time passes with… or without it.

Matter of perspective… eye of beholder. 

Past present future… all exist together. 

Important to one… not to another.

Memory plays games… shakes the dice. 

What comes out… is anybody’s guess.

That’s how seems… to casual observer. 

Deep inside a… choice is made. 

What comes out… based on that. 

Same memory one,… forgets, another remembers. 

Why may be… for same reason. 

Love didn’t exist… so I thought. 

Then walked in… to my life. 

Changed my life… new memories creates. 

Now see world… in new light. 

In the news… craziness out there. 

We choose to… do what can. 

Ease the pain… one by one. 

Then go home… basque in love. 

Our love true… through and through. 

That is what… matters to us. 

This we choose… never to forget. 

Regardless what happens… we are one. 

May world remember… power of love. 

No longer be… divided by hatred. 

Stop playing games… with each other. 

Unite in love… and stand together. 

WHAT NOW

( W ) hen 

( H ) atred 

( A ) lters 

( T ) ruth 

( N ) ourish 

( O ) ur 

( W ) orld

WHAT NOW... once again divided?

Claiming better... than everyone else?

Hiding behind... wall of deceit?

Always blaming... the other guy. 

Must focus... on what want. 

Not on... what don’t want. 

Otherwise become... like the offender.

Materialistic foes... in end embraced. 

Telling others... how to be.  

Is certainly... not your job. 

First clean... your own house.

Be example... of what desire. 

Old saying... “guilty by association”. 

Choose wisely... who hang with. 

Love heals... unites the disheartened. 

Here to... be our best.