I will always love you (For Kass)

Your brown, puppy dog eyes,
wide-open, beautiful smile
tranquility in life's storm
passion for justice-for-all
your love for creatures big and small

I will treasure you for eternity...

Your never ending stories
sleepless nights reading
life's knowledge learned
innocence gained to beguile
your giddy, girl-like humor and smile

I will always remember you...

Your devotion as a daughter
Never-failing love as a sister
Forever loyalty as a lover
Affections as a critter's mother
Your offer of friendship to all...

My dearest sister -

I will not forget you.
I will not stop loving you
I will not stop replaying our memories
I will not be the same without you

I will always love you...

The 2011 Never-ending Flu Season

Stuffy nose
Red and sore-

Infected ear
Clogged and painful-

Scratchy throat
Dry and raw!

Body aches
Fever and throbbing.

Antibiotics can not kill you
Rest only perpetuates the problem
Tissues rip the nasual flesh
Tylenol destroys the liver.

Evil flu you isolate me
You pain me deeper than flesh
You drain my energy
And consume my optimism.

Cursed virus
Pesty and enduring.

Nasty cold
Selfish and rude.

Wicked bug
Strong and dreadful!

Malicious influenza!
Bitter and grim!

Crimson White Winter

The lofty heaviness
From deep within
Tighten and drain
The inner cardinal.

Chill of ice
Burden of snow
The substance that was
Is saddled alone.

The yoke of winter
Hard and brittle
Forgets, ignores
The vivid crimson hidden.