Skinned Knees

I fell down and skinned my knee

And then it came to me

I was thinking of a talk that day

And how the words got in the way.

he said go and I said stay

And then he up and went away

And I fell down and skinned my knee

And that’s when someone tripped on me.

Mistakes they are the way sometimes

To bring you things to say your mine

And smiles show up to say hello

Bad things up and seem to go

The sun was shining in my eyes

And all sad thoughts just went goodbye

A smile was starting in my heart

He said to me, how do I park

How do I start a smile with you

Where all my wishes do come true

I said there’s a space off to the right

Where dreams and kisses do not fight

And whispers of a bright new day

Pull in to say they’re here to stay.

And wishes for a brave new life

Will never go away to fight.

Thirty years came and went

He parked and stayed and life he spent

Little kids came and grew

The parking lot was never full

I was so happy to skin my knee

The wound it healed and sent to me

the one to travel down those roads

And park at home for ever more..

And help me park without skinned knees.

Sliver of a moon (poetry)

There’s a sliver of a moon

And it sings a little tune

My heartache is so deep

Tonight I cannot sleep

Under a sliver of a moon.

There’s a sliver of a moon

As I hum this little tune

And think of words to say

To say I cannot stay.

Little sliver of a moon

That sings a little tune

Please help with your song

Heartaches last so long

When the sun was shining bright

Our love was such a light

Sparkling in the day

So lovely during May.

There’s a sliver of a moon

And it sings this little tune

My heartache is so deep

Tonight I cannot sleep

Under a sliver of a moon.

We were gazing at the moon

On that humid night in June

When our love, it shined so bright.

And we had that little fight.

Now the time is gone

To sing a little song,

Goodbyes are hard to say

It happens anyway

Under a sliver of a moon…

the sliver of a moon