"Question the Fairytale," Nikita Gill

"Review: Fierce Fairytales"

Nikita Gill

"Isolation,"

John Lennon,

Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck

Gatherings

"If I had a day that I could give you

I'd give to you a day just like today

If I had song that I could sing for you

     I'd sing a song to make you feel this way...."

"Sunshine almost always," John Denver, 

The Wildlife Concert

Imposter

I should be Grateful,

After all,

It could have been

Far worse.

Still there must be

An easier way to

Learn painful

Life-lessons than

In the throes of

Grief and Despair

Gasping for air,

Fighting to breathe,

Hanging-on for a

Hint of Compassion:

In expedience

I was left alone to

Drown

This most wretched self

Bare and Barren-

Exposed

For all the world to

See and Judge,

Crushing the

Broken pieces

Of a shattered

Existence

Into nothing

Almost .

Still from

Crystal Dust,

I rise. 

I am 

Standing now-

Stronger,

Wiser, even

Hopeful,

Without knowing

Anything

Anymore

For certain.

At best,

The same

I will never be.

"I'm Sorry"

Richard Walters

Original song by

John Denver

Ladybugs

"When I was a little girl,

I used to run around in the fields all day,

Trying unsuccessfully to catch ladybugs.

Finally I would get tired and lay down for a nap.

When I awoke, I’d find ladybugs walking all over me.”

"Katherine," Under the Tuscan Sun.

"Live Forever," Billy Joe Shaver

George W. Ferrie
8/3/1954-10/31/2017

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now
You're gonna wanna hold me
Just like I always told you
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
Nobody here will ever find me
But I always be around
Just like the songs I leave behind me
I'm gonna live forever now

You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead them safely to the light
When this old world has blown us under
And all the stars from fall this sky
Remember someone really loves you
We'll live forever you and I

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow now

I'm gonna live forever now
I'm gonna live forever now
I'm gonna live forever now
I'm gonna live forever now

Dream of angels and sunshine
Rivers of red wine, and orange peel blues
Dream of angels and sunshine
Rivers of red wine, and orange peel blues

"Live Forever"

"Live forever, y'all, whether you want to or not,"

Billy Joe Shaver

Celebrating you every single day,

with all my love, heart, and soul,

💓Donna

"Sister, My Sister," brtpoetry

how can we be related?
You face the world so different,
yet we are one and the same.
Your blood is in my veins,
but no two different people could there be.
You're older, but still so young;
 is it me or is this gap slowly disappearing?
It is now that we have felt the bond,
with all this distance between us.
This space became our band-aid -
covering the wound we falsely named love.
But things have begun to change,
and I can say "I love you" with a straight face.
Yes, I love you sister,
I can see that now.
Your stubborn ways;
your quickness to anger;
the tears that fall from embarrassment.
I'm with you - I feel them too.
I know all about you,
for I am a part of your life.

You can feel me as well, 

and though we still may not agree,

we have learned to appreciate what has been given to us.

We will always be together,

for we were made from love for each other.

Sister, my sister; 

we are one.

brtpoetry

Linda Loyce (Sager) Morse
10/31/47-7/14/2020

Je suis finie

Le passé est parti. 

Je suis effrayée 

Par un inconnu 

Je ne peux pas voir 

Sans plan ni but. 

Pourtant, je sais juste

Je ne reste pas 

pour rien du tout 

Ce qui sera pourrait être 

La fin de moi- 

Je me suis déjà 

tombée et brûlée. 

Le purgatoire- 

Un refuge, 

 Un tombeau accueillant

Pour qui je ne suis plus mais

Un fantôme, 

Piégé dans l'espace et 

Le temps. 

Je ne savais tout simplement:

Sans les fins

Il n'y a pas de commencements. 

C'est le matin, et le jour se lève de nouveau.