Sign Language for Dogs

i knew i had smelled that scent before as i walked along the trees the cherry trees where in full bloom and that memory haunted me we walked along the monuments and the distance between us grew i think we knew it was over but we resisted what we knew…

the better part of you……………..is like the better part of me wants to do the right thing and help others along the way but that other part is there and wants to have it’s way……..generally selfish and self-centered and wants to be the center of everything but i’m glad to…

i am easy to get lost and it comes at no great cost……… diverted from the cares of the day…………..while you set and fret i’m way over it………………………… lost in the world that beckons with thing for me to see the tapestry of a leaf………………..the skin that adorns a tree………the…

the universe of u……………….jusssssssssssst came unglued now what are you gonna do the pieces that you thought fit…………….gave no notice and quit and nobody seems interested in taking their place……… when we are in orbit around ourselves our ability to be objective grows thin and the things we were sure…

everyone is doing their best rendition of ”pretend”….wasn’t good now and it won’t be good then……………my oh my…………..what will happen when the truth finds a way to ease itself in…….i’m doing fine, actually thriving……………….because my happiness doesn’t depend on you………….. several years ago it became clear to me…………….you were you…

kiss the tiger………….few have the courage but maybe you do as you get closer a curious thing will happen to you the initial fear has gone away and the eyes of the tiger entices you to stay as you linger there is a thought that won’t leave your mind perhaps…

you see everything is attached to time…………….when you take the time to admire and enjoy the wonders of this world…………………you are using that time and it isn’t unlimited…………………………………….. so be conscious of where you place your focus…………………….because you are paying for it…………………………. nothing is free…………..and it shouldn’t be……………………..spend your time…

i see you survived the avalanche……….yet another time me thinks you think you could continue this for an indefinite period of time………………… perhaps your should call on those who have partnered with death before…………… when she says the dance is done……………….she will leave you standing alone on the floor……………………….. we…

encouraged as a child to stay within the lines my job was to fill in the spaces with colors and designs but there was so much wasted room begging to part of i would color the entire page…………………to me it looked very good my teacher would suggest that i resisted…

most of the time it’s a whisper/occasionally a roar even rarer still………………an all out war………………. i come to these conclusions when i look back over my life from a slight tap on the shoulder…………to a slap upside the head……. to lying in the hospital with a broken hip and rib…………………

it’s never the words………………..they are efforts to convey the message the mind and heart are trying to say……………….try as we might we seldom get them right………………the emotion is what we are trying to give away………………………………………………the words give signs and encourage reading between the lines digging past the hints that are…

i took what i wanted……………..you never had a choice the things that i wanted were available to all….. but i took the time to clear a spot where they would grow……………..and i can still feel that embrace and it will linger until my soul leaves this place……… i remember the…

it has been said that i live in a fable inside my head rather than offended i took it as a compliment for tho’ i exist physically on this plane i am the ”maker of rainbows,” my goal…….my game as a child i learned to create a world in my…

this new found pace has taught me a lot slowing from a race to barely a trot i am enjoying things i seem to have forgot taking time instead of time taking me we are given all we need to have a good life, advance and succeed……………………….but we will miss…

when we are new and decide to take these steps……………often seems no rhyme or reason to it…………………we fidget after a few minutes and want to quit………………..but our spirit encourages us to go on…….. these cosmic words don’t mean a thing and wonder what’s the point of it and one day…

where would you put something valuable that you found something that turned your world upside down that crossed your mind with the first rays of light tucked you in when you went to bed at night that seemed to make all that was wrong alright where would you put it…

i have the ability to change what is in front me trained to see beyond the obvious and to possibilities so i am never at a loss for i can can easily alter my course use what is here, accept what is near discovering that a positive attitude and an…

before i go………..wanted you to know how much you mean to me……best part of all, i need not name you……..because you know who you are…………………….the biggest mistake i have seen myself and others make is not sharing how they feel……….. a beautiful gift is still in the box because we…

i sit by the window and the trees outline the sky………..occasionally a bird will appear overhead and fly by…………………………….i take this opportunity to put a gap in the flow…………………placing myself in time out……………………there is not great occasion at the root of this pause……not looking for excuses over things to avoid………..i…

i’m sitting on a rock in a park that consumed a great deal of time in my youth and i am enjoying acknowledging and reminiscing some of the lies i have told myself………….and pretended to believe them…….because we know they are lies and promote then anyway…..thinking we have become good…

disgruntled i hear the cosmos howling ” you are where you are for a reason”………………………………………………………………………………………………. i look over the meadow and accept the fact i am in the 3rd quarter……and i’m not sure who has the ball……………………………………. we come to a crossroads and we assess where we are and where…

sorry to disappoint you……..just to big for your box……i gather you intended to determine the terms…………..but from a myriad past i can confirm…….. that thought process did nothing to deter the mind of a poet…….and the heart of a lion… don’t worry i am comfortable with the outcome…………sorry you weren’t…………………….…

when i turn down the lights and prepare to sleep into my room those shadows creep they dance with the lights from the cars passing on the street they laugh at me and thwart my sleep they very thing that they fear is the power of light and they disappear…

your attention: sometimes i want your undivided attention………not all the time but sometimes listen to me: listen to me with both your head and your heart…..i can tell if you are listening if you pause to consider my words……..and if you don’t understand………ask for a clarification walk in my shoes:…

there is one thing………………that connects us all, short,fat, big or tall, and all the colors of the rainbow…………….that common thread is love…………….we all seek it, we want to give it and we want to experience it………………when that fundamental desire ends……..so does all meaningful life……………..we continue to exist but we cannot…

i don’t talk about it………really not much to say……….laid my cards on the table…………..and realized it wasn’t a winning hand anyway………. i don’t talk about it……really not much to say……………. i look over my back chapters….when i have let it all hang out…..most when when i was under some influence………

a wise an timeless women told me to nurture the beauty within………….for time will play games with face and limbs but cannot reach that source within…………..if you pursue and deepen that source, age will have but small effects on you……….for the light that emanates from deep within eclipses what time…

i have a recipe that was given to me by family and friends and more…………………that allows me to move virtually free through life that opens and closes doors…………………….. this maze on this plane is often difficult to explain and tedious to say the least………..but the recipe allows to take the…

i see you tried painting over it with halfhearted compliments and smiles…….but it wasn’t hard to see your attempts were as thin as these walls………….but i will let it go again because i have a choice…….. to consider where it comes from or engage in your farce………….i can even say…

one can ask for great things and the wrangling begins…….we wrangle with ourselves……….God doesn’t get into this………….and we come to the throne with a deal in our hand……….and hope that our offer is considered and we pray God will understand…. we go through these steps as if preparing for a…