The Sea and Me

I felt so full and free 

just me, the sun, 

and the s-e-a 

the waves rocked 

in a moment so sweet 

in the water, 

with the breeze 

my God gave 

this moment to me

Thank you Thank you! 

for precious h - a - p - p - y 

what a rarity that it be 

I could live in it complete. 

-Les'Nspired '20

Your Smile

You looked at me 

and smiled 

and the sun rose in the sky 

sunlight poured into the room 

and climbed from floor 

to ceiling 

Deep Down

Deep down it goes 

where no one knows 

I hide the night 

the dark out of sight 

the raw unspoken 

and all that is broken. 

I will smile and laugh 

but I give you just half 

of the part of me that lives carefree 

but the dead leaves 

and dry heaves 

and the endless battles I lost to anxiety 

it stays, too, hidden in me 

I Went to Look

I went

to look 

and found 

only wind in the trees 

and empty benches 

and free-falling butterflies 

but not you, 

not you 

no, not you 

The Itty Bitty

How the beauty 

in the itty bitty 

brings a feeling 

so warm and giddy 

the tiny details 

the colors and feel 

critters in the wind 

with wings so little 

Oh How Pretty

Oh, how pretty 

My eyes are filled with the moon! 

Yes, so pretty 

My eyes are filled with you. 

 -Les'nspired'20