When dark skies signal a gathering storm, I reach for you while I try to stay warm. Like an open umbrella protecting me the shelter you give brings me safety and peace.  

“Come in, she said I’ll give ya shelter from the storm..” – Bob Dylan I have never had much use for umbrellas keeping rain at bay as antithetical to a poet as sunscreen to a snowman I need no portable canopy except for thoughts let…

Umbrella, Bumbershoot, Brolly Umbrella, bumbershoot, brolly The button there, go on! press it down The whoosh and the click are iconic No other thing makes the same sound Umbrella, bumbershoot, brolly Twist it, go on! Spin it ‘round It comes in most every color Well,…

I know you worry that love never lasts, With time stirring passions may fade. But, my dear, I most assuredly promise you, In doubtful waters, my love will not wade. The passing years will steal our youth, And should your dear heart fail, Will I…

umbrella? no way not for me you don’t get it i don’t need an umbrella want blessed rainfall on my skin always keeping me clean, safe from harm away from whatever’s in that alien Agent Orange eviscerating everything good real & warm into soulless dust 

I’d love to buy an island Some place to call my own Where I could simply be myself And would be left alone No phones, no neighbors, no distress Nothing but peace and calm Where ocean waves would kiss my toes As some sweet healing…

The baker was eggs-pecting a delivery A dozen brown eggs, the sp-egg-tacular dozen The baker sells some eggs-quisite cakes And some egg-ceptional banana bread These are quite the treat, I must add And earlier this week The baker promised me something eggs-tra special! Some egg-cellent…

Three dragons did Daenerys birth. One green one cream, one black. The eggs, long turned to stone, To life, by magic brought back. To conquer the world, Dany wished, And freed the slaves to start. But, alas, she razed King’s Landing, So her lover knifed…

Self – Expression We are different people Me, my self, and I Each face each different problem With different faces on display Seen with separate visions, Some are more fragile than others And while I am on display We keep the walls between myself And…

gumdrops fall, like rain bouncing off my umbrella singing acapella cotton candy threads fly by almonds glide and hop will they never stop red and black liquorice strands dance around the square like Rogers and Astaire that sure was some dream think i better stay…