Pursuit for Equality in a Democracy

You fill me with gratitude.   You make me feel heard. . You’ve given me confidence.    That I didn’t think I would ever have.    You’ve shown me love that is genuine and real.   Every day you warm my heart.   Your gentle touch fills my soul.   For I am no longer scared.   About what the future holds.    For you are in it.   That’s all I need to know.    Because I love you honey    With all my might.   Just so you know.    Your emitting light.   Is what makes me glow. 

Love takes on so many different forms.   Love generates many different feelings.    Love can make you feel like you’re walking in the clouds.   Love can cause great pain.      The love between a parent and their children & grandchildren.    Is a bond that will never be broken.    From the second they are born to beyond the second you pass.   Your heart has forever been transformed.      Love given to friends and former lovers.   Can fulfill us here and there.    However, it won’t last our whole lives.    There’s always a piece of you “missing”.      That missing piece is what most people spend their lives searching for.   And very few find.    It is their true love.    The one who loves you unconditionally.    Despite your faults and silly quirks.      . True love makes you feel.    Like a waterfall of delight ...

Where is heaven? Some people think it is between the sky and stars.   Others haven’t a clue.    Isn’t heaven all around us?     The feeling of a first kiss.   Moonlight walks.    Holding hands on the beach.   A bite of your grandmother’s matza brie.    Or eating your favorite treat.      Heaven is your departed father’s advice.   Coming to you in a dream.    Heaven is gazing at the winter moon.   Where your son remarks   “I hope Poppy Bernie and Grandma Yvette are okay.”      Heaven is all around us.   Up in the sky.   Here on the ground.    In our hearts and a summer breeze.     Heaven is embedded in our souls.    To carry the memories.    Of family, friends, and loved ones.   Who touched our lives.    And made an impression.     Taught us valuable lessons.   So, we can pass those stories on.  ...

Every past love that is lost. Through arguments and tears.    Leads to dreams and promises.   That are now gone with the howl of the wind.   And replaced with bricks built around our hearts.      Years go by and the calendar rapidly turns.    Those bricks now have built a wall.    Which keeps out the hurt and the pain.    Where loneliness gets mistaken for protection.      Thinking that all hope of happiness is lost.   A new love comes along.    Where each kiss takes a brick down.    Holding hands during a sunset stroll   Takes a brick down.    Laying in each other’s arms.   As the nightly waves crash on the shore.   Takes a brick down.      Once the bricks are down.   A light comes shining through.   Which warms your whole body.   Starting with your heart.    Your mind is open to new possibilities.   To a happines...

The loneliness that encased my heart. Has dissipated through your warm embrace.    Several years I have spent in the dark.   Thinking that true love.   Would be a farse.      For the years had gone by.   Now a middle-aged man.   Feeling more like an elder who is falling apart.    Satisfied with hearing my youngest son’s.   And granddaughter’s laughter.      Now you have come along.   Your eyes as bright as a star’s light.    Turning back my clock.   With each gentle kiss.    My heart is now whole.   To the future we’ll go!

One Day at a Time.   For the Rest of Our Lives.    I will share my spoon.   As we eat ice cream on the couch.     One day at a time.    For the rest of our lives.    I promise to hold your hand.    On sunset strolls on the beach.    Or walking down the street.      One day at a time.    For the rest of our lives.   I promise that you can push the cart.   Whether we are at Publix or a village shop.      One day at a time.   For the rest of our lives.    I will lend an ear.    When you need to talk.   Or give you, my shoulder.   When your blue eyes well up with tears.      One day at a time.   For the rest of our lives.    I will treat you with kindness.    And the respect you deserve.      For you stole my heart.    From the moment we met.    As you greeted me w...