One Hero

It’s been years ago if any

Of the things we won’t forget

There’s one hero just too many

That fall season had beget

It changed of course so many lives

And who could bare the strain

Not everyone who lives survives

When they’ve died inside from pain

But that is just from memory

And thoughts you cannot touch

And for many who sacrificed themselves

One hero just too much

Like today’s clear blue sky afternoon

From a corner of the sky

I see a plane sail effortlessly

From the corner of my eye

It pulls thoughts from my memory

That I have to let get by

Maybe one day I won’t reminisce

But still I have to try

What I see displayed and plenty

So we can’t forget ground zero

All those that were lost it’s sad

Just like one too many hero

Mother’s father’s helping

You know they’re heroes too

Someone help that fireman

Who knows just what to do

Tangled wreckage of solitude

Can someone make a sound

Twisted in a state of grief

And that officer is down

Ten years we let our feelings show

Something we cannot lag

There’s so much more left healing

Under a waving flag

So let’s decide we will be

Each other’s strength to crutch

The pain we feel when we feel the loss

One hero just too much

Beautiful Night

Have you ever held a star

On a quiet night in June                                                                   

Then sprinkle stardust

On the middle of the moon

Can you sail through a dusk sky

When it’s purple and pink

Or have you just worried

What others would think

What I have to say

I am feeling so right

When I looked at the sky

On this beautiful night

Have you just viewed the world

The way you were told

And that before you die

You just start to grow old

Have you ever beheld

Such a wonderful sight

A warm summer’s evening

A beautiful night

Breathe the summer air

Form shadows in the light

Wrapped in the warmth of darkness

Hugging squeezing so tight

The quiet from the stillness

People all around outside

All the sounds of summer

Come along for the ride

Catch a little moonbeam

Coming down on a slant

That finds the Milky Way

Then a meteor shower rant

Not even the stars

Can stay out of sight

On the verge of falling

On this beautiful night

Stars in the Night

What a night underneath a celestial canopy

Stars sparkle and seem to be hanging from a tree

Knarred branches reaching out so free

Entangled like roots form a tapestry

No need for moonlight in a spring night sky

No misuse of twilight a feast for the eye

Lover’s paradise for some not yet for I

Orion’s belt chastised me still wondering why

So cold in the season time for bride and groom

Still cold what’s the reason still blossoms bloom

Summer is waiting very still in its room

Near the door of last winter that still seems to loom

In the higher region time seems to get lost

Where lower land’s warming here still has some frost

A crescent moon peeks through where two branches cross

And hangs in the balance despite of the cost

I carefully look as I stand in the night

All the stars turning on some blue and some white

They glisten in silence and flashing so bright

Want to wait with them until morning but they’ll be alright

What a night here comes morning to start the day

And the dusting of diamonds is fading away

As this is only the month of May

The stars will come back and for a night they will stay

Morning Star

Who said that morning star

Would shine away

Who set that morning star

Did that today

We need that morning light

No without try trying

But we can’t see the sight

That is now die dying

Where’s the star in your crown

Give back to you

Has fallen down

No wish come true

Toppled your crown

Sent you away

No where to be found

Is that the way

All is lost in a rising sun

Needless to say

Where goes the only one

That’s on it’s way

Who knows how far

For where you went

Oh kingdom come

Or seventh heaven sent

There’s no way to describe

Who took you away

Who came around

Did that today

Where is that morning star

That would shine away

Who set that morning star

Did that today

Firefly

It’s been years and years

When will I see

That glowing neon

That captivates me

Above a hedge

Beyond a tree

Oh what a sight

What fun they’d be

In the darkest of nights

A glimpse of their glow

Where is the firefly

I simply don’t know

Just a blip here and there

Before you and then

Seen further away

But before you again

I would not have thought

As time would go by

Would never have caught

Another firefly

They’re not like another

That buzz in my ear

They shine like no other

Why aren’t they here

Every summer and then

I’d catch some in a jar

But where did they go

Away somewhere far

I know they’re some place

But I won’t say goodbye

I’ll just say so long

To that bright firefly