My advice:
Never cut your hair after 3 margaritas

Sound advice from a friend:
Never Drink 10 Alabama Slammers in one night !

I Ain't Never Leaving Reidsville

With no heart to share
my special star,
I stole away to Reidsville
in the night,
through rains,
through thick of fog,
finding there,
in the wee hours of the morning
when all creatures are called away to sleep,
the biggest heart,
wrapped in the tiniest package,
a heart beating fast,
about to burst,
so much love to give
because of me
(or so I thought).

Loosening my heart,
untying the strings holding it,
releasing pieces,
as much as time allowed
before goodbyes;
that's when I heard
those words
told me
(and to the whole world)...

"I ain't never leaving Reidsville."

Understanding,
I left only exhaust fumes behind
for Reidsville,
but...
for one special heart,
that heart that did touch mine,
I left my special star
for worthy hearts to find
or...
as a gift to take
if ever Alison leaves Reidsville.

~2008 @copyright~

RETURN TO HEART CAVE


SCRAMBLING DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE;
AIR CRACKLING THROUGH CLOUDS OF DUST;
FEARED ALIEN OF EVIL HEARTS;
ANGERED INTO BATTLE, HE MUST.

A MONSTROUS CREATURE, WIDE TIGER-EYES,
SPARKS TRAILING FROM HIS TAIL;
SUMMONSED BY A WORLD OF NOISE,
TO PURGE, HE SHALL NOT FAIL.

DESCENDING UPON THE VILLAGE BELOW,
THUNDERING ON WITH DEADLY FORCE,
THE MOST INTERESTING OF DRAGONS
PIERCES DARKNESS, SCOPES HIS COURSE.

SORTING TRUTHS FROM FALSITIES
IN THOSE SOUGHT, HE SENSES FEAR;
HOT ENERGY STREAMING DOWN HIS SCALES;
SPARING A FAIR MAIDEN OH SO NEAR.

LOUDLY SOUNDING HIS WARNING,
MOMENTUM BUILDING WITHOUT REMORSE;
LIGHT PULSATING, NOSTRILS SPEWING,
HE LUNGES FORWARD TOWARDS THE SOURCE.

THROUGH A MIST OF CONFUSION, THE MAIDEN SEES,
ACCEPTING THE TRUE NATURE OF BEAST SO BOLD;
HER PURE HEART IS STIRRED ONLY BY HIS WARMTH,
AS THE DETAILS OF VICTORY CAN NOW BE TOLD.

SCOURING EVIL, THE DRAGON SCREAMS SUCCESS;
MAIDEN PRAYING THAT HE BE KEPT SAFE;
HER SMILES OF THANKFULNESS FOLLOW HIM
THROUGH HIS TRAILS HOME TO HIS HEART CAVE.


2008 @copyright