A Smile And Two Drumsticks

One day a lonely drummer sat up

as in his mind a crazy notion swirled...

“What if, with a smile and these two drumsticks...” he thought,

“I could change the world?”

So he sat upon a street corner

and began to drum a beat.

And, before long, people stopped and smiled...

then began to move their feet.

Suddenly a woman with a guitar

stepped out of the throng,

smiled at the drummer

and began to play along.

Then a woman started singing

in a voice both sweet and strong

and the people who were dancing

began to sing along.

As the music emanated in all directions

people came from everywhere.

They smiled, they sang, they danced, they cheered

they raised their hands up in the air.

And when the song was over

some people shook hands...others kissed...and some embraced.

Everyone left with a spring in their step

and a smile upon their face.

And the drummer..

he also smiled...

after seeing so many people enthralled.

And he was left to wonder if his crazy notion...

was so crazy after all.

When Did You Know It Was Love?

“Grandad, when did you know you loved grandma?”

I asked when I was just a lad.

“And grandma, if I may be so bold,

when did you know you loved grandad?

“When did I know I loved your grandad?” Grandma mused...

“It’s not as complicated as it seems.”

It’s when I realized the life I was living

was better than my dreams.”

“It was somewhat the same for me”, Grandad said

as on his face a huge smile unfurled,

“It was when I realized I’d rather do nothing with your grandma

than something with anyone else in the world.”

They were lucky to have found each other

and lucky for the love they had...

May we all be as lucky to find a love...

Like Grandma and Grandad.

How Far Will It Go?

From my lowly spot upon the earth

I’d like to make a choice

to spread more love throughout the world

Then I think...

I’m just one voice.

But an oak tree starts out as an acorn

before it’s fully grown.

A journey starts with one step,

a pyramid... 

with one stone.

Then I stop and think, perhaps,

I have a misguided attitude

for my voice, if joined by others...

becomes a multitude.

So today I say, I LOVE YOU!

I want the world to know

and I wonder...

if my voice is joined by others

how far will that love go?

In The Name Of God

It’s wonderful when we love in the name of a God...

but I’m loathe to contemplate...

What in the name of God are we doing...when in a God’s name...

we hate?

I’m saddened there is hate in the world...

but shouldn’t we have the gall...

To take responsibility for our hate...

and not blame a God at all?

What Humans Can Do

Humans are incredible...look at all we have achieved

In the evolution of our planet...it’s hard to be believed.

We watched the birds as they flapped their wings and soared across the sky

Then we created airplanes and taught ourselves to fly.

We watched the fish in our ocean and lakes, as across the surface they would skim

Then we jumped into the water and we taught ourselves to swim.

We watched them plunge to ocean depths from which we couldn’t survive

so we built submarines and scuba gear and we taught ourselves to dive.

We wondered about the heavens as we gazed up at the stars

so we built spaceships and satellites then sent them off to the Jupiter and Mars. 

We’ve created electricity and fire.

We learned how to read and write.

We have indoor plumbing.

Why...we’ve even created light!

We’ve created television, beer, computers and even fried Twinkies too.

It seems if humans put their minds to it...there’s nothing we can’t do...

So I wonder if it isn’t time...to take all our expertise

Put all our minds together...

and try creating Peace?

What Ifs

When we are young we don’t think in ‘what ifs’

We have no perception of danger.

We can be seen climbing to the top of a tree,

jumping down and occasionally talking to strangers.

As we get older we start to think in ‘what ifs’

What if I fall, what if what people tell me is true...

And many times the ‘what ifs’ stop us 

from doing the very things we once loved to do.

I’ve come up with a ‘what if’ solution for me...

Every time I’m about to say, “I won’t”

because I’ve asked myself, “What if I fall?”

I quickly ask...

“What if I don’t?”

A Perfect Day

From the first day of our marriage

she would somehow find a way

to kiss me as she said goodnight

and thank me for a perfect day.

She said what makes a day a perfect day

is easy to decide...

it’s the love she feels within her heart

when I am by her side.

And it didn’t take me long to understand

and somehow find a way

to return her kiss goodnight

and thank her for a perfect day.

Now we’ve grown old together...

Sure, we’ve had our troubles and strife...

but when you string so many perfect days together

you end up with a perfect life...

Yes, the perfect life is out there

you just have to find a way

to realize a perfect life

begins with a perfect day.