TORRENTIAL RAIN IN MY BRAIN

Running rampant like water spilling from a broken damn

Thoughts tumbling and turning over and over';

unable to focus on any one item, person, song, or thought
it is a carnival of the mind!  Just listen to the noise!
Hear the barker calling drawing your attention to the unsavory sideshows.
I am paralyzed to move; decision-making fraught with dread.
Perhaps I'll visit my safe place where no one else exists but me.
It is peaceful there.  no noise..feeling out of harm's way.
Annd when I return, perhaps creativity will come with me....and
with that there is always focus and a little extra energy!
But, at the moment confusion and distortion are creating a quandry

I am ultimately alone to sort things out. What is perception?
What is real?  Why could I not be born with a "normal" mind?

Intelligence, creativity, the ability to "pull things off"

are wonderful but there is a price.
Copyright 2012 Michele Jajdelski Campbell

ADIEU

My brain cannot wrap itself
around all that has happened
in the last 24 hours.

The decisions I had to make
My psyche shuddering through
quickly and easily – a matter of love

Now, turning over in my mind
ALL  the things we said to each other,.
Consciousness evades me.
I see your face gradually change
 from smiling to  anguish: writhing in pain.Then I realize I’ll not see you again.

Trees appear everywhere and I am in
a forest of verdure and wildflowers
I feel so warm and loved.
I remember our night walks in the rain
Never to take place again.But you  will be with me always.

             Adieu

Copyright March 2012  Michele Jajdelski Campbell

TEXAS INTEGRITY

 Bill came to Texas as part of a career move.  He has consistently taken care of family, and lent a 
 a helping hand doing woodworking, repairs, cooking,  etc, for United Way, school projects,      friends, and various   charities.  A cowboy at heart, he fell in love with this Lone Star State and wishes he'd come sooner.

At ease in cowboy boots and Levis,

working  cattle or  crafting wood;

or donning a suit for the office

he's a humble man of vital good.

His beard once streaked has turned to gray

His jaw's set with a certain look

acknowledging his values are here to stay....

Traditional principles won't be shook.

Warm blue eyes  read a person's face;

and also appreciate blue Texas skies.

He's compassionate but firm in his ways

with a generosity he can’t disguise.

A purist, he won't alter standards,

and rates integrity number one.

He gives his all to every endeavor

But afterward, its family, friends, and fun.

I'm proud to know this upright man

He's one of  few like  no other

who give their time and talents as they can.

Yes, that's my younger Texas brother.

Copyright 10/07/2012  Michele A.J. Campbell