Happy Birthday to Ron

When you were forty

Did you know that you’d be

Having fun when you’re seventy

Rolling two celebrations

Into one festive destination

Twice the fun

Twice the exclamations!!

I anticipate your smile

And your appreciation

For all the friends who gather

To help you share the jubilation

May you have twice the blessings

To share with others what you’re given

Happy fortieth, dear friend

Though I did not know you then

Happy seventieth, with affection

Enjoy the birthday bash in exultation

Thank you for the friendship

It is a joy to be Graciela

To mi hermano Ron Cruz 

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If you're happy and you know it, climb a rope
If you're happy and you know it, kiss your sis
If you're happy and you know it, then your friend will surely share it
If you're happy and you know it, give a smile
If you're loved and you know it, snuggle tight
If you're loved and you know it, wear a stripe
If you're loved and you know it, then grandmas will surely like it
If you're loved and you know it, be a lamb
If you're tired and you know it, rest your head
If you're tired and you know it, close your eyes
If you're tired and you know it, then slumber will surely have it
If you're tired and you know it, dream sweet dreams

All I Need To Do...

It must be hard for you to understand

How I have fallen into despair

My heart cries out but no one hears

Its deepening sacred fears

My feelings are not ruled by logic

So there should not be a logical cure

I yearn for your love and touch

But they can give me a panic scare

I see myself standing astride

A chasm so deep and wide

I am facing a momentous time

One step may see me forever gone

Your touch I won’t feel

Your whispers dispersed in the air

A force so strong is pulling me ahead

The illusion of its allure I must fight

All I need to do…

All I need to do is…

To turn around to look at your face

To see the love I sometimes fail to realize

To know the tears are shed just for me

And again in your arms I’ll feel protected

All I need to do...

All I need to do is…

To take stock of what I’ve left behind

To seek to regain the balance of my mind

To take a deep breath and concentrate

On the important messages of the day

All I need to do…

All I need to do is…

To say out loud that it matters to me

To know I’m worthy to accept your love

To ask for strength and courage to come from within

So I can calmly walk away if ever the chasm reappears

Please keep talking to me, for

All I need to do is

To hear your voice

And know you’re there

Farewell 2015

They say water brings good luck

A flood is a sure sign of blessings

We smiled and waited

And dispelled our doubts

When The Beautiful Angel appeared

I was a witness

Of her wondrous coming

Surrounded by love

Touched by tender hands

She is a good luck

Sent to us this year

As we closed the chapter

Of two-thousand-fifteen

We welcome the new year

With anticipations

We ask for blessings

To continually flow

May two-thousand-sixteen

Peace and Love prevail

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There is a legend of a land

Where little dragons dance

And beautiful angels smile

That world touched ours

In a magical way

For this season of Thanksgiving

Of Wonders and Blessings

We have you

To hold dear and to cherish

Little ones

Dance with your dreams

And let them fly

Don’t hold back your smiles

Let your hearts sing

Let your hopes rise

Wherever you’ll go

Love will follow

Till the end of time

Happy 73rd Birthday

Officially you are seventy three

But in your heart

You’re not older than fifty three

And in my eyes

The right age you always will be

Old enough to dispense wisdom

And not too old to be the best traveling pal to me

I love your wild freedom

Your gentle compassionate heart

Your sense of justice

Your youthful laughter

Your generosity

And most of all your nonconventional ways

You have been and ever will be

The love of my life

Happy birthday

To the most beautiful

Seventy-three-year-old lady

In my life

A Fall Day in Great Falls

The sun is hiding

The rain drops are tiny like dust

Keeping the path moist

The breeze blows softly

The dry leaves depart their branches

One by one

They slowly fall

In the autumn air

Adding depth to the soil

In the serenity of time

With yellow leaves underfoot

The deer walk side by side

Across the path

Into the thickness of trees

Along the river bank

A splendid landscape

Is painted here

Great Falls is the place

Where water drops from high

Forming waterfalls

On rocky terrain

River-wide

I will come again

When the weather changes

The water doesn’t cease

The river keeps flowing

No matter what clothing

Nature wraps around it

It is a beauty

Not to be forgotten