Synergy: Paying it Forward

Our lives aren’t long but worth living

We never know what will happen next

Share your positivity with all around you

Since it’s so short, let’s make it the best.

Tomorrow is never guaranteed

Use your generosity and keep giving

Although, we’ll be dealt some adversity

In our caring, we’ll all pass each test.

It’s go time, we’ve received our queues

All achieving our goals and dreams

Pay it all forward, helping out others

Together, we’ll all reach that mountain crest.

So choose carefully, doing your bidding

As one life touches many before we’re through…

-AAA 07/12/2024

Despair, The Devil’s Food

Despair is the devil’s food

And he eats it all the time

The further down we all fall

The far stronger he gets.

Eternal damnation isn’t in hell

It lives in our past as it darkens our mood

Bringing our happiness to sadness

As we face our deepest regrets.

So, when we ponder and want to have it all

Take a few steps back, pause, and think

Emphasizing all that we’ve accomplished

And cleaning up our own mess.

Forged in fire, tempered steel, is our brood

Ever climbing, reach the mountain’s crest.

-AAA 07/06/2024

My Paradise, the Coast

Warm tendrils of air greet me

A salty smell in the air

Warm soft sand beckons

Chilly Pacific waters thunder aloud.

The sun burns away wispy clouds

As I walk towards the sea

The tide cramps my toes at first touch

Audible rises and falls of a beach crowd.

I adjust to cool water in seconds

My adrenaline takes over

I duck under a large wave

Hearing scarcely a single sound.

The coastal beauty sets my soul free

Feeling no objections…

-aaa

Moments Come and They Go

Flowers ebb in the breeze

The air is filled with motion

Clouds wisp by

I close my eyes.

So much beauty here

Lots of movement in the trees

Such a lovely afternoon

I suddenly realize.

I let out a gentle sigh

This moment won’t last

It unfortunately, must end

I feel, a small disappointment, rise.

Alas, time, we cannot freeze

No matter how hard we try…

-aaa