Windy Winter Night 

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On a gusty windy winter night 

Feel no sadness or fright

Everything is alright 

This pure flame burns bright 

Climb to reach a new height 

With happiness in sight 

Hard past worth the plight 

Gaze hard and see the light 

Bidding adieu and goodnight…

-AAA 01/06/2025

Summer Of Twenty-Two

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Same time last summer 

Why was it a bummer 

You had a deep need

That I could never feed.

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When you said goodbye

Rivers of tears I cried

When I realized you didn’t care

I relearned that life isn’t fair.

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I put it all on the table 

But your love was a fable

Painfully knowing all too late 

That to you I wasn’t great.

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The passions we shared

Were beyond compare

Yet you took another lover

Your lies were uncovered. 

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Not my lover not my friend 

Didn’t have my back in the end

It’d be easy to hope for hell 

But in the end I wish you well.

-AAA 01/06/2025

Lifetime Pain

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All in my mind

All you need is love

Love is a drug

Love me do

Do you feel like I do

Do you wanna dance

Dancing in the streets

Dance in my blood

Blood on the ground

Blood, sweat, and tears

Tears of a clown

Tears of joy

Joy Division

Joy To the World

World without love

World in my eyes

Eye of the tiger

Eyes of a child

Children of the moon

Child of time

Time is on my side

Time of the season

Season cycle

Season of the witch

Witch craft

Witchy Woman

Woman to woman

Woman like me

Me and Julio down by the school yard

Me myself and I

I don’t want to spoil the party

I am one

One is the loneliest number

One step closer

Closer to God

Closer to the heart

Heart breaker

Heart of glass

Glass onion

Glass houses

Houses of the holy

House of the rising sun

Sunshine of your love

Sun king 44

King for a day fool for a lifetime

King of pain

Lifetime…

Pain…

-aaa

Originally Published 06/10/2024

I Am

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I am open to change 

I am 1000 times the man I used to be 

I am creative and a free spirit

I am my mother and father’s son 

I am creative 

I am strong

I am open to change

I am a writer

I am a musician

I am grateful

I am forgiving of my past

I am an old soul

I am feelings

I am love

I am the sun of my parts

I am the product of my words not others 

I am…

-AAA 01/06/2025

QOTD:

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Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

I think many of us struggle with thinking about the past too much and I used to as well. I try very hard now to not dwell on things that have happened to let bygones be bygones.

Thinking about the future, can also cause you a lot of stress so these days I try to be present and in the moment.

Worrying about the past in the future led me to miss out on a lot of things. We’re right in front of me I intend to never make those mistakes ever again in my life.

As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

The Bomber by James Gang

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There are some songs that come along in your life and you’re like where have you been? The Bomber by James Gang is one of those songs. There’s too much to talk about this song and I don’t want to do that and bore you all. But I have to say that this 70s tune has been somehow not heard by me, until recently and I can’t stop listening to it.

Known for their great funk songs like: Walk Way, and Funk # 49, Bomber is special in its own right.  Joe Walsh is right up front in the James gang. A lot of people don’t realize he started out there before he was in the Eagles. He has amazing vocals and outstanding guitar chops.

This song starts out with this nice (I want to call it) dirty funk rock heavy guitar like many other songs by this band. The drums are amazing and the guitar riffs are exciting.

Then, in the middle of the song, it breaks off into a really beautiful rendition of Bolero by Ravel. Unexpected and beautiful such a nice surprise. 

Then after Bolero, the song comes back into its main theme and just rocks out until the end. I hope you enjoy it. I do every time I hear it.

Thank you for reading and listening…

-aaa

QOTD:

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What is the greatest gift someone could give you?

The greatest gift someone can give me is their time and genuine consideration. Both seem to be in such short supply these days…

-aaa

QOTD:

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What colleges have you attended?

I received my Bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly Pomona, quite happily in 1996. I had changed major three times and was pretty burned out at the time. my degree at the time was a bachelor of science degree in business administration with an emphasis and computer information systems.  My previous majors were undeclared and electrical engineering technology. Since most of my units did not transfer in my major changes. It took me six years to complete this degree. 

24 years later I received my masters degree from GCU in English with an emphasis on Writing. Writing (in many forms) is truly my passion and what I love to do. I have worked at least part time as a writer since 2019 (since 2022 I work full-time).

As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

Take Your Time

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Take your time 

Do not rush 

Moments fine

If you push.

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All in stride

Doesn’t hurt

Deep inside

Is our worth.

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Manage you 

In your lane

Less miscues

And less pain

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Change is good  

As we grow

We’re understood

All will know.

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Reaching goals

All laid out

Paying tolls

So devout.

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Smile not sad

Trying best

Isn’t bad

Take a rest.

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Then look back 

At all done

You’re on track

Life is fun…

-AAA 01/03/2025

Hardest Of Goodbyes 

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When a someone dies 

The wind is knocked out of you 

Then everyone cries 

Knowing not what they can do.

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Desperately searching your mind 

for the last thing said 

Something substantial and kind 

That might ease your head.

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It hits you between the eyes

Harsh reality

You’ll never see them and sighs

Such finality.

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So sad you almost can’t cry

Yet endless tears fall 

You do all you can to try 

But you’re three feet tall.

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Try to hold it together 

Others are far worse

Moments forever

An eternal curse.

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Wishing hard we couldn’t feel

A shock to the core

Much more than life, death does steal

Someone we adored.

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Feeling that there’s more out there

Does help some get through

Offering comfort to share 

And positive thoughts too.

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Positive thoughts, prayers as well

Through these emotions

One day you’ll heal, time will tell

Life is an ocean. 

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Forever they are alive 

In memories and hearts

As the living must survive

Moving, forward, starts…

-AAA 01/02/2025

QOTD:

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Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

There are several ways I play in my daily life:

  1. Video Games, I can find the time I love playing video games.
  2. I play heavy strategy games once a week every other week with friends, games like Terraforming Mars, Bonfire, Stone Age, and Dune Imperium.
  3. I play games on my phone as well, games like Wordle, crossword puzzles, and Evony.

Having free time is necessity to having time to play, it depends as I’m blogging and working full-time. I don’t have a lot of free time.

As always, thank you for…

-aaa

Unconditional Happiness

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Don’t get even, live your life

Past is a closed square 

Whether ex husband or wife

No need to go there.

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Feel the peace of the present

Enjoy all that’s now

Looking back causes resent

Make today your vow.

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Go outside, start a nice walk

Stretch your arms and legs

Stop negative talk

Its depression begs.

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Notice the flowers and trees

Beauty everywhere

Feel a warm spring breeze 

Nothing else compares.

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Remember you are alive 

As air fills your lungs

With nothing contrived

Sweetest songs are sung.

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So take pause, don’t overthink

Feel your happiness 

Life passes, don’t overthink

Moments don’t digress….

-AAA 01/02/2025

My First Words 

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The first words 

My very first lune of

the new year.

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I contemplate deeply

Before writing down initial words

Stream of consciousness.

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Slow at first

Like any poem I write

I speed up.

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Next I know

Something is working here now

Just keep going.

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Before too long

A lune series is born

First of 2025…

-AAA 01/01/2025