That Last Kiss 

If I knew it would be the last time 

I would’ve kissed you a lot longer.

If I knew it would be goodbye 

I would’ve held you stronger.

If knew there was another 

I would’ve tried  harder

It’s all or nothing in this life

I should’ve been smarter.

I thought you believed in us 

I thought you were a fighter

I never should’ve let go 

I should’ve held you tighter.

Now, I wish you well from far away

I hope he’s great to you

I wish you a lifetime of great things

And endless happiness too…

-AAA 10/31/2024

QOTD: 225

What historical event fascinates you the most?

I’m abstaining from today’s question I feel it’s redundant. I

apologize to my readers those of you that still read my stuff despite interference from WordPress.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for being supportive, and thank you for being all around fantastic people…

-aaa

October Thirty-One

Time for candy, costumes, and fun 

On this October thirty-one. 

Grab you pillow case head outside 

In this night the witches ride. 

Doorbells ring prizes are given 

On this exciting night of non-living.

So grab your wand and broom

Out to street, fastest zoom…

-AAA 10/31/2024

Happy Halloween 

Trick or treat 

Tiny tots ring the doorbell

Looking for candy.

At a party 

With many your costumed friends

Enjoying the holiday.

Watching scary movies

With some warm buttered popcorn  

Sets the mood.

Before too long

Halloween is once again over

Until next year…

-AAA 10/31/2024

Never Stop, Enjoy The Ride

Reaching the top 

Isn’t easy when you’re close

Giving your all

Teaching can’t stop

We’re all students, I suppose

Learning from falls.

If we flop

We know where it goes 

Walking quite tall.

Try till drop

As all your confidence grows

Make the call 

Life’s a hop

So go with the flow 

Have a ball…

-AAA 10/30/2024

So Sleepy 

Just about to go to bed

Eyes are heavy and I’m tired

Need to rest a weary head

Or tomorrow will be mired.

Pillow is soft 

Comforter warm

Dreams aloft 

Gently snore.

Sound asleep 

Getting rest 

Very deep 

Is the best.

My alarm clock 

Sounding soon 

Still as a rock 

Like the man in the moon…

-AAA 10/31/2024

QOTD: 224

What’s something you believe everyone should know.

These are some things you should know about WordPress.

  1. If you subscribe to too many blogs in a short period of time (predetermined by WordPress Automation and not shared). They, may disable your ability to subscribe to any and all blogs.
  2. If you like too many posts in a short period of time (predetermined by WordPress Automation and not shared). They, may disable some or all of your ability to “like” other people’s posts.

Apparently, if you work really hard to try and pay love and respect to all the folks out there that pay respect and love to your blogs and you have a lot of them it is seen as excessive and they all accuse you of being a ‘BOT’, like they did me.

Please know I love everything I read, and I love all the authors out there that subscribed to me and I subscribe to them. I am hoping that all these abilities will be returned to me but I’ve not been given any eta. I’ve only been told that “they will be unavailable to me at this time”. Just my $.25 as I keep learning the hard way about blogging.

Happy Pre-Halloween, and always, thank you for reading and listening…

-aaa

QOTD: #13579

What does it mean to be a kid at heart?

Being a young at heart is something I’m guilty of a lot.

But for the sake of example tonight, I’ll share one funny little story.

I was about 19 years old, went out to dinner with my family, a brief storm came through and created some puddles in the parking lot.

As we were making our way to the parking lot outside the restaurant, I saw a very welcoming puddle and proceeded to jump into it as hard as I could. Little bit, I know that my mother was standing right behind me, and got drenched. She then proceeded to chase me all over the parking lot till we all finally got caught up and got back in the car and went home.

She may have had a few choice words for me and I may have deserved them, but I was a seven-year-old kid there for a few seconds when I was 19.

Who am I kidding? I’d jump in a puddle right now if I had a chance. But I live in Southern California, where it doesn’t rain a whole lot.

As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

Halloween Delight 

Leaping lizards 

Jumping frogs 

Chicken’s gizzards 

And polliwogs.

Dancing spiders 

Soaring bats 

Shadow gliders

And black cats.

Greenish bubbles 

Cauldron boils 

Toil & troubles

Darkish oils.

Incantations 

Spoken loud 

Much elation

Costumed crowds.

Parties roar 

Not contrived

Children soar

So alive. 

Moonless night 

Candy to eat

Some will fright

Trick or treat…

-AAA10/29/2024

QOTD: 224

You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?

If I had three wishes what would I wish for?

I’d first wish for health and happiness for my family, friends, and favorite people.

Next I would wish for financial security and health for myself.

Lastly I’d wish for peace in the world and an end to war, hatred, bigotry, and violence.

As always thank you for reading…

aaa

Regret

Reach me, hold me,

touch me, scold me.

Tell me I was wrong

Say it or in a song.

Let me know how to fix it

and I’ll cook, stir, and mix it.

Please don’t leave don’t say goodbye

it will hurt too much to cry.

Words “I’m sorry” can’t say enough

take them in before a rebuff.

Forgiveness is love’s mere boon

here on earth and beyond the moon.

Taking mulligans is hard to do

try taking three, one, or two.

Forget not what holds us dear

someone warm and caring near.

Pride is razor sharp and slanted

so don’t take lovest ones for granted.

Fall deep into the lonliness chasms

Nothing felt but a hear that spasms.

Think of the other and not just self,

or end up will you on a shelf,

without love and by yourself…

AAA 05/20/2020

Hang In There Sky

Hang in there sky, everything is going be ok

because I know tomorrow is a fresh day.

Hang in there sky, I promise it’ll be good

Life will unfold for you the way it should.

Hang in there sky, I really care

I know your life is beyond unfair.

Hang in there sky, the world’s gone mad

Men of the world seem selfish and bad.

Hang in there sky, I say it a lot

To remind you of what you’ve got.

Hang in there sky, you’re beautiful to the core

With heavenly bodies and so much more.

Hang in there sky, I know that life is cruel,

but all who have wronged you are forever fools.

Hang in there sky, don’t you cry

Let space hold you and let time fly.

Hang in there sky, for in the end

You and the stars are my dearest friends…

-AAA 08/26/2021

Hostaged 04/10/2020

The dream is over buried and dead

from all things seen and read.

Life now a tangled mess

doctors/politicians do their best

alas I confess

its the hardest test.

To contain the strain that beats in brains

just insane as money drains.

What can we do what can we say

boarded up inside homes drying clay

and at the end of a day

its not a new day.

A few more weeks we stay apart

this affair breaks my nimble heart.

stabs like steely knife

wondering about the ways of life

at home with kids and wife

humbled nations share true strife.

Awake from this nightmare soon

pay and plead and beg for boon.

Let it end end today

is for now I pray

nothing left to say

but pure dismay…

AAA 04/10/2020

What Would You Say?

What do you say to old you from an earlier day?

What do you say?

What do you say to memories that won’t stay away?

What do you say?

What do you say the way you used to play?what do you say?

What do you say how your exes stray?

What would you say?

What would you say if it was you and not they?

What would you say?

What would you say if you could forget that day?

What would you say?

What would you say for the answers you pray?

What would you say?

What would you say if you’d let old dogs lay?

What would you say?

What would you say as your hair grows gray?

What would you say?

What would you say if she decided to stay?

What would you say?

I know what I’d say I want peace today and leave the past so far away.

That’s what I’d say.

-AAA 05/20/2020

Roses Stained with Love

The nightingale sings  

With blood stained wings.

Love forlorn trampled on the ground 

Pins could drop in the absence of sound.

A student shakes his weary head 

Not knowing of the song or dead.

The ultimate price for loves delight 

Vanished before the very next night.

Money and stature are all that moves 

Hearts and minds and bodies too. 

I am Wilde’s student and the nightingale too 

I’ve loved many times and was always the fool.

I’ve tried to change take the cynic’s route 

That just isn’t what I am all about. 

 –

The world doth spin and sky stay blue 

For the loves we have that are false and true.

Be true to thein self the prophet cried 

Which means I’ll love until I’ve died.

Cry not for me, or student, or the crimson bird 

For one day I will be appreciated and heard…

-AAA  08/12/2021