Belle Rides Shotgun
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She rode in the car with the wind in her face,
The passenger side was her favorite place,
When Belle pushed the button she always knew,
She’d have the wind, front seat, and a great view,
It takes more than the wind to make her grin,
An open window is just a place for her to begin,
She sees the world as she thinks it should be,
It’s nicer when everyone is happy, don’t you agree?
Belle and I were going shopping one afternoon,
It was one of those beautiful days in late June,
She rode with her head outside to enjoy the air,
The temperature was still rising but she didn’t care,
“Belle,” I said, “dogs aren’t allowed inside the mall,
We’ll get an ice cream cone and then go, that’s all,”
If one food is her favorite it might be ice cream,
I expected Belle to be excited, maybe even scream,
She struggled and fought for me to let her down,
Her expression had changed, now she wore a frown,
The pavement was burning on her little paws,
She was in rescue mode, she had a cause,
She dashed three rows away to a car shut tight,
The car looked empty, no one was in sight,
Belle was insistent, she refused to leave,
She was giving me a message, I chose to believe,
I got closer and much to my surprise,
Children were in there, I saw two sets of eyes,
Their faces were flushed, their condition was poor,
I had no time to think, I tugged at the door,
The door was locked and the children were afraid,
How could I get them out and into the cool shade?
I called 9-1-1 and waited for their parents to show,
Should I break a window? I didn’t quite know,
Belle was running in circles but didn’t go far,
Belle heard a siren and led the firemen to the car,
The children were rescued but Belle wouldn’t go,
She wanted to show me something, what I didn’t know,
One more time I listened to what she was trying to say,
On the floor was a blanket, within it a baby lay,
Before I could call for help a fireman was at my side,
He had seen me follow Belle, his eyes were open wide,
Their procedures were smooth and quickly carried out,
The two recovered quickly, the baby’s life was in doubt,
Belle watched closely and then just walked away,
I could tell by her demeanor the baby would be okay,
“We’d like to take Belle with us,” was one fireman’s remark,
“She had so much to tell us without even one frantic bark,
She was calm in an emergency and she was constantly aware,
A dog that can do so many things is certainly very rare,”
A woman approached, “What have you done to my car?
You’ve broken a window and my house is so far,
My children don’t like the air blowing in their faces,
Somebody has to fix this so we can go places,”
Belle growled at the woman, something was not right,
Belle rarely growled but she was ready to fight,
The children were trying to hide behind me,
I wanted to ask Belle, “What could it be?”
“Don’t worry, ma’am, whenever there’s some doubt,
We call the sheriff and he can work it all out,”
The fireman wanted the kids away from danger,
He was becoming certain this woman was a stranger,
“Come on, kids,” she said as she backed away,
But she ignored the baby who on the ground lay,
Belle blocked her path so she couldn’t escape,
I thought, “All Belle needs is a Superman’s cape,”
Several police cars arrived at nearly the same time,
Apparently the police were working a major crime,
The woman was surrounded and nobody was hurt,
One deputy said, “You must have heard about the Amber alert,”
When all was explained from the finish to the start,
All were convinced that Belle had a big heart,
She’d saved three children from inherent danger,
And helped capture a woman who was a stranger,
Belle doesn’t like all the publicity or strife,
All she wants to do is live a quiet life,
But no matter how sweet life is each day,
She wants to do more than just eat and play,
With all of her quirks and strange whims,
She choose what she wants except for close trims,
She can ride up front with her face in the breeze,
Except when it’s cold and I don’t want to freeze.
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Christmas by the Forest
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He wasn’t a mean man but he was grumpy at times,
He lived alone and liked to write poetry that rhymed,
His house, next to a forest, had a very pleasant view,
He wasn’t very happy though he had much to do,
He was often forgotten, his children lived far away,
They, too, said they were busy, and they’d visit someday,
His days were empty of meaning, his nights full of screams,
What was he living for, the world had taken his dreams,
A miracle was needed to soften his heart, he couldn’t turn life back,
If he could help someone, his life would be back on track,
His heart did not hear the tears or feel the anguished pain,
As a family nearby called out in the cold and chilling rain,
Five children stranded in the night watched as their mother died,
They huddled and quietly prayed, after their tears had dried,
Harsh reality took the stage as they looked at their papa to lead,
But things change rapidly at times, life is so hard to read,
Their father could not help, for this country was not his home,
He had to leave, he was banned, no longer could he roam,
Five children with no one, determined to reach a goal,
Could they survive a world so cruel and the winter cold,
They gathered and prayed once more, nothing else they could do,
No money, no parents, their hope should have been gone too,
The oldest daughter took charge, said they would go out swinging,
They sloshed through the snow, their angelic voices ringing,
Their voices carried through the night and across the snowy wood,
Where a man waited for a miracle, where he could do some good,
The man rose to hear this group and its cheerful sound,
He wondered why they were the only joyful group around,
He heard their songs and invited the five in, to sit before the fire,
They smiled when he told them they sounded like a heavenly choir,
Then he asked about their parents, then asked what will they do,
His heart was touched, “Please stay,” he urged, “I have rooms with a view,”
His house had been quiet far too long,
He needed to fill it with happy songs,
When he asked them to stay a miracle occurred for them,
And when they said yes a miracle occurred for him,
Christmas by the forest changed his life within,
Christmas by the forest meant their lives had a chance to begin.
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Wild Heart
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Wild heart,
she danced with abandon,
Her feet, wild
feet, rarely touched the ground,
I watched
her dance with another,
In the
corner I gasped but barely made a sound,
What brought
her to me I do not know,
My heart had
long stood still,
Her eyes
caught mine and she smiled,
And I was
hers, captured against my will,
Wild she was
as she loved the world,
And the
world loved her as well,
She danced with
her heart and soul,
A wild woman
I could tell,
Futile it
was to remain and stare,
So I warned
my clumsy feet,
“Act like
you know what you’re doing,
There’s a
lady I’d like to greet,”
My eyes, my
heart, were leading the way,
I stumbled
up to her side,
“Would you,
I mean, please dance with me,”
She turned
me down and wounded my manly pride,
How long I
stayed I can’t recall,
I could see
she wasn’t ready to leave,
What a night
this was turning out to be,
She was
practicing how to deceive,
The
babysitter went home and I told the kids,
“Your mother
has dancing in her blood,
She’s not
coming home, we’re all alone,
I’d change
it if I could,”
They didn’t
understand how things could change,
As quickly
as some clouds turn wild,
Somewhere
out there the sun will shine,
And people will
talk without guile,
But when darkness
falls and the music calls,
Some of them
will turn wild.
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“Where Are the Superheroes?”
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I’ve always enjoyed the superheroes,
Someone to come and save the day,
Whenever there was trouble brewing,
They knew what to do and what to say,
I admired them because they stood for justice,
They protected man, woman, and child,
Evil was always stopped and punished,
It was never allowed to just run wild,
But while a child the world was my own,
In my imagination I was big and strong,
Evil was given no chance to stick around,
I could change anything that went wrong,
As I grew older I could see the world needed heroes,
For few walked among us helping the abused,
And sometimes, to make matters even worse,
The heroes were there among those accused,
I determined that I would do my very best,
And as a parent I was a superhero for just a while,
But only because my children believed in me,
I could wipe away tears and bring back a smile,
But I could not rescue them from the trauma of divorce,
Nor could I keep the outside world from coming in,
I tried, but the world had found my kryptonite,
And I was doomed to watch the Joker’s grin,
Discouragement, doubt, I was powerless in time’s grasp,
The glitter of the world took my children from my side,
I could not protect them and keep them from pain,
They were being pulled away from shore by an awful tide,
They made their mistakes but found their way back,
But they had changed as much as changed can be,
No longer were they naïve and innocent,
It was even worse, they were more like me,
I’m not a superhero, that is plain to see,
Evil forces are there and I cannot hold them back,
I’ve found that I can’t even rescue myself,
Many times I’ve tried, but there are powers I lack,
I must confess I’m under stress, to see the world so torn,
Where are the superheroes that will show to save the day?
Are they just imaginary like those in my childhood world?
Or must we all be heroes to keep from falling under evil’s sway?
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