Sporadic Whispers: Musings of a Part-Time Writer

It’s almost easy not to fall in love With your contagious smile That sets everything in place Tells me that everything is fine It’s almost easy not to fall in love With your beautiful smile That pierces into my soul Soothes my crying heart And brings out all the love in me It’s almost easy not fall in love With your dreamy eyes That shine like the stars in the sky Beckoning me to fall into their depths It’s almost easy to not fall in love With your pretty little nose That caught me out of no where Telling me that beauty is everywhere It’s almost easy not to fall in love With your soothing lovely voice That makes my heart beat an extra beat or two Telling me music is everywhere If one listens carefully enough It’s almost easy not to fall in love With the way you say those words That brings a smile on my face Telling me how weirdly wonderful you are It’s almost easy not to fall in love with you It’s almost easy not to

After the cold stormy days And the dark lonely nights From the frozen ground of winter Emerges a small yellow and green Bringing color and with it Hope and warmth Spring promises a new life And a new life it does give Everyone comes out of hiding As the flowers bloom And as the birds sing Come the monsoon rains  Or the hot summer sun These are happy days  But soon the green yellows And the trees strip naked Taking all that was And all that could have been Soon enough cold follows Some embrace it, some run away It’s beautiful if one spends enough time Even addicting to an extent But however long it may be The green will surely come And the frozen ground will thaw Giving another chance to grow again

"So how was the blind date?" "I don't want to talk about it." "It was that bad? What happened?" "I told you, I don't want to talk about it. It's too embarassing." "You just made me even more curious now. Come on man, except for our underwears we have shared everything with each other." "Alright. She was great. Absolutely perfect. And we have a lot of things in common." "Isn't that a good thing?" "Not when one of the common "things" we share is an uncle." "What!!!????" "Apparently my grandfather and his younger brother didn't see eye to eye to the point that they cut off all ties to one another." "Uh-huh. And?" "She is his grand-daughter making her my second cousin." ........ "Everything was going great untill we started talking about our families. It was so embarassing. We didn't even complete our lunch." ...