~Poems~

{Eclipse} {People Who Cannot Say Goodbye} {Dream} {More}

{Winners & Losers} {Power To Choose} {Thoughts} {Dare to Dream}

~Eclipse~

Round & round they slowly drift,
Off their track they never shift.
These two dancers left alone,
Whirling & twirling to not a tone.
The ballroom has all closed down,
And for years there has been no sound.
Round & round, still they dance,
Hoping for an occasional chance-
To show their love by stealing a kiss,
These two dancers in all eclipse.
If only they could agree,
Together they could be, happily-
But, he in the darkness like the night,
And she always in the spotlight;
He is surrounded by sparkles off a ball,
That dance around the ballroom wall.
And she in her glory is so bright,
Sees no stars as in the night.
Round & round they slowly glide,
Off their track they never slide.

~People Who Cannot Say Good-Bye~

There are people who cannot say good-bye
They are born this way/This is how they die
They are the keepers of promises/What moves them does not wear out
Their loyalty will tear apart your clocks

These are the women widowed by men they never married
These are the girls who wait even when you don't come
These are the mothers of orphans/They can turn a fake into an original
They will hear the prayer in your self-contempt

As distance is measured...these people do not end
It is one of the stories that cannot be written down
-except across a lifetime of open doors
There is a holding on beyond the letting go
There is a reunion in everybody's heart
This is how we come to make a family from strangers
This is how we light candles

These are the people who will remember you when you meet them
These are the people you can always call at night
They are humans turned angels by your asking
-With each separation they go to seed again

These are the men who carried you on their shoulders
This is the one you are lonely for
-The one who begins and ends your hunger
This is the man who said, "Always"

There is a moment of returning on the other side of leaving
It is not something I can prove to you in language
This is what we pray about
...We can kill what we desire
-But it still grows back

There is something that does not wear out
It is the third part of any two people who join
It opens and closes

There are people alone who are not apart
This is why we listen to the madman when he speaks
People change but they do not stop
This is how we learn "forever"

These are people you can count on/They are the keepers of promises
They are candles lit from each other
They can teach us eternity
We can get what we give/This is the instruction
These are people who do not say good-bye
-as distance is measured

~Dream~

When you choose a dream to cherish,
Choose something fine and high,
A dream as true and steadfast
As a star that lights the sky...
It may take time and effort,
But if you believe in you,
That dream that seems unreachable,
Will be a dream come true!

~More~

Do more than exist,
~Live.
Do more than touch,
~feel.
Do more than look,
~observe.
Do more than read,
~absorb.
Do more than hear,
~listen.
Do more than listen,
~understand.
Do more than think,
~ponder.
Do more than talk,
~say something.

~Winners & Losers~

Winners make commitments.-
-Losers only make promises.
Winners work through problems.-
-Losers only work around them.
Winners know what to fight for & when to compromise.-
-Losers compromise on what they shouldn't & fight for what isn't worthwhile.
Winners take a big problem & divide it into smaller, manageable parts.-
-Losers take a lot of little problems & roll them together
 until they are unmanageable.
Winners listen.-
-Losers just wait for their turn to talk.
Winners learn from their mistakes.-
-Losers only learn not to try for fear of making more mistakes.

~Power To Choose~

If you say,"I can't", you won't.
If you say,"I quit", you lose.
If you say,"I'll try", 
you might just win; but
you always have the power to choose.

~Thoughts~

If you always think what you have always thought,
You will always get what you have always got.
Change your thoughts, and
You will change your life.

~Dare to Dream~

Each day is but a prelude,
Of tomorrows yet to come
I reach up high to touch the sky,
And touch the burning sun.
If I could dare to dream
I would not fail to try
For if I knew that the dream would come true,
I would dream the wings to fly.

Sean Miller 

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