A Lullaby I Shall Sing to You and Me

Linking with the Sunday Muse hosted by my awesome friend Shay this week for Muse # 62
Come join us!

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan

I dare you to go truly live outside your own front door

Step beyond the side walk’s edge

Venture past the corner store

Drive on down to the county line

Speed past the city

And then take some time

To live to dream to sing to be

Under the blue sky wild and free

I dare you to listen to each song

And then dance and loudly sing along

Don’t just sit and watch the band

 get a tambourine

 move and clap your hands

While you live and dream and sing and be

Under blue skies wild and free

I dare you

to truly live

I dare you

And I dare me!

©Carrie Van Horn 2019

French Kissed

Linking with the Sunday Muse for Muse # 56 hosted by one of my favorite poets in the whole world, Shay!


Fear is the highest fence. ~Dudley Nichols

I watch you from afar holding my breath as you dare to live bravely

For it is a wild ride for those willing to stand on the edge

You never did merely kiss life on the cheek

You always French Kissed full on

With lips set apart

To ride with you is always an experience

That pushes past the safety rails

And dives deep into wild seas

You come up for air

Only to dive right back in deeper

You fly higher

Roll faster

And strip naked to the world unashamed

 willing to walk barefoot on shifting sands

falling never stopped you

so, you keep moving on no matter what lies ahead

and I watch you from afar holding my breath as you dare to live bravely

sometimes a cautious heart misses out on beauty

 avoiding all the bruises that could await.

©Carrie Van Horn 2019