hope

I might change my name.
Hopeful is a lot of work.
Maybe just “Has Hope”.

On the one hand, names are important because they can give clues about who we are, or they
can give a certain impression. And after you get to know a person, their name IS them.

It’s not written in stone though, and people can change their name anytime, and
sometimes they can change themselves along with it.

It’s probably a good idea to test out some on an Internal Use Only basis. That means just me,
and the me inside of me.

I call him “Me,” but soon I am going to start calling him, “Hero, Champ and Super Dog-Dad.”

I realize that I really like that guy inside of me, and I think other people should too,
so maybe a more illustrative way of describing him, me is in order.

I believe I will call him, “True to Me and You.”

music

I post my feelings
like the verses of a song.
You are the music.

That’s right.
But, without you, without the spark of our Love, they are just empty words on a page.

But with you, my heart crescendos to new highs, and my words become red-hot coals.
I hear our soundtrack begin as soon as I see your outline approaching me from the distance.

That’s when I knew what was happening.

When the regular sounds of night become rhythms, or late-night thunder becomes
the chorus of our passion, it is you.

When those pre-dawn (good)morning bird songs are sweet wake up sounds, and make me laugh,
then I know they are about you.

That’s when life is music, and my stride is easy and long, as I walk on my way.
I hear our songs and I don’t even need headphones to sing along karaoke style.

[Remember to look both ways before crossing]