tomorrow never comes

I was going to lose 10 lbs tomorrow
I was going to wear the little black dress tomorrow
I was going to get so much done
But tomorrow never comes

the woman two door down
her furniture is on her lawn
an ambulance came now she's gone
no more tomorrows

time goes so fast
and yet we put off so many things
we forget it doesn't last
and now is all we have

(c)2017 Catherine Elder

Who you are

Someone died tonight
someone cried tonight
don't know why tonight

someone went out to dance
didn't know they took a chance
some say its like France

there are bullies full of fear
they shout you don't because they can't hear
they are scared of who they are

stand firm in your own skin
and the bullies can not win

because their hate is based in fear
they will never have what you hold dear

pride in knowing who you are

(c)2017 Catherine Elder

If I had a dream...

If I had a dream would it come true
If I had a dream it would be of you
If I had a dream, don't you understand
If I had a dream, I'd be holding your hand

I had a dream late last night
I woke up and turned on the lights
But you weren't there, any more
Just me behind a closed door

I can almost hear you say
Move on
I get in my own way
Can't face that you're gone

If I had a dream...

(c)2017 Catherine Elder

58 crosses

I do not know you and now I never will

I cry for you, I cry my fill

I cry for your loved ones, who will miss you so

I cry, I cry because you had to go

your loss ripples through the universe

we cry, we cry and we curse

there are 58 crosses  

in Las Vegas

the shots reverberate

how can there be so much hate

tears across the land

how can we understand

there are 58 crosses to bear

58 crosses out there

some have stars of David, others red hearts

the grief they hold can’t be told apart

let people see so we never forget

life is precious and time is to let

It is so unclear

How did we let fear

turn to anger and violence

we can not be silenced

how did we let guns

get into hands undone

If we all open our hands

reach to understand

dissolve fear with love and compassion

bring caring back in fashion

because there are 58 crosses

watered with tears of losses

(c)2017 Catherine Elder