He sings my name
while I sleep
Oh, the melody!
I will laugh
and cry
and dance
Long before I wake and
hear, He knows me
-Rachel Roeth

She longed to do everything, 
Every hobby and skill,
She wanted to do it all.
And people saw her
And thought she was happy.
But she was just filling
A void where happiness
Was supposed to be. 
-Ashley Chelf

Tugboats chug upriver
Moonlit ripples tap shore
Bold train solos blare
My steps quicken
keeping time with
this swing tune
My path lit by
a string of pearls
-Annette Matjucha Hovland

Dandelions
from weeds to wishes
from burdens to blessings
so delicate
as they float in the wind
going where they're blown
arriving where they will
-Ciara Burkamper

Our lives are akin
to the Mississippi River
Sometimes messy
often muddy
wildly unpredictable
infinitely complex
poignant and beautiful
Embrace what comes next
-Yvonne Breiner