Dear Mr. Charming,

Dear Mr Charming,
     You are late!

I have been
     waiting-
So very long...

I was told
     long ago
That you are
     coming-
Mr Walt Disney
     Said So
And
     He
          Wouldn't lie

He had
     everything
So together-
     So wonderfully
          done

Small scale buildings
     neatly trimmed trees
A robotic
     Mr Lincoln
And Indian canoes

-but always
     there is
a poison
     apple-
A rogue hippo
     on the Jungle Ride

-long lines
     in the
     hot sun
Maybe you got
     stuck
     in one of those

The Matterhorn
     I remember
was something of
     an investment
     in time-
for a very short
     ride

So Mr Charming-
     I await
your
     arrival

I never give
     up
on these things
(very possibly,
     maybe, to my
     detriment)

I believe
     in charmingness
and Princes,
     magic crowns,
-Castles in the
     clouds-

People would
     tell me
     not to

But I am busy
     waiting-
Waiting,
     for you

don't bother me
     with logic
or with
     worldly cares

Don't bother me
     I'm waiting-

for I
     am
a Princess
here   !!!!

Garden Notes; Bucket List

     

Today I love

     getting old 

So much undone

     that I will never do... 

The bucket list 

     has a hole in it 

The bucket leaks... 

I am not able-

     can't afford-

And beginning to see 

     the difference between- 

ideas 

     and 

          reality- 

Ideas are 

     much trouble...

Reality- 

     takes care 

          of itself

As in 

     the garden 

Where butterflies fly 

     and robins-

          hop -among the 

               mint-

-I still pull 

     the occasional 

          weed- 

And water 

     some- 

But overall, 

     it does 

          what 

                it wants 

And it's

     better 

That 

     way 

The bucket

     belongs 

In that sort of 

     garden 

-Useful 

     even with 

a hole 

     in it- 

No more lists- 

     if lists 

          can be avoided 

As long as we include 

      God- 

And put her 

     at the top 

     of the list 

Well--

     that is 

          the trick