Ode to Josh and the Other Guy at Service Master

I freaked out, almost had a stroke
Because these dang apartments broke.
Allstate was no help it seemed.
It felt all I could do was scream.

But then you came and saved the day--

You took the smelly carpet away

And sucked the water from the room,

Your arrival not a minute too soon.

And when I mentioned another leak,

You cleaned it up before it could reek.

You set up fans.  You check each day.

Your service makes me say, "Hurray!"

The house is losing the nasty stink.

We'll get through this ordeal, I think.

Thanks for spending your Friday night

Cleaning up the awful sight!

TH
5:25 p.m.

17 May 2007

Our Story, Abbreviated

Nothing could have been more perfect

Than the way we met,

The way providence through us together

So many times.

It seemed like it was meant to be.

But nothing could have spelled disaster

More than my confession,

How I bared my immature feelings

So childishly.

It seemed like that was the end for us,

If there had truly been a beginning.

And yet the story continued,

Merely postponed for two years

While you had chance to forget

And I had a chance to grow up.

Fortune favored us yet again,

Throwing us into one another’s paths

Like a pair of loaded dice.

But this time the game was right.

We clicked,

Secured in place by our mutual affection

And the hand of God.

It really was meant to be.

Now four years and a son later,

Nothing has made me happier

Than being your wife,

Your friend,

Your companion.

And nothing will ever lessen

My love for you.

I am yours.

Always.

TH

14 March 2009

2:07 a.m.

You and Me

Hand in hand, you and me

Onward to eternity

We walk along side by side,

Taking life’s challenges in stride

I fill your gaps, and you fill mine

Together more perfect all the time

And through it all, these words are true,

This truth remains: I love you.

TH

13 March 2009

5:10 p.m.

Three Words

“I love you”

Those three words

That change a lifetime

TL

2:51am

29 January 2005

Mind Reader

Tonight you read my mind

How?  I don’t know

You said it was in my face

The way I was looking at you

Can you read me already?

My thoughts are no longer secret

You’ve found the crack in my walls

And wiggled your way inside

What comes next?

TL

1:28am

27 January 2005

Daffodil

To the sunrise wonder,

Rimmed with the dawn-light—

Your silken ruffles in a motionless dance:

Perched on my desk

Sending perfume to kiss me goodnight

Thank you.  With love,

TL

1:02am

26 January 2005

Crumpled Flower

A crumpled flower

Petals crushed and torn apart

Lonely in the road.

TL

1:47am

25 January 2005