Chance

I took a chance,
and hope was duly murdered.
Lovely dreams were scattered,
a hopeless creature prowling.
Anger replaced by sorrow,
and then remains an emptiness.
Yet even after such heartbreak
there is a revived hope.
Like a phoenix from the ashes
shall rise with new life
a reborn hope.
I will try again,
despite the hurt inside.

Books-August

Books Read:
-What Happened at Midnight
-The Yellow Feather Mystery
-Five Little Pigs
-The Hooded Hawk Mystery
-Summer Promise
-Riding Lessons
-The Secret of Pirate's Hill
-The Clue in the Embers
-A Whisper and a Wish
-Yours Forever
-A Time to Cherish
-Sweet Dreams
-A Promise is Forever
-Death on the Nile
-Mystery at Devil's Paw
-The Ghost at Skeleton Rock
-The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
-The Clue of the Screeching Owl
-The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side
-The Secret Agent on Flight 101
-A Slip of the Pen
-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
-Mystery of the Whale Tattoo
-The Great Airport Mystery
-Mystery of the Desert Giant
-The Clue of the Broken Saber
-The Haunted Old Fort
-The Viking Symbol Mystery
-The Arctic Patrol Mystery
-The Bombay Boomerang
-Danger on Vampire Trail
-The Masked Monkey
-The Shattered Helmet
-The Clue of the Hissing Serpent

Total: 33

Books Bought:
-The Mummy Case
-What Happened at Midnight
-The Cat Who Went Bananas
-The Larousse Guide to Astronomy
-The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook
-The Great Airport Mystery
-The Clue of the Broken Blade
-Mystery of the Desert Giant
-The Viking Symbol Mystery
-The Haunted Fort
-N or M?
-At Bertram's Hotel
-The Secret in the Old Attic

Total: 13

I Remember

I seem to remember another time,
one so like today, yet brighter.
Perhaps more warm and golden.
Carefree, perhaps.
Oh, but we're so much older now.
There was a time, I remember, where
all we worried about was getting a tan
and is my makeup just right,
and pass me some soda?
But now we have summer rainstorms
rolling in and we don't have umbrellas.
Sometimes I think we're too old now.
Carefree days are over and now we
live in the cold, real world.
Or could we just...
learn to dance in the puddles?

Book List: July

Books Read:
-The Phantom Freighter by Franklin W. Dixon
-Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
-Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
-A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
-The Secret of Skull Mountain by Franklin W. Dixon
-After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
-In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
-Silverwing by Kenneth Opal
-Sunwing by Kenneth Opal
-A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie
-The Sign of the Crooked Arrow by Franklin W. Dixon
-Flying Changes by Sara Gruen
-The Faery Reel by Terri Windling
-500 Years of New Words by Bill Sherk
-The Wailing Siren Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon
-The Secret of Wildcat Swamp by Franklin W. Dixon
-The Criss Cross Shadow by Franklin W. Dixon

Total: 17

Books Bought:
-Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
-The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
-Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters
-The Faery Reel by Terri Windling
-Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
-The Christy Miller Volume 4 by Robin Jones Gunn
-The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters
-Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters
-He shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters

Total: 9