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I believe that summer is finally here! People are out and about....enjoying the sunny days and moonlit nights..... I approach each day with passion and faith in my Creator..... without Him, I stand alone..... without Him, I cannot be me...... Tomorrow will come if it shall, and I will rejoice and give thanks.....I have found a place where I belong.....and look forward to each moment that positive energy comes into my heart and soul. Good Night!

ISOLATION If something that I do or say Can somehow ruin someone’s day Perhaps it’s time to step aside And in my world I’ll stay inside With good intentions I do try To be a friend, to learn ~ but why? Does every time a life I touch Mean I am evil ~ lives I crush I love to make a little laugh By something that I say off path But if those words can hurt someone I need to realize I am not fun I look at what I thought I was And any good I did, because I do not think that people see That “funny” is a part of me So people I have hurt, please know I pray that you will let it go Forgive me for mistakes I’ve made And in my mind I’ll always pay For hurting words that were not meant For any person’s life ~I repent I wish that I could take it back And know that only good I smack I will now crawl back in my hole And hope that you can see my goal I never meant to hurt a fly Somehow I do ~I need ask why? ~Vickie Skowronski 27 June, 2009 Copyright 2009

YOU “GET” ME! A DEDICATION It seems to me that I’ve been made To create and share, be unafraid But why do people see me strange And always try to rearrange The parts of me that are unique Suspicious of my motives, freak When all I wish to gain is for My friends to see what I adore That love and friendship IS my life That I can be there through the strife I want to reach the hearts of man To help share peace the best I can I always wondered why I seemed So different from some lives I screamed I only knew it seemed unfair That being me made people stare Then for so long I’d hide my face So I could hide, and not embrace The gifts that made me different hid Was I ashamed of the life I lived? As I reflect on that frightened child Who felt so deep, and loved so wild My life, I took it seriously And hoped that others too could see That though my thoughts were so intense I stil

BASIC HUMAN KINDNESS With open eyes the truth I see The favorite word to us is “me”. What happened to the human breed The selfishness and excess greed Oh, sure there are a certain bunch Some caring people have a hunch But turn the news on late today And hear how greed can ruin the way We care about our fellow man And give of ourselves when we can To see the mocking of what’s unknown When your only focus is you alone If lack of compassion has crippled you, see Then what do you offer our history? To share a part of us for the good Yes, we can do it~ YES, we should! When good times get tough And the economy‘s been rough Can‘t we see how we’re blessed And put faith in the rest We need to remember the basics of life And conquer the greed that causes this strife Can we turn back the clock to a simpler time? And help out a neighbor~not wanting a dime? I may be a dreamer~ not having a clue Or maybe by dreaming, I have hope for

CONFESSION I know that I took a chance Sharing with you My life was enhanced When I gave my heart to you My feelings were spoken And wore upon my sleeve My heart cannot be broken My love cannot deceive I trusted my heart When I knew I did fear That I really do love you And cherish so dear But, taking my heart To wear on my sleeve Has left me to wonder If I can believe If love is not shared It is not love at all If I knew that you cared You’d catch me when I fall As strong as I seem It’s my heart that can break It’s my eyes that will gleam And my love will forsake When I look through your eyes And your soul I look deep I trust that you love me It’s with faith that I leap No walls will stand between us Exposed for you to see Deepest feelings will discuss I throw away the key Vulnerable and forsaken Myself to you I give You know my heart you’ve taken This love for you I live. ~Vickie Skowronski

To Believe I awaken suddenly To this fresh smell of tweed It's how I would picture you going to read, And teach all the students so knowledgeably Your friendship- has blessed my life by God's word So much that you push me to feel self assured Although we've only met one dreary morn Your spirit touched my life which was torn You are smart in so many ways But you go far beyond what's in your days You are loyal, gifted and faithful. I say So here is my gift to you this day. I'm sure the lives you touch With your knowledge, faith- so much How can I help the way I feel? When I know that God made you real And my heart can feel as it does For I know what I see because Of hours of time just chatting ever I met a friend I hope forever Life has blessed me- yes it did Thank you God...for this friend I cannot rid Thank you so, you've touched my life You taught me that I need not strife That God does not make junk, tell me more Can I ever fo

WHY???? Why do you forget when you look at my face That inside there’s a heart and my soul has a place That when you are done playing games with my mind You say all the right words I think that are kind If you were to find out about the person I hide I’m trusting, and loving, and able inside Do you know how it hurts when you look right through me? As I look in your eyes, is it pain that you see? I took that your interest in me was to heart I felt we connected right from the start But here I am feeling that you don’t really see That my heart and my soul is the best part of me! Sometimes when I see men look at me It’s not my heart, soul, or mind they see As hurt surrounds my weary heart Perhaps this is a place to start But never will my soul I share Unless a heart can truly care The pain has left some heavy scars On me- the one who could touch the stars My sheltered heart-preserve I will From unkind hearts who make it still I shut the door and lost the key Will someone bring it back to m

A Place Where I Can Be Myself In the hustle and bustle Of life’s passing dreams Succumbing to somebody’s Wishes it seems There’s a place I can go Where I know I can be, A place where I know It’s ok to be me. Our lives become molds Of the people around us. Always pleasing the lives Of those that surround us. But, somewhere deep inside There’s a voice that seems to say, There’s a place that I can go When I need to get away. From expectations and from strife Or just to spend the day, This place is with my friend Who accepts me just this way! ~Vickie Skowronski~ Copyright 2001

Twist! I wasn't believing The things that I heard. You sparkled like diamonds in actions and words. But, somewhere, at some moment when I turned around to see I turned back around and knew this could not be! You weren't you at all Neither trusting or the same as you made me to believe Now, I didn't even know your name! I am on my own again, it was really hard at first but if you really weren't real I know now it would have been the worst! Vickie Skowronski Copyright ©2008 Vickie Skowronski

FOR LOVE If you think I won’t be there In good times and in bad To share all of the love My heart has ever had To be there for you When you’re home or when you are away You’ll soon learn that I’m real Like you met me that day Since the first day that we met Not a day has gone past That I knew we had something I believe will forever last To see down into your soul When I look in your eyes Then my heart just skips a beat To me it’s no surprise You see, I never did believe That love comes at first sight Until I met an angel One Saturday’s first light Your hands so tender touch Your lips so warm and sweet Your kindness and compassion Have made me feel complete As if when we’re together The two of us makes one Like God had man intended When he warmed us with the sun I feel so blessed to know you And know my heart cannot deny That we are one in His spirit And my love will never die My only hope is knowing That my heart knows you are true But rest assured it does not change How much that I lo

I Suddenly Realized What matters in life is just to be true To the person you are, and the things that you do So today I ask simply ~ Lord, show me Your light And I opened my heart to His word to take flight Life presents challenges day after day Some days will be better than others, but pray For injustice and troubles so real in our life Let’s all work together and surrender our strife I learned long ago that the happiness craved Has nothing to do with possessions I saved That the love of the Savior, a promise I savor I move onward to live a life He will favor Do we look at our blessings, and wonder in fear Or reach in our hearts to our Savior, so dear Is comfort on earth the thing that we crave? Or a promise from Jesus ~our souls He will save I hear in His words, and I feel in my heart That healing I know is a good place to start I can’t be ashamed for what life brought my way I just count my blessings, and worship each day I know that as long as I follow His rule And if even to man,

ELIZABETH’S GRANDPA How can I describe him when she asks? The kindness, the forgiveness How he strived for togetherness The overwhelming carefulness He showed in each one of his tasks. What can I tell her about his life? The way he scrimped and saved My piano playing that he raved The passage for my life that he paved How we always survived any strife. Why do I want her to know about him? The strength and integrity I believed How humility and optimism were conceived The abundance of love that I received How his selfless manner never grew dim. What can I tell her when she wants to know? The reasons that he died How I grieved and how I cried The way I stood by his side How I didn’t want him to go. ~Vickie Skowronski Copyright 1995