Run Carlo Run!!!

One time my boys and I went to the Haunted House at Rye Playland... it would close right after Labor Day with just a special Halloween area open for the Haunted House. There were actors there...yup, they didn't speak they'd just be there...staring at you.
Dee and I lost Carlo in the haunted house. We went out just like everyone else did and at the end, in the grave yard, we heard a kid laughing and screaming in the woods.
We turned to see where it was coming from. Deep in the darkness there was Carlo running from this beautiful vampire-ess who appeared to be floating through the woods chasing the kid. We stood there almost peeing our pants as Carlo sped by us with the beautiful veiled Vampira zooming after him... in hot floating pursuit!!!
Dee and I laugh all the time about how she literally floated past us. A great slow motion vision to have with her head turning... that turreting smile, at us as she closed in on Carlo.
So beautiful... with that slow turn, her sinister smile and us hearing Carlo dodging around grave stones... losing his direction... drifting back the wrong way ... off into the woods again.
We were sitting on the grass rolling ... watching her and the kid .... breezing through the trees. Twice he past us yelling for mercy!!!! All we could say was... RUN CARLO RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can still see that little kid running... taking quick looks to see her... gaining on him.
She always kept just far enough behind him. How she was loving it... and of course enjoying the site of Dee and I watching it all take place, enfolding right before our eyes.
Carlo had such a cute way of running with big slow steps. He was laughing and crying at the same time... those little sneakers and plaid jacket in the night. Dee was especially enjoying it because Carlo was always bragging how nothing could ever frighten him. Not tonight.
I just remember the persistence of that girl... the tenacity of her chase and how she dragged it out for us. She certainly was into her job this night. You know when you laugh so much it actually begins to hurt and loving it... those are the best laughs! You enter a state of almost convulsive form when your jaws feel like they just might lock. That's what it was like to see Carlo running for his life, running past us and turning to see her licking at his heels with that look of disappointment on his face, as if saying, "...not helping me?"
Carlo was fast,really fast! He could run like the wind but she was so amazingly swift. She was right on him and so much so that she ran without appearing like she was taking any steps.... THAT'S what really made it hilarious! He'd come speeding past us like she was tethered to him like a kite... gaining on his left and sailing back to his right so he had absolutely no idea which way to turn. It was ridiculously funny
like she was actually causing him to run just where she could open up on him again... luring him, herding him, coaxing him back into the woods to remind him that he was JUST THERE... only moments ago! It was like, "Poppi... Dion", that blood chilling sound in the distance and... us.
It only went on for a couple of minutes but it was like an eternity.
Just imagine the kid looking behind and not seeing her after just a moment before she was right in view... and the to turn the other way and she was right there... to see her floating along side of him.
There's been times when Carlo would get Dee and I laughing ... but that was one of the all time killer scenes. The blend of sheer horror on his face mixed with that look of ... "How can you two just stand there and let this happen to me???????!"
The true look of impending DOOM!!!!
And we were laughing!!!! We still do.

Riding Into The Sun

I could see you ahead of me... poised in silhouette.
You must have been fifty feet ahead of me...
Your shadow was almost at arms length.
I thought if I could touch it with my front wheel and
hit the front brake...
I could put it in neutral and catch a ride.

I was filled with the day

Quietly Vulnerable

‎Just because I don't say anything doesn't mean I'm asking for it.

Admit it!

It's not about being able to admit you're wrong it's about being able to admit you're not right.

It's like This

I stand and watch words gather like images in a picture.
As they become clear they seem to find their own way...
and just where they like to be together.

Looking up

There isn't a cloud in the sky today....the blue above is rich and deep in color. It's a morning heat that has a hint of coolness that runs from tree to tree carrying the scent of shade and calm lazy thoughts.

You're Thick

No blood is thicker than love!
Love is thicker than blood!
You gave the order...
love turned to water.

Nothing Was For Free

It's early... in the morning
I'm feeling about you again...
feeling sorry for me again.
I don't want that.

My eyes and bones
have just about had it.
I'm not as young
as I need to be.

I've really tried
but my hole
is getting deeper.
Like so many things,
I made it myself.

I was scared so many times ...
so much that I left it up to you.
I know the truth and how it was
It was never about me being true.

I did everything I could do.
I don't think you ever cared.
I don't think about it now...
how you wanted me somehow.

It wasn't about sharing
or how much it cost.
What about caring?
You didn't and I lost.

This morning I'm feeling
just like I did when I was with you.
I'm a man who gave it all and
you treated me like nothing.

I'm feeling real sorry for me.
What I did to you?
No, sorry for you...
how you needed to see.

Never wrong. That's how you see.
Whatever, I could never do enough.
Still nothing to you forever I'll be.
So simple cause nothing was for free.

Story Time

They listen and laugh out loud... stare at me when I'm serious and if I'm sad. I can jump out of a story and into their faces... startle them and grab them back in. They applaud after each story when I say, "That's it!" What do I feel? I'm not spinning my wheels while I'm spinning my tale. We're all together and on the same page.

Vitamin Words

Life is forgiving... Love is for giving.
In your heart each day...
A little goes a long way.