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    Down Memory Lane
    Down Memory Lane
    Down Memory Lane
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    Down Memory Lane

    By Brenda Cooper

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    Life ... everyone sits and thinks about life each and every day. The upside and the downside and of course the in-between. This book of poetry reflects the writers life over the past 15 years. It is light reading as well as there is some in-depth thinking that has occurred.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 9, 2015
    ISBN9781496947994
    Down Memory Lane
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    Brenda Cooper

    BRENDA COOPER is a futurist who works with Glen Hiemstra at Futurist.com.  She’s the co-author of the novel Building Harlequin's Moon, which she wrote with Larry Niven.  Her novel The Silver Ship and the Sea won the 2008 Endeavour Award. Her solo and collaborative short fiction has appeared in multiple magazines, including Analog, Asimov’s, Strange Horizons,  Oceans of the Mind, and The Salal Review.  She lives in Kirkland, Washington.

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      Down Memory Lane - Brenda Cooper

      Thank You

      Thank You for being there when I was little

      Thank You for putting up with me as a teen

      Thank You for your guidance and patience

      Thank You for your advice, even if not followed

      Thank You for your support, no matter if you agreed

      Thank you for lending an ear and a shoulder to cry on

      But most of all Thank You for You being You and Letting Me be Me

      **************************

      The water is sparkling in the sun

      Do I think I should turn and run

      Life can deal one a poor hand

      But it’s how you play it, that makes it stand

      Love can go smooth or hurt like hell

      Because I have tripped and fell

      Now I need to pick myself up

      Regain my thoughts and start again

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      Trying Your Best – Not Perfection

      I was taught to try my best

      Put myself to the test

      Push myself to my limits

      But always try my best

      It may appear I strive for perfection

      But all I am trying to do is make a selection

      In travelling the roads of life

      With the least bumps and turns

      ********************************

      Far From Perfect

      I have tried to do my best

      No matter what I was doing

      Always putting myself to the test

      To push my limits

      Maybe I was not right

      To expect the same from everyone else

      Pushing them to fight

      Because they think I expect perfection

      I would expect no more than I would do

      From all others – just try your best

      But it appears all others do not have a clue

      That I am far from perfect

      My Best Friend, My Lover, My Soul Mate

      Someone you can talk to

      Someone you can confide in

      Someone you want beside you

      Someone that will walk beside you no matter what

      That’s why I know you are My Best Friend

      Someone you can love

      Someone with a special touch

      Someone you can be intimate with

      Someone that makes you feel loved

      That’s why I know you are My Lover

      Someone to grow with

      Someone to spend the rest of my life with

      Someone you share a special connection with

      Someone who gives back as much love as you give them

      That’s why I know you are My Soul Mate

      Tough Love

      Oh how to define Tough Love

      Having time outs when children are young

      Grounding children as they grow

      But the toughest love of all is dealing with teenagers

      Not realizing what they put their parents through

      Questioning their every reasons as to why

      Why can’t I do this, why can’t I go here

      Why do I have to listen to you

      Trying to implement values and guidance

      Keeping your cool when challenged

      Implementing rules and having them followed

      But the toughest love of all is releasing them from your hold

      Letting them learn things the hard way

      Giving them the space and control of their lives

      But keeping in contact with them

      So they know you love and care for them

      Tough Love tears the heart into pieces

      Brings tears to the eyes of everyone

      But you as a parent

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