Don't Cry It's Only Mike

Starlight shimmering in the heavens won’t you be tonight my compass true take me home again to Appalachia to rekindle a memory I once knew  To again hear the haunting melodies while the Hammered Dulcimer plays reliving the ancient beauty and wisdom reminiscent of our Olden Celtic Ways Blue Ridge, Smokies, Shenandoah  the mountains breathe within my heart a whispered prayer, I’m almost there  though now long years and miles apart Streams crystal clear, cold and racing for your pine fragrance my heart yearns Appalachia ever please remember me a river flows to the sea yet rarely returns

I’m trying to be what I’ve never been please don’t wipe these droplets away I’m crying for someone other than me can we just let them fall where they may Today I’ve tears enough for the world help me remember that love is to share I’ve been cold and numb for far too long and fear I may have forgotten to care God If you hear me, make me a phoenix I’ve been selfish these many long years I will cry a river, or an ocean if need be if You’ll place healing love in my tears

That is not a question, oh my, doesn't Mike have joke this morning? LOL but true. Must keep it short and sweet today, but I wanted to remind you all that you are much loved. By me, yes, but also by so many others in our loving Tumblr Family. More to follow. Love you all, Mike ❤️‍🩹

Let tomorrow cry for itself let every yesterday gracefully go This is the day you’ve waited for the only day you’ll ever know This day is perfect, for it is life can you feel it, your god is near Nowhere else can love be found we’re most blessed to have you here The future contains no guarantees the past is gone for good or bad Every new day is a precious gift if you’re smiling, my heart is glad Please enjoy this wonderful day put love into everything you do Tell a friend how special they are that’s why I wrote this poem for you

Greetings my dear friends, and yes they most definitely do. Last year in the middle of July, after feeling very ill for several days I was taken to the er and spent most of the day there. I was later transferred to a room and stayed for another day. I was given several tests and red lights started flashing. They gave me several tests and allowed me to go home so long as I followed their instructions. A few days later I had a pet scan which is a cat scan specifically looking for cancer. Then another hospital was supposed to figure out where to go next. They almost immediately sent me to a very highly respected surgical oncologist at Cleveland Clinic in Weston. He performed a bronchoscopy (outpatient surgery) shortly after that, and I received a call that week from him. He told me two masses in my right lung were positive. I want everyone to see this, so lets call it Miracles Happen I. Soon I will share reasons it was treated as stage 4 lung cancer. I love you all, Mike ❤️‍🩹

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Count your blessings count them all  be they magnificent or terribly small Try ever to be grateful for all you’ve got know all that you don’t  you require it not In this world of sorrow fear and doubt truly what have you to complain about Your joy can be great your heart light if you but seek to find  all that is right Find something right - Thich Nhat Hanh

Another day fades quickly into the past 24 precious hours never meant to last a mastery of time no one ever attains  yet the magic sublime of love remains    now the sun sets and night has its way and we say farewell to a very good day as for tomorrow I hope you won’t mind if I request only you be loving and kind

Running a bit late this morning. I actally slept in a little late. Heaven forbid, but it was needed and nice. I haven't yet had time to fill up the queue for @dontcryitsonlyreblogs but I'll try to get to that after my morning doctor's appointment. Oh, and lest I be remiss, if no one's told you yet today, let me be thew first to say... I love you, Mike 🥰

Ripples on a pond we are waves crashing silently  to rest upon a virgin shore  sun soaked at the edge of an endless sea and then we are no more yet in that one brief moment shining if we care if we dare to be all that we can be then though ripples on a pond we are we’ll flow gently into eternity

I know the world seems large to a child so fragile and small and even the boldest warriors they too must sometimes fall Yet you have no need to fear  appearances are only illusion trust in neither eyes nor ears  for they lead but to confusion  Heed not the world’s wisdom us and them right and wrong sojourn peacefully in silence there truth will sing her song  Stand apart follow your heart be kind be giving dare to feel  be fearless in every situation as here child only love is real

One day you took me by the hand alighted softly lifting us into the sky   startled I inquired about your wings smilingly you replied I’m a butterfly Though clearly it could not be true forever your secrets I’ll safely keep and I realize I’ve fallen for an angel  being certain butterflies can’t weep Carry us both somewhere far away from this dreamlike sorrowful place for all I could ever require or desire  lies neath an angel’s wings of grace 

Welcome back my friend.  I hope you had a wonderful visit with the parents, and it’s always nice to go home (briefly).  Despite the tone of my last two posts, I’m probably not going anywhere, at least willingly.  Right or wrong though, I haven’t for a while felt “part of” the TWC, if there even is such a thing.  I am eternally grateful however for those special people here that I can share the term friend with.  I may be dramatically over thinking the situation, but a few people that I have cared a great deal about seem to have simply stopped dropping by in the last week or so.  I guess Tumblr is supposed to be all about writing, yet somewhere between ego, insecurity, friendship and love, I’m not good with the concept of ex friends that I never wanted to say goodbye to.  Now to paraphrase Kid Rock in Joe Dirt, yes I would like an order of cries to go with that.  ;)  Kevin it is good to see your smiling face back in the neighborhood.  You care about many people here, and it is noticed.     

Rest a moment in the silence just a moment, peace be still breathing out mental violence is to be preferred over any pill Allow all thoughts to drift away float gently back to long ago return to a forgotten yesterday  find a child you used to know An innocent soul, yet they cry shh, don’t judge, just observe  ask not, maybe there is no why it’s love they need and deserve Go yet deeper touch the sorrow abundance was turned to lack both of you have lost tomorrow and you alone can give it back Rest a moment in the silence just a moment, peace be still