Mike Frawley

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were. Richard Bach

[mikefrawley]

I’ve Cried

I’ve cried for you, for families in distress for the plight of hungry dumpster divers it seems I’ve cried for almost everything  for the little cancer victims and survivors I’ve cried til I was weary and bleary eyed yet with eyes closed my heart could see  so cry for the world, the lost, the lonely but please my friend, do not cry for me

[mikefrawley]

With Baby Steps Slow

My child I hear you crying out for love. you’re starting over what have you to give  for now why not be a friend to the world  learn acceptance and to live and let live Well I don’t have much, um, but I…interrupted by thunderous laughter Dear child you’re really a pretty good kid but still new at this your dreams yet small first learn to like and even love yourself then you can love the others one and all  Okay I’ll try, still…thunder again Oh my dear child, you do make me smile but you know little and have so far to go for now just be kind fret not it will happen love is best learned with baby steps slow  Thank you God…peaceful silence

[mikefrawley]

“You deserve better, I’m not good enough for you she said. I replied, that’s not true unless you believe it to be. She only shook her head sadly, sobbed and sighed, then turned and slowly walked away. I’ve not seen her once since then, yet I’ll bet she’s just as beautiful today.”

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[samirafee]

#HAPPY BIRTHDAY to @mikefrawley

🎂🎉💐

Dear Mike, all the best for you on your special day and forever. Thank you for your friendship. Yours Hanna & the MeowGANG🙋🏼‍♀️🐱🐈🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈

@samirafee

[sherrylephotography]

Here's to celebrating you Mike @mikefrawley 🥳🎈

Wishing you the best birthday ever.

Thank you for being you.

[ends-2-beginnings]

Happy Birthday Mike.!!!

@mikefrawley

[mikefrawley]

I Guess

I guess we can’t go back to yesterday    to the time when love was yet a verb now ruled by cobwebs, broken words and the myriad of ghosts we’d disturb I guess we’ll never rediscover forever before numb when hearts could feel we can’t make love from nothingness though long ago it was somehow real  I guess we’ll not ever return to better we were children racing past the sky but now beneath the distant thunder all we have left to do is say goodbye

[mikefrawley]

So Much

Star crossed  storm tossed in life’s ebb and flow so much was lost on our pristine memories so much was stained yet in loving you alone somehow so much more was gained

[mikefrawley]

“Sometimes our joy is the source of our smile, and sometimes our smile is the source of our joy.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

[mikefrawley]

Missed You Good morning my friends, and yes I most certainly have been pretty much stuck in bed with no energy for a while now. Starting to feel a little better, and hopefully I'll be on a little often again. Love you, Mike 💖

[mikefrawley]

Life is a Gift

Love and cherish those that are yours  the others most gently and freely let go maintain your balance and equanimity   then smile, that’s all you need to know  Practice humility and yet love yourself be you and not a sheep in the crowd follow your heart and shine like a star  you’re quite wonderful, you’re allowed Be generous, kind, know love is blind be honest while others try to deceive cry if it’s needed, laugh when you can  life is a gift if you’ll but dare to believe

[mikefrawley]

Sorrow

Sorrow is falling upon my spirit once more how well I know her sad yet tender touch sometimes in the darkness my only friend she’s always there when it hurts too much Maybe her visits serve a purpose unknown somehow falling into my heart’s black hole carrying me somewhere far away from me to lessons that may one day heal my soul Sorrow my friend, why is it you haunt me with nary a word and yet ever you’re there seemingly smiling as our teardrops merge are you in someway teaching me to care

[takingstockofwhatmattersmost]

Love TryAngle...A Three Way Collaboration

i loved them both he was my best friend in this crazy  messed up mixed up relationship we’re all mired in

we’ve been friends for so long now quite a few years then she came along like a song and what started so right has went so wrong

he loved her first and i think she loved him too and i was happy for them until i fell for her charms fell into her arms

now we’re all just figuring it out loving each other  at the same time is hard to do sometimes happy sometimes blue none of us no exactly what to do

My heart holds them both individual packages each with a love I adore check lists I keep weighing the do’s and don’ts  counting more and more… he had my heart first he owned it on day one with his intoxicating smile this girl just fell in love then I met you your words were soft as silk stirring passion in my heart what am I to do we’re all friends and this could tear us all apart

Oh what a mess we made of it friendship’s end it seemed to be as I loved her and she loved him a love triangle to the nth degree Yet I loved the man as a brother such a friend should not be lost though she was very special too even love wasn’t worth the cost We finally worked it out although we nearly staged a 2nd civil war friends we stay come what may 3 friends we will be forever more

Alright guys…here’s the first (of what I hope are many) three ways!!  I am regular text, Lauren is italicized and Mike is bold.  I am honored and humbled to write with both of these amazing souls.  I love the way this turned out and combined our styles.  It is as it should be.  Thank you two for making this pipe dream a reality!!!  BOOM!  I win tumblr!! 

[mikefrawley]

Smiling remembering this one, it’s always better with friends!  <3

[mikefrawley]

Do I Love You (A Song)

Make me laugh and let me cry ask do I love you I just sigh Act surprised and yet you know where else ever would I go Chorus Do I love you, do I love you do I, yes you know I do do I love you, what would I do  who could take the place of you Keep my heart on solid ground ask me if  I’ll stick around Share my dreams and be my wife you’re the best thing  in my life Repeat Chorus Why then ask me for you must know I will never…                      let…                           you…                                   go

[mikefrawley]

A Candle

The flame flickers a candle grows dim the spark dies no warmth within far too soon the journey’s done yet today you can  outshine the sun be a candle let love be the light be alive this moment a flame burning bright

[dontcryitsonlymike]

I don’t need to see a calendar my heart already knows it’s spring watching the sunrise                                 silently                                             with                                                   you                                   sing                 listening                                                    to a                                         solitary                                  robin

[mikefrawley]

Appalachia

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