Riding out the Storm

To My wife:

Shayna 

Shortcake

Squirms

Shortness

Squeamish

Short Stack

Arrington

My Favorite Storm [Out]Rider 

Thank you for guiding me through our most recent storm,

Whose prevalent winds howled introductory our warm-ed new norm.

The morning's rhythmic rise of sun and your eyes

Remind and assure with rhythmic reprise:

Whether lives lived sail smooth or through blustery gale, 

Even Sandy's torrent, whose swell takes without plan or portent, 

Does make an offering for tearful avail,

That there is life on the other side of the dark swollen tide

Where smooth storied driftwood and treasure reside

-October 29, 2012

And an older one she reminded me of today:

Dr Seuss smiled; 
'Nonsense wakes up the brain cells...

a sense of humor... awfully important in this day and age...'

I smile every time I think of that time when you magically phrased:

With bright beaming grin and brimming-red monte' raised

'I'm losing my nonsense!'