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Cora: Summer Wind
December 12th was Francis Albert Sinatra's birthday, a day that in my opinion should be declared a national holiday. I thought that it would be a nice tribute if I did a bit of YouTube research and posted my three favorite Sinatra songs to my Facebook page. I had posted the first two and while I was copying number three I began to think about... Cora.
We drove past a line of people that stretched down the block, past the parking lot, and around the corner. A little boy pointed at us. "There they are!"
A dozen sets of eyes turned toward us.
I shrank back from the window into the relative privacy of the backseat. "Who are they?"
you never knew how effortlessly you walked through the walls
I had placed around me
you reached the center of my heart so easily…touching my very soul
if tomorrow I drew no breath it will have been enough
to have felt your touch
life can be an excuse at times, to feel good about
what is not known, destiny the decider,
