Intermission
I am settled in my heartYears of stops and starts Dogs and cats and children allLife was full, I do recall School daysChildhood plays Summer vacationsWith three at my station Daddy always thereLaughter filled the air Days I fondly rememberNow, In my elderly September I close my eyes and smileWe lived...
September Lies
Sometimes requests are simple yet complexAnswers hidden deep, the heart becomes vexed Deception is a game of no winnersYes, you say, we all are sinners Kindness is born in the heartUgliness simmers in the dark Your Lies can be erased, turned aroundIf you would Let the truth be found Lives fall...
Absence
It is the blank pagesThe Lost Children’s stages Days of laughterThat filled my rafters It hit my brainThat is my sad refrain What was missingMy constant wishing The sounds of gigglesThe playing and wiggles Sweet smiling facesNo stressful traces So deathly quietI miss the riots Those days have now goneNo more...
Youths Door
The empty years of lifeRush in with regrets and strifes The only if I had didReflecting on your kids Old age has settled on meMy limbs cut off my tree No longer at youths’ doorMy mind is screaming for more Days of running carefreeAll my children and me Drinking carelessly with...
Hearts Divided
What will never beIt makes it hard for me What could have beenForever is a no-win It’s hard to climb the wallBecause it only brings my fall But I climb it anywayIt’s not for you to say My heart doesn’t match my mindSo, Trouble lurks so close behind I live within...
Remember When
It is funny how only when we’re older we recount timeIt always seems to be only good things, days sublime Stories mother or daddy told us as we sat quietlyListening and taking in every word, eager as could be The stories of their childhood, a time when things were goodBut their...
flickering flame
The flickering flame of lifeFilled with anguish and strife Trying to stay alightThough wind rolls into fright Our lives experience manyDays of happiness plenty Working hard to establishFamily life of bliss As the flames die downTrue friends huddle around Your life was not in vainA circle of true friends remains Pull...
Life is a Window to Our Heart
Life is a window looking outOpen it wide; don’t whisper, shout When you find you have nothing to doGet outdoors, change up your view Don’t sit and wishGet out and fish Watch the squirrels as they racePuts a smile on your face When water meets the skySnap away as you sigh...
