Futures Past
It is our past that shapes our futureThe times when we hold tight to endure We grasp at the memories; they push us forwardWe grab hold tight no time to be a coward Most of the life fights are inward bornLife’s daily struggles on the inside worn Only we can salvage...
Flee the Madding Crowd
Please take me away from the Madding crowdThe place with all those voices so loud Nothing there promotes a happy lifeAll its roads are grief and strife The Madding crowd is a vicious sortThey will keep you captive in their port Their crowd is loud and franticShrouded in an image of...
When You Return
If you follow the path alongside the creek bankJust below the girded bridge with the rusty planks You’ll find me sitting patiently on our favorite rockWatching the small songbirds as they start to flock Take your time; no need to hurryI’ll sit here and watch squirrels scurry Chasing after tails round...
My Mamas Lap
My mother always handledHer problems as they landed Folded hands in her lap with her apron tied aroundA crescendo of voices, still she never uttered a sound I would catch a glimpse of herdeep in thought While her children squabbled for theFavored spot A mother’s lap can only hold so muchFourteen...
Milk Run (the photograph )
They say that if you look at a photo long enough you Can sense the feelings of the people at that juncture of their life. Perhaps that’s true to some extent. As I looked back in time at a particular photo my neighbor took of my sisters and me, The more...
When Summer Ends
No more noisy fun summersMy Music has now changed drummers Those summer faces now gone for goodsweet little children growing up as they should Teaching small bodies to swimNow they quickly dive in on a whim They don’t need you anymoreBecause they fill a new door you grow older, and life...
The Footstep Pages
Through the agesMany footprint pages God’s book becomes filledAs lives quietly are stilled Leaving their DNA blueprintFor a spectacular future event Generations will seeEternal life will finally be Many footprint pagesReturning in stages From the grave, they will ariseRight before our very eyes We await the days through sadnessAn end to...
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the most prolonged and severe Depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, policy, and economic theory. My mother was a young girl during this turmoil She...
