Acceptance

“… taken from disturbed darkness…”

So, Tis An Author You Wish To Be

So, Tis An Author You Wish To Be So, Tis An Author You Wish To Be! So, tis an author You wish to be! And, why, I ask, Do you come to me? Because, I write so Much, you say, So many pretty lines Throughout the day. True, it is my passion; It must be […]

Winter Musings

  Winter Musing The trees are bare and ungiving Like the souls of sick minds, Their dead leaves floating in the Wind to a winter of indifference.   Among the chaos of winter urges Comes the hope of a white dove, Spreading its inviting wings of Devotion to an ancient Deity.   Soon the loveliness […]

Time

Dedicated to Caleb Pirtle lll Time The supreme commander of life Defying all who would alter its Steady ticking seconds Of existence Oh, would it but pause to Deny a sinister plot Deny the wrinkles And sagging skin Oh, would it but pause to Stop the reasons For wars and Weeping children Oh, would it […]

The Truth We Cannot Know

The Truth We Cannot Know The truth we seek In our struggle to Know Why our being: Why a baby cries at birth, Why a parent grieves at The loss of a child, Why tears flow when Taps is played over our Lost patriots during A battle we cannot Always so easily define, Why there […]

Where The Dreams Are

Where The Dreams Are There on the horizon Where the clouds Where the Sun Where the mountains Bring shimmering shadows On the placid surface Of the deep blue sea – Dreams live in all These converging elements From the melodious music Of hungry souls, Those who somehow Know that the thief of night Cannot for […]

Where Did All The Flowers Go?

Where Did All The Flowers Go? Where did all the flowers go, Daddy? They’re looking for sunlight, sweetheart. Where did the sunlight go, Mommy? It’s looking for a reason to shine, Darling. Why does the sun need a reason to shine? Because people have forgotten how to love. Why have people forgotten how to love? […]

I’m Alone

I’m Alone With only my memories – I sit alone on the hill and watch the sunset… Faces float by in surreal silence And, In words only I can hear, each tells a story of My life, unadorned with gratuitous Words of praise and solicitude… With each face,     With each story, I know […]

What Madness is This?

What madness is this?
This concoction of the mind
That delivers death and destruction?

A Speck of Dust

A Speck of Dust In the Aeonic repetition Of night enveloping day, A tiny universal speck Of dust contemplates The great mystery of Endless orbits and Infinity… The insanity of war and Fragile unstable peace… The beauty of a sunrise, Sunset, love’s wondrous Bliss confused by anomalous Inanity… The speck of dust mingles With all […]