Category: poetry
Beyond caring, but I care for you
Love is as much about pain as passion, loss as lust. For the hope of keeping it, lovers sometimes sacrifice all.
To the old spy
The secrets in your headRemain there foreverArchivedSome agedObsoleteUselessLike youYet you remain trueTo the covenantNever to reveal themNever to open the vault doorAnd let the sun shine inYou are the caretaker of secretsAnd sometimes youEnter the vault of your yesterdaysTo consider what you have seenTo ponder and analyzeAnd wonder if what…
On the sea of futility
Life isn’t hopes and prayers, but dark endless futile struggle for survival on an unforgiving sea of hopelessness. And that’s the good part
Most of us have stories
Our stories are what make us human. Embrace your stories and share them.
Friends, despite all
Sometimes friendship defies our ability to understand why.
Before the words fade
The opportunity to capture the words that give existence meaning is short lived.
I have finally realized…
There comes a point in time when everything is either too high or too low and it’s just not worth worrying about.
Life gets in the way
All too often life, death, sickness, and even joy, are roadblocks to our creativity.
Memorial Day
As a veteran, my feelings about Memorial Day are complicated. The sacrifices our armed forces make are very often overlooked and the cost of freedom is taken for granted.