Tag Archives: Friendship

Bigotry

Bigotry lays there Laden with loss It has no legs To stand on No wheels To move it forward Like a giant boulder It grows denser With each passing year It gathers moss And loses ground And even the Good … Continue reading

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Teeter Totter

we’re a lop-sided teeter-totter, you and i one pushes off too hard and sails through the cloudless sky crashing the other to the ground with a hard thump one day i’m flying and the next day i’m bruised black and … Continue reading

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Forsythia

…new lyrics for a tune coming soon; about to burst out of itself… Sliver of the setting sun The only thing good in this Crooked old worn out Broken down day All those damaged and wasted times Those shabby places … Continue reading

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Once Enough

I once flew the length of you your peaks & valleys & hollows and all your shadows too I once drew the curves of you the bends & turns & corners every arc and arch I knew

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Tungsten Carbide

Suddenly the equilibrium was smashed. Not a clean break either; a massive, destructive shattering. Pieces were everywhere.

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Little Song

lyrics for a little song…it’s on the player on the Songs page if you want to hear the demo… It’s a little song, won’t fight for elbow room Just a little song It knows you’ve got to be going soon … Continue reading

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Gratitude

I was picking blueberries in the sunshine today, and was swept away by a sudden burst of happiness. It was the sun on the ripening fruit, and the fact I was relaxing at home. But it was so much more … Continue reading

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Translation of Text

not a new poem…just finally gathering all my bits and pieces all in one place. although there are several themes, it’s all one piece and they all start and finish at the same place. You’re a writer, he says, but … Continue reading

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Hope

The inner workings of her heart were sung in a song and as she listened she knew right then and there that gratitude runs parallel to that little bit of hope that rescues all of us from time to time, … Continue reading

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Refugee Prayer

Find safety in your heart dear ones and under the skies that bind us. Let hope draw your worn-weary spirit along that perilous and uncertain journey. Surely God’s plan is greatness for you. Eyes crowded by pain and loss may … Continue reading

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