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A Dream Journey

The crashing pop of livestock whips,Start the journey home,Through winds that roar resistance,As the wheels of wagons moan. I awake in a noisy station,To shrill whistles of trains,And the clattering bustle of people,In bellows of white-hot steam. My dream turns to windows,Seeing views of clouds below,As the flight nears my journey’s end,In a somewhere I’veContinue reading “A Dream Journey”

Cool Morning Fading

Walking a cool, virgin morning,While the breeze is still awake,Brings smiles with the moon still high,And fresh breaths of air to take. To be out while the moon’s still up,In a race to beat the sweat,Soon, I’ll look up to heat waves,The summer sun will let. Moisture drips out of the air,An assist to theContinue reading “Cool Morning Fading”

Traveler

The mountain pass looms ahead,Pocked with snow covered rocks,I pause before beginning my descent,To listen to the mountain talk. I hear woeful moans of lost spirits,Of bandits, warriors, and death,A blue cold penetrates the shadows,With a wind of devil’s breath. My gaze turns to a waterfall,Gushing with the mountain’s tears,It crashes into the river below,It’sContinue reading “Traveler”

Living Parallel

Can you not find some joy,In things that bring joy to me,Like looking out a doorway,To see things that I can see? As the door begins to close,I feel so all alone,Alone, though we’re together,Just you at I at home. A parallel life we live,I’m on a cloud, you’re on the sun,As I fly inContinue reading “Living Parallel”

Fall Colors

Autumn tones of browns and yellows,The orange of Jack-O-Lanterns,Front porch games, connect the dots,In match strikes of scattered light. Pinks and blues of birthday cakes,Merry-go-rounds of sweets,Peeking through kitchen windows,With squinty eyes into the dark. Greens grow out of gray rains,Tall trees become a forest,Wind rolling across their tops,Cutting like an old push mower. PushContinue reading “Fall Colors”

Here I Am

I live on in heaven,The father you once knew,Enjoying eternal in paradise,With others have earned their due. I tried to leave something of me,Through my words in your ears,Reflections in verse while there,Picture stories of our years. My memories stop at the gate,The entrance to where I’ve come,Now, I can only look forward,Old pathways goneContinue reading “Here I Am”

Wait For Me – Part 2

I am overcome with joy,That I am here with my son,It seems the years flew by,That we were apart but a short time. How God works these wonders,Is not for me to understand,He need not explain,This mizzle of his grace. Jesus and my son say bye for now,I am to return from whence I came,TheyContinue reading “Wait For Me – Part 2”

Wait For Me – Part 1

I came upon knee high grass,With golden tops of grain,A rustle of sound caused me pause,As it approached from just above. A little boy came running at me,Arms out with face aglow,I recognized him instantly,The ginger hair and freckles of my son. His skin was clean and cool,His hair like combing silk,His hug a perfectContinue reading “Wait For Me – Part 1”

Latticework

Oh, the net of life you weave,Desperate souls, searching,For companions of empathy,To testify with tears of prayer. You cross our paths like shooting stars,Each streak designed by thee,To lead us through the furnace of life,Adding your grace to shared vignettes. You stop the rain to show us the way,To a finding ground of your warmContinue reading “Latticework”

A Curiosity of Heaven

Good morning my friend,I’m so excited to learn,What’s it like up there,Now you’re there in turn. Have you found your dear Mother,Or others who were kind,While you were here with us,Now there to share all time? Have you seen the throne room,Is Paul holding court,In praise of the Holy Father,Saints and citizens to sort? IsContinue reading “A Curiosity of Heaven”