Category Archives: Reflections

Your footprints in motion,The pulse of you in the air,Like an angel flying by,An angel soaring high. Sensuous chords of music,As you sing for me in dreams,The trill of your vibrato,The love in your vibrato. The touch of your hands,Your softness ‘gainst my skin,And your smile as we lie,Oh, your smile as we lie. ExpectationsContinue reading “My Companion”

Winds blow and scatter,Puddles of rain,Waves that drain,Blood from my heart. Cascades flow down,Arms waiting, waving,Over the silence inside,To gainsay the calm. Tongues tease the trees,That stand strong, tall,But slick to the touch,Scraping to clinch a hold. The storm struggles to be still,To dry the wet watercolors,Yet, twirling, whirling treetops,And kneels of bells say no.

Bred atop a dusty plain,On farms with rusty steel,Short rows of crops sprout up,To provide a meager meal. The sky is low, the sun has spread,A travelling vision appears,With dazzling songs of celebration,For their two lives to steer. Remembrance of them with caring heart,Brings tears of love to my eyes,See them dancing in the clouds,NoContinue reading “Parents”

You wake in a cardboard box smelling odorous,You find scraps from a meal, three nights old,The book you own is to use as paperTo clean and dry yourself as best you can. Alone and cast aside as a leper,Unwanted like a diamond with a flaw,You drift and look for a warm heart, servingHot soup fromContinue reading “Homeless”

A whitespace hangs above,Like a glistening sheet of snow,A masterpiece of creation,Meaning nothing, but everything! The science of it is only distraction,A whimsy for man’s entertainment,Drawing snickers of self-aggrandizement,For we are only pieces in a game. On any day the whitespace can change,As a black piece joins the game,A player of lies and misdirection,An emptyContinue reading “A Careless Game”

She comes upon a stream, running ankle deep,With cool water and a scatter of shiny rocks,Across the stream is a quiet village,Full of lucent spirits. She crosses the stream into the village of small houses,Crowned in roof gardens,Each full of flowers in rainbow colors and soft voices,No one seems to know she is there. SheContinue reading “Stream of Welcome”

Oh, my Texas, rich and lush,My Texas home, rich and lush,Of the Sabine, the Rio, and Frio,Bluebonnets, oaks and sage brush. Of sandy shores and pump jacks,Music of the country kind,Home of my Texas family,Shiners and hill country wine. Of deserts, sand, and rattlers,Rabbits and prairie dogs too,Of deer, cattle, and horses,Of cowboys yelling, wahoo!Continue reading “Of the Heart”

The ocean offered herself in a warmthof waves, rushing over my salty skin while I layresting, as a breeze gently whispers to me.A clap of her hands and the insistent clangof a buoy rouse me from my slumberas if to remind me she is here, undera silver shine of sun and glistening sand.She invites meContinue reading “Late Afternoon by the Sea”

Waves of light flow in a row,Over the sandy shore,Soon they gather to embrace,To flow in light the more. The wind whispers in my ear,As the sea shines circles of blue,I watch clouds ride the wind,Like pelicans and seagulls do. Looking back at my life as a whole,There is time to improve my story,Where betterContinue reading “Seashore”

I sit here in silence with nothing but raindrops to keep me company,They play a pleasing melody like fingers on ivory . . .yet the sounds in my heart are agonizingly out of tunein painful tremors of misfortune. Opportunities abound to enjoy a vibrant lifeif only I could open the door,But the door is heavyContinue reading “Sadness”