Category Archives: Reflections

Souls and bones in catacombs,The one to rise amended,The bones in sand to lay the land,With soldiers’ shadows suspended. In bonds with all their comrades,The faces in fever dreams,Spilt the blood of righteousness,Return on angel wings. Granite visions arrange,Each headstone squared away,Names throb in endless pain,To crumble in potter’s clay. At once I was unmended,TheContinue reading “Soldiers Pay”

The kindness of Fall has taken flight,Winter approaches to take the throne,Gliding by the evening equinox,Day and night begrudgingly equal. An ode’ in autumn brings comfort,Like a wool sweater and a bowl of soup,Feelings of warmth by an evening fire,As dusk foretells a chilly night. Presiding over this change of guard,The harvest moon conducts theContinue reading “Harvest Moon”

Long will bell trebles echo,In rooms of virtuous chatter,It’s clear for whom they ring,In streams of life that matter. A purity of beautiful innocence,Their harm unimagined,Their joy for new life started,In bell tones of compassion. Like a brasher of hot burning coals,Atop these tender souls,A fire of pain my feelings rain,For whom the bell tolls.

Stones and bones of millennia past,Sit with him by a flowing river,Walking stick in hand, he poses,On a boulder, thinking, reflecting. The river flows quietly by unnoticed,Except by animals who drink from it,Behind him, a thorny thicket,Of spear-like sticks stand guard. And of the boulders beside him,How long have they been here?Have Kings and TsarsContinue reading “Photograph”

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”