Category Archives: Reflections

Sitting on the edge of time,Wanting you to be all mine,I see our spirits join in line,I’ll not surrender you. Here I am just the same,Living life with a wooden name,As smoking sun rolls down the lane,For things I couldn’t do. Where are you this new day year,I see you there but you’re not here,I’llContinue reading “Shadow Love”

A view from the mountains at dusk,As snow crackles under my boots,Our old dog, Coffee and I,We’ll meet you in the morning on the porch. Once, we visited the ocean,Pretty, but the waves were scary,I was afraid to go in,You stayed with me on the beach, under the umbrella. A yellow songbird flew by today,AndContinue reading “The Porch”

On the streets of St. Augustine,Sits a man playing a guitar,I could tell by the look of him,He’s traveled hard and far. Dirty feet on the graveled street,His song, slightly off key,The withdrawn look of his eyes,Shouts a passionate plea. The girl beside him calls out to me,I can see that she’s been crying,Palms pointContinue reading “Living on the Street”

Ocean blue sky no water in sight,A sandy plain edges forest green,As the border approaches the trees,Stand the animals in between. Red mountains that rise above,Wolves howl to the pack they made,Like a jazz sound of sadness,Shooting stars to burn and fade. Sunrise yellow ‘lo darkness looms,Warm rays tied down by clouds,Like a drummer withoutContinue reading “Resilience”

I evanesce of all delight,I may have had to fly a kite,For when it flew, it flew at night,Dimly seen in faint moonlight. The tail aflutter gave me pause,As if an angel flew to cause,Air beneath its sheet of gauze,To render love for people all.

Cool air fills the Scottish day,Troopers ride the festooned way,All the horses speak their neighs,Skins with sticks, the drummers play. The scarlet scarf from my heart flies,A breath of wind blows it by,I kiss his lips and ask him why,I plead his ears, “do not die”. “Don’t go my son,” the mothers say,Fathers hide theirContinue reading “Troopers Way”

A leak requires a bucket,Like a prayer requires a God,As home without a family,Is a swamp without a bog. Love without two lovers,Like an effect without a cause,Or sunsets without horizons,A conversation without a pause. A beach without sand,Like clouds without a sky,Or a forest without trees,Like a sin without a lie. Life’s journey requiresContinue reading “Partners”

Driveway gravel crumbles under the tires,We arrive after dark and tap on a window,As the train whistle and click clack of tracksBeckon me to my Oklahoma home. Each of the family in the prime of life,I feel my mother’s hands touch my face,I see my parents smile with thanksgivingAs they gaze at the blessings beforeContinue reading “Long Ago Memories”

The man ineffable in a boy’s life,My father was no different,My love for him from birth was born,My memory of him omniscient. The example he was, little he knew,Was who I wanted to be,The teacher he was, as he moved about,Like a gentle wave of the sea. He taught me how to work and pray,AndContinue reading “Father”

Like new and sparkling ships leaving port,A young marriage led by new Captains,Meets ocean storms that roil to thwartTheir new love began in passion. Wind and storm crash the ship,As it lists and loses its steerage,Commitment of love may seem to slip,But the Captains imparts their courage. As sea days roll by our Captains learn,ToContinue reading “Young Marriage”