Six Days

by | Feb 9, 2017 | Poetry

Six Days Sometimes it happens Tho’ I don’t know why In the room where I live With no place for disorder. The irregular object appears Perhaps a bit frayed Or of a hue Not fitting the color scheme Unplaceable Where everything had a place Orderly Until then....

Some Lives*

by | Feb 9, 2017 | Poetry

         Some Lives Strangers Though we lay together In the closeness of the night Just before sleep Made its claim She began to speak Quietly aloud Rather than to me She spoke of yearning For something she’d never found Her eyes...

I Came Here One Time

by | Feb 9, 2017 | Poetry

        I Came Here One Time I came here one time With you When I was only nine We came to bring Johnny home I, too young to really understand And you, beyond any understanding I have no real...

Twilight

by | Feb 9, 2017 | Poetry

                        Twilight I have lost another Spring This one flashed by At speeds just above the limit As I raced home To rage, rage At hospitals...

Silent Night

by | Feb 9, 2017 | Poetry

         SILENT NIGHT The past few months brought reminders Fewer as the weeks went by But now with the holidays The strengthen and renew For it is the first Christmas Without my Mother And the third without my Father My...