How I Would Have Loved to Grow Old With You

by | Sep 10, 2024 | Poetry

I would have loved to grow old with you.Yet here I stand, having made my way without you.Looking back, I see all those years relatively empty,filled only with what life tossed my way.I won’t say I never smiled or found joy in fleeting momentsor found success and...

Death Has No Power Over Love*

by | Aug 19, 2021 | Poetry

I never got to say “goodbye.” You did in the 1,917 word note you left where you shared  memories full of joy; full of sadness. Where you shared words of tenderness; words of love. Where you assured me it was not my fault; that there was nothing I...

Dancing With Jane in Three Acts*

by | Jun 20, 2021 | Poetry

Dancing with Jane In Three Acts ACT ONE My first words to Jane were asking her to dance. It wasn’t like I had seen her from across a crowded room and, as her eyes met mine, I knew I had to go and ask her. Actually, if the truth be known, I hadn’t seen her...

We Talk to One Another at Different Times*

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Poetry

We Talk to One Another at Different Times   We talk to one another at different times. I talk to you when I visitto stand at your place of rest.I speak aloud but softly.Loud enough for you to hearbut not enough to disturb the othersin resting places so near.My...

She Comes Here Sometimes in the Wee Hours

by | Jan 22, 2021 | Poetry

She Comes Here Sometimes in the Wee Hours She comes here sometimes.Almost always in the wee hourswhen sleep tries to hold tenaciouslyas if afraid to let go.Knowing the slightest break in the spellwould whisk me awayfrom the dreamsand the joy that often live there.And...