Some Lives*

         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

        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

                        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

         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...

Beds*

                         BEDS The first nights were spent In a bed for one Twin-sized But sleep came easy In comfort of each other’s arms But...

Honeymooner

Honeymooner Late night searching Of the radio dial In the darkness Seeking sleep Ever elusive Radio sounds Sometimes bring the haze With talk shows Preachers crying in the night Golden oldies But tonight came the news Of the “Great One” Gone in the night...