Earlier this year, my wife and I visited Pompeii. We saw the ruins and the people who perished but were preserved in the moment of their deaths. That inspired this poem.
#2020
We spend a lifetime Waiting for the great moments Hoping it’s heav’n sent Forgetting small things That color our every day
A nip in the air Her shoulders bare Wind blew her hair Giving her a scare Alas! Winter’s near
Snow melt rustling brook Flowers bloom in early morn Wet from last night’s rain Sun rays warm the skin High noon, waves thunder ashore
Black birds all in flight Acrobatic explosion Darkening the sky Bad weather coming As the starlings warn the world
As usual, a case of he said, she s… Another argument halfway to nowher… Been that way since the day they w… It seems they’re amidst a nightmar… But they seek their bearings inste…
Life’s at ease with an ocean breez… When you taste the salty air in yo… And you feel the swaying of coconu… As you watch the birds and passing… The morning sun soothes and warms…
mementos all around, unremarkable remembrances of a life, long spent dog-eared pictures, news articles odd souvenirs from places she went… they clutter her room!
Had two jabs four weeks apart Eight months later got booster’d Like superman unafraid Now I have Delta mastered But then the little O came
center It’s helplessness I feel Whenever I look at her Knowing quite well We’d never be together
Surrender not; hope, give up never Look east! Rising, the radiant su… Soonest, it’s rays will warm us al… Light shall banish darkness, and w… Fret not therefore, the Lord shal…
Rolling meadows stretch into the s… Treetops glow in myriad shades of… Flowers bloom brightly in the suns… In rainbow colors; what a perfect… But the mercury is rising, an omin…
Gray skies shed its dark menace In crystal droplets, rain fell Refreshing, life sustaining Now the sun shines and all’s well How can I go back to sleep?
Face of an angel Her looks melt his lovesick heart Throbbing just for her Roses are ashamed to bloom When around her crimson lips
After thirteen years I bid farewell To a faithful friend; My constant companion When I was all alone!
The biting wind howls A drunk insolent hound The moon and stars Nowhere to be found The night dreary and cold