What happened to tomorrow It was just here yesterday What happened to tomorrow It seems to have run away Taking with it all my dreams

It holds us well An unbreakable spell Cast long ago In evolutionary creation “survival first”

The doctor’s eyes found the floor And with a voice thickened and tig… Announced to me what I had alread… You have cancer and will need trea… There were three of us in that roo…

I speak of what was lost Since I came upon this place Once a garden tendered strong Now weeds and dry earth did replac… My Eden

Hope is elusive Slipping away so easily Just when you have it And that secure feeling warms A bit of the frost so common now

I expect little And I always find More than I need An abundance So easily perceived

The rites seem wrong It gets in the way When I wish to pray I know there is a belief in me That has been warped

The flames leap higher eager, young and ever reaching for the sky And as the fire dances its dance We elders sit and watch

Joy A lost friend When did you leave? There was no fond embrace Or hug goodbye

The quiet of being me I need no bombast No crowds of adoring people Only the quiet of me Listening to the voice that whispe…

I had it under control Deep deep in my darkness Dwelled a monster purest black That made my life a mess I escaped I thought

I can write a happy poem This I’ve always known Despite the part of angry me That reveals itself in my poetry There remains a child deep inside