(2015)
My mother in the last years of her life...
Without a commitment to forgive To start afresh and anew each day, The heart hardens; unwilling to gi… Love loses its luster and fades to… Failure to forgive rings the doorb…
Yes, we kid you not She’s the prettiest li’l girl In the whole wide world Today she turns two There’ll be a birthday party
A Sonnet She’s never seen the sun shining b… Surprisingly, the rays burn not he… Ne’er felt happier, pure joy from… Her whole body quivers; every fibe…
Frigid morning Tongues of flame spurting atop a v… Heavy grey smoke by the wind, blow… In our balcony We watched the spectacle safely fr…
Born today gone tomorrow Life unfolds fast never slow Thin slice of eternity Half note in a symphony Ghostly mist life appears
He strutted head high Accompanied by the chip On his broad shoulders A proud yet ignorant man With disdain for everyone
His tired eyes open slowly In front of him, a goddess! He tries hard to look away But he feels simply pow’rless Her sparkling eyes hypnotic
Day at last over Night shadows are darkening Crickets soon singing Soft evening breeze cools the air And night lovers leave their lair
She has gone to sleep, to dust she… To pain, she said farewell; so, in… To loved ones, she bid adieu, albe… And this world she left behind in… Millions of moments, she celebrate…
What if? What if he wins? What fate awaits us? What kind of future awaits our cou… A future gloomy at best
Aaaah, the twilight of my life The winter of my existence The good years left, just a few The numbers are dwindling Faster than a runaway train
Taller than him his shadow For it was late in the day The sun sinks in the skyline Behind gray hills far away The chill is just beginning
A Sonnet Just for Laughs A fine Thursday morn far as I can… No rain in the forecast, the sun i… ‘Tis warm, spring is in the air; a… So let’s celebrate! God is good n…
his spirit lifts suddenly now that his thoughts on paper when verses at last written his sadness turns to vapor poetry’s his quick release
o’er the still waters faint glimme… done! the reign of darkness, the e… dark clouds unraveled to welcome t… and farther east brand-new day has… the dawn upon us; voiding the shad…