"I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. A great deal of who I've grown to be was discovered while playing in the street as a child."
QUOTES
Birds sing each morning not having us in mind. All the while showing how happy we can make others by simply being ourselves.
Appearing to have gone unnoticed, every kind silent gesture is gathered up by the heavens and mixed in with the rain.
When we stop and offer help, our kindness is usually remembered by others with more clarity than the very reason we stopped.
POEMS
Listening
Seashell to my waiting ear
I listen for the ocean
Someone told me it’s inside
someone had the notion
Can I really hear the waves
tumbling to the shore
Or is it just my innocence
that has me hoping for
I must admit that’s quite a bit
to have inside a shell
But not more than my hearts belief
that it was true to tell
August 1988
Virtue
Virtue in its purest form
is governed by the spirit
A wholeness that is felt throughout
by all who may draw near it
Unacquainted with reward
It does not seek our praise
Indifferent to a common theme
that hails one for their ways
Virtue is a practiced truth
as old as lessons taught
It’s how we share the company
and add to worthy thought
December 2003
Echoes
Echoes bring back words I’ve said
repeating once again
It’s wise to think before we speak
reminding me of when
I spoke without the thought of how
my words could all but show
What it was I felt inside
and what was yours to know
So I’ll repeat before they come
to echo all that’s true
And say the words I should have said
when thoughts had turned to you
September 2002