Stopping By When the Robin came at noon to view my quiet living room A different type of nest and kin I looked out as she looked in My windowpane made quite the perch for her brief two minute search Into my life and then my eyes a simple nod for our goodbyes My ceiling […]

Swings On the Swings they travel high then down to scrape their souls Children as you play today another year unfolds Blond hair grows to shoulder length and laces won’t stay tied Legs that kick up to the stars oh please just one more ride Sunlight through the playground fence will warm their growing hearts […]

The Elder of the Two It was on a clear bright morn, they walked along the shore Time and age responsible, for what it was each saw The younger gazed upon the point, where sea and sky took hands The Elder counting all the years, and all his unseen lands Sitting for a moment now, […]

Wishing Well Stopping at a Wishing Well I gazed into the water Pennies shined in multitude someone threw a quarter Then I reached inside my pocket I was only ten I didn’t find a coin to throw I came up short again Now with elbows on the ledge I looked back down once more I […]

Trust Trusting is a noble trait to turn from one and say Tomorrow you shall give me back the things I lent today And lips are sealed unlike a letter opened just today But if I’m asked to keep your words why did they come my way “I trust in you” will usually mean protect […]

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 our ways Virtue is a practiced truth as old as lessons taught […]

Homeward Fallen leaves beneath my feet crackle with each step Quilts of color blanket all their reds and yellows kept My winding path grows darker still now early autumn night Homeward bound till fireside extends its warmth and light Yet no haste is felt inside while pausing on my way Sounds of wind thru naked […]

What Remains of Me There shall not be a chosen place behind a fence or wall where those who knew the living me shall come to pay a call No row or number plot or box to kneel and place a flower no dates to mark my given time, no sense to spend one’s hour […]

Winter Roses Winter Roses brace to please as cold upon each petal Challenges their journey home and hearts to choose to settle Beyond the sun and warmth they know placed upon your table Reminding us on coldest nights the soul is strong and able Winter Roses come to you with certainty and love Knowing you […]

An Early Greeting One morning as I walked alone, beneath an old oak tree I paused now certain from above, a stare to be on me Head upon my bended neck, eyes to branches wide A Robin made her presence known, while opting not to hide Assured she was to our fate, her sky and […]