Conceal your tears behind a smile Don’t cry, let no one see you swea… Keep your woes in secret exile Your biggest hurts you must forget Bury the grief that burns inside

Wedding vows are promises newlywed… They’ll love each other be it nigh… But when dishes are tossed And their tempers are lost “Till death” means a whole differe…

center Misunderstood, inscrutable, She’s an enigma; A paradox, mysterious; White-hot as magma

I live in a four-walled box A TV, a couch, pictures on the wa… But my heart is homeless A sweetheart, no one I can call Night time in this big city

Up high the red hawk hovered O’er the lush virgin forest Keen piercing eyes surveilling Hunting live prey for her nest Under the green canopy

The woods are on fire As the afternoon winds blow A red orange glow As far as our eyes can see Glorious nature’s tapestry

Yes, we can’t take it with us Cash or treasures of any kind; Hearse without a trailer, thus How we leave the world behind! And it’s a truth we oft discuss

The day I retired My skills didn’t diminish Nor did they vanish Yet, now I’m out to pasture As useful as horse manure

Each time I see her I’m convinced more and more That heaven got it wrong For I adore her Forever she’s my Lenore

Incredible, amazing, living in an… Days often sunny, the nights alway… Then comes a hurricane All that wind and rain Terrifying storm that from the dar…

center i’ve tried to find meaning in everything I see, but sometimes a sunset’s just a moment to cherish!

Skimming the calm ocean surface Hovering then flapping its wings The gray pelican hunts for food Predator in the scheme of things Swiftly an arrow up the skies

Look into my eyes That you may discern I pray Truth of what I say My love for you unending Beyond this world transcending

Come, meet my shadow Whenever whither I go Always he’d follow But dark nights he disappears Leaving me with all my fears

within him a monster clamoring to come out from slight, hurt, anger where all beasts sprout a fiend he must conquer