Time you thief robbing me so I never felt a lost moment or your rushing me forward

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

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

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…

My dog Hardly a fitting title For so vital a part of my life There is nowhere I go When he’s not under toe

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

Belief in what I know Indeed thin ice upon which to skat… With much cold water and little ai… My burning question has always been

“Judgment” How cruel the word in this less than perfect world Giving allowance to all measuring by absurd standards

If I were a twisted cloud I would have the wind to blame For the awful shape I’m in But being not of vapor made wispy and spread across the sky

A cool breeze enters the forest ca… leaves are already falling and arr… in a circle beneath Keeping warm the smallest root Cupping the morning dew

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

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…

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

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