she walked into the room to rouse him from his sleep nudged and kissed him, got him ready for the trip on the coastal highway

One clear night I gazed at the heavens Marveled at the stars The constellations The distant galaxies

Alpha Omega God was, God is, God will be Blessed Trinity All-powerful all-knowing Infinite everlasting

Nightfall, on the beach they watch… On floodlit rocks, as wavelets rea… Their weary feet soothed as the co… On white sand; their tired legs be… But it’s getting late so they walk…

My friend, I am a simple story-te… Whatever I write, they aren’t tre… For a prophet I’m not, neither a… Nor a philosopher with a grandiose… Simply put, I’m but a lowly balla…

And so, I paused a moment, there… As verses came to mind; the birth… Then a smile curled my lips; and a… Gripped my heart, for at last, my… For when words abandon me, I’m a…

The bookends of life, birth and de… Delineate our existence on planet… We know nothing before our first b… And when we die; dust is all we’re… Between the bookends are the lives…

How can he write of sunny, joyful… When sadness weighs heavily on his… How can he think of uplifting rhym… When they’re several thousand mile… His words are flat; and his lines…

You ask me why I love you; here’s… A million reasons echo in my mind But first, you make me happy in my… A joy I sought but never thought… I love our talks be it by phone or…

when the truth hurts we lie when it’s uncomfortable we lie when we are fearful

Overhead, he watched an eagle slow… Riding on thermals rising from war… He surveilled from atop a rock, ov… A breath-taking scene; now tattooe… A panoramic view of the bay, in sh…

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

E’er the optimist he brews lemonad… Whenever mishaps litter his pathwa… Facing the world unruffled unafrai… Setbacks mere challenges in shades… In the face of hurdles no surrende…

When will I ever be enough? When will I ever measure up? Tis the question I ask often Will I find the path to heaven? Nights are gloomy before I sleep

Rugged mountains line the edge of… Majestic snow-capped peaks rise to… While ecru clouds float lazily up… Cumulus by playful west wind drive… A wedge of honking geese flying so…