A few frothy wavelets in the calm… Bouncing up and down its turquoise… An undulating metallic mirror Shimmering in the late afternoon h… But from miles away raven clouds d…

We grew up together, Jimmy and I Best of friends since we were four We simply connected, don’t know wh… We never competed; never kept scor… Childhood games, we played a few

One wintry December night she van… From his life, perhaps never to re… Leaving him with quiet grief untar… He lay restless till dawn’s first,… He feels the emptiness settle, wid…

His tired eyes open slowly In front of him, a goddess! He tries hard to look away But he feels simply pow’rless Her sparkling eyes hypnotic

Milquetoast existence A vanilla life No peaks no valleys No drama no strife Nothing to highlight

Through empyrean heights the hawks… Then dive with grace as twilight s… Like shooting stars ‘gainst the mu… While fading light stretches the h… The air is diaphanous and lace-lik…

Do you remember? The first day of school? You couldn’t wait to get home Tell all your experiences to mom How thrilled you were…

On Friendships and Life A true friend may be one in a billion stars in the sky A needle in the haystack, a grain of sand in the beach

Prelude They have met even before they wer… Far away in the spiral galaxies A remote corner of the cosmic cair… But born on earth, different centu…

Her reaction to the news quite emo… But others would have said simply… For hours and hours, she cried Cursed at those by her side And soon enough she became confron…

center And so it goes, life’s ceaseless march to oblivion... seemingly uninterrupted,

Day at last over Night shadows are darkening Crickets soon singing Soft evening breeze cools the air And night lovers leave their lair

The withering rose Much more intense its fragrance After it has bloomed Amassed in its parch’d petals Scent of many yesterdays

Winter’s gone Good riddance Nature sings Ode to joy Revival

Growing up dis-advantaged What he had all hand-me-down None of which fit very well He looked like a sad-sack clown People look at him oddly