Celebrating Memorial Day 2021
Born today gone tomorrow Life unfolds fast never slow Thin slice of eternity Half note in a symphony Ghostly mist life appears
Periwinkle skies, cold winter morn… After a stormy night of sleet and… Icicles in tree branches glistenin… Invitingly from the upstairs windo… The winter scene calls to her chil…
Tomorrow has never been promised We’re never sure till the sun rise… But we are enduring optimists With rose-colored lenses in every… When the world’s soaked in rain an…
One can only imagine a weekend lik… Time to enjoy calm and serenity an… There will be no distractions for… And nightly moonlit dinners at isl… Small white puffs sail across the…
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
There as he sat, entranced in sole… Reflecting on the end that drew so… Wond’ring would he see sunrise rea… Or sail into the night, in fears s… For soon he’d be an octogenarian
Words are arrows that can maim whe… Once spoken it’s impossible to tak… But words unsaid are lumps in the… If left unspoken will turn a heart… Words are sharp weapons at man’s d…
In awe-inspiring majesty, one of… Breath-taking, impressive, carved… At the dawn of creation, from befo… Of history brought man into these… In silence, we gazed at the immens…
Not everyone will accomplish somet… Most of us just have to find meani… In mundane moments that we are wea… Into a tapestry of memories as we… Not everyone will achieve power; t…
Farewell fellow traveler We’ll see you on the flip-side May tailwinds guide you safely As you cross the great divide A real pleasure knowing you
when the truth hurts we lie when it’s uncomfortable we lie when we are fearful
It was during one of his yearly tr… An old friend took him to dinner w… In a fancy place; the check could… A hyperbole? Not in a city with m… As they left the restaurant, two g…
From the Ashes Twilight it was, storm clouds roll… Lightning flashes tortured the ski… Torrential rain and fearsome winds Power’s out as the tempest flies
A Sonnet A luminous quality fairly rare Billion twinkling stars in the vel… She bedazzles, catches every man’s… Captures his mind albeit unaware
He hears the haunting whistle of t… And the hissing sound of shifting… While he crouched behind a craggy… Amid the wretched and barren waste… Sheltered from blistering rays of…