Don’t force what isn’t meant to st… For bonds too tight, will rip in t… Let friendships form their own swe… What’s forced is never pure nor tr… Love, too, when pressed, will fade…

The sun shines on a breezy cloudle… The brown leaves barely clinging t… Winter’s at the doorstep, the cold… Spring’s long gone but where did t… She sat motionless on a bench in t…

Let every word we utter Be fraught with encouragement Each phrase a nourishment... To everyone who’ll hear Let every verse we write

A Sonnet Their marriage is anchored on soli… Not on soft clayey mud nor shiftin… Thus able to weather the days stor… Avoid the rough seas, stay firmly…

Last sunday afternoon had nothing to offer The cable on the blink due to the bad weather Trapped inside the house

Its outer bands, emissaries of des… A broad swath, it struck with merc… Funnel clouds spawned, trees uproo… Roofs blown, houses leveled with i… Then the heavens gushed; sheets of…

Be kind, be gentle! You’d never clean a dress with suc… A fireman’s hose would tear in two… Its power wrecks, and doesn’t mend… Like hard words that crush, never…

Taller than him his shadow For it was late in the day The sun sinks in the skyline Behind gray hills far away The chill is just beginning

Couldn’t wait any longer For the night to be over This unsatisfied longing At last be quenched forever For tomorrow she’s coming

The crimson orb sank slowly Till completely out of view The pale yellow moon rises To brighten the sky’s dark hue Ghost night shadows race across

Existence can be harsh; and life c… Fate may be unkind; when all you h… But you rise above the ashes, onwa… In the music of the night, you rid… Always you face hurdles, seemingly…

The ocean lies, serene and still Its glassy surface, shades of chil… A sudden dive—a seagull’s flight Sends ripples dancing in the light A lovely morn from ship’s balcony

She remembers when she fell in lov… Head over heels, hopelessly, uncon… Not so long ago but a lifetime it… She’d cared for him totally and pa… They met two years ago thru an acq…

Behold! All the signs are here Time of troubles soon coming The winter chill in the air The north wind might’ly howling Furious fearsome hurricanes

An Ode to Love with No Pre-Cond… Sunrise, early morning, he’s wide… A resigned look in his grim face His breath, a mist; the cold he ca… Hard to keep warm in this place…