We pray to receive God’s blessing… To ask for what we are missing But often times we pray to lose Moral lapses we sometimes choose We pray to lose our arrogance

A Sonnet Earth-bound; we envied the birds i… And wished we can swim swift like… Even if doors be shut, we could wa… Or go back in time, perhaps never…

Vermillion skies turned into black… Dotted with a billion glittering s… Emerging moon joined by Venus and… Imminent nightfall, breath-taking… Distant hills glowed in deepest vi…

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…

The distant hills shimmer in the h… Ruthlessly, the sun shines to burn… The heat suffocates, without and w… Making shapes fuzzy in the blist’r… Sweat beads trickle down his red s…

When tomorrow starts without me Grieve not, for today has been goo… The morning sky almost cloud free And the soft breeze lightened our… Twas refreshing, don’t you agree?

Double Sonnets The mercury dropped precipitously Greater than twenty degrees Fahre… When the weather front traversed t… Lightning thunder rolled with fury…

It’s a frightful curse That breaks families apart Because love departs In its place comes emptiness Void despair and loneliness

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…

Is love unspoken, any less intense… There are many times, words fail To express all the emotions I fee… Times when words are inadequate, Rather than convey, words can conc…

center The embers rippled In the chilly nighttime breeze Red and white and shimmering Flames not so far away

The Ballad of the Argonauts In the face of hopelessness, they’… That they’ll survive the violent m… But in their hearts, their chances… That they’ll dodge the impending d…

Sadly, no place is safe, not anymo… Churches, synagogues, mosques and… Army bases, daycare centers, even… In the cross-hairs of terrorists a… Federal buildings, skyscrapers, ai…

There are justifications why solit… Has been considered cruel and unus… There is a reason why our Maker c… To be Adam’s wife; she wasn’t cre… For man’s a social creature needin…

Walls are built to keep the enemy… To protect the faithful who are wi… Still, outsiders welcome without a… And it matters not whatever their… For God hates the sin, never the…