Life's Journey Through Poetry

Death is unreal until it is; It plummets like a rock To form for evermore a wave Inside a broken heart   Like Neptune on his chariot I...

Grief’s raging flames doused with time Feign the fire’s end; Hollow eyes framed by shallow smiles Give cover on a weathered face  ...

Wished for, hoped for, prayed for You graced our presence In the throes of my goodbyes First smile, first words, first crawls This small...

Two years I have scoured the books Entropy, consciousness, block universe; Read volumes trying to explain The haunting question of...

Were the path of life yours to choose How many options would there be A life of overflowing wealth Or one of notoriety Would you embrace...

Love grows the smile As tears water the face Love reflects eyes gaze While memories cascade from the brain Love is a lone set of...

Hide your tears whispers within Only Christmas cheer has presence here Osmosis of the season’s joy Will surely fill your void Festive...

There is no greater bond Than a son and a dad To teach, to love, to just hold his hand Life sparkles sometimes blurs never tarnishes The...

Time is the bastion of grief; It does not heal like a surgical scar Time doesn’t debride the burn eschar or peel back the dead layers of...

As regal as regal can be Head skyward, whirring wings In suspension, formed easily; Melodic notes do ring Come close, my wind shall dry...

Last year the passing Harvest Moon Changed your status from have to had; I knew this special day in June Might engender your feeling sad....

I am a victim of the grip of death Not necessarily of human flesh; Rather the sticky shroud woven inside Tarring the heart and blackening...

Nearing midnight, in darkness, I retreat Groping around to find my place of rest; Marshmallow pillows, sheets of rose petal fragrance...

Passed, lost, passed away – words of reverence Voiced softly, hands on a door left ajar; Wishful thinking of something more to come In...