Woke up in a scarlet morningSongbirds and the crickets chirpingBlinding sun hits my eyesI’m wide awake, my muscles crampingUnprepared for an early surpriseThere she was, in a brilliant disguiseStanding there softly humming Before I could ask her whyShe turned her face to meLovely and perfect as everBut her eyes dead as could beInside I felt…

Do we truly ever knowWhat it is we have left?How do we figure the remainderOf our limits, God-givenOr just self imposed?The energy or lack thereofSpiritual, physical, mentalThe remainder of theseWe are left to figure Are we all doomedTo eventual entropy?Will we proveTruly finiteOutside of the presence of GraceReal or imagined our destinyThe most mundane eventsProve…

Lost in the sands of forgotten timesLies a treasure from a distant pastFellows, we must recapture this trinketOf lost passions and intellectFrom long buried centuries passedWe still have so little to teachAnd infinitely too much to learn O Fortune’s wheel! It has turned!The princely one’s reign has endedDays of hell-bent fury and rageHave only now…

In passing I wonderWhat is lost to the worldWhat was known of youAnd what was notThe balance of what remainsWhat to make of your legacyAlways some unanswered question To recall at onceAll those times spentThe impressions they leftThis was not the wholeOf you at all, of courseBut the balance remainsA wonderful mysteryA sort of memorialTo…

Built a bond, and all was rightMade sweet love, each & every nightBut somewhere went wrongTender care turned to vicious fightsWhat once was a perfect love songHas turned to angry battle criesBut was love true, even all along?It’s time for our independence dayLove turned to war, we built our storesStart with clever lies and cheap…

Oh, my dearest friend, don’t tell meYou’ll be leaving my side.Will it be a short distance or an endless ride? Will I be graced with your presence again?Your noble heart seeks a new terrain,To spread your wings and soar high in the sky, But do not tell me it’s time to say goodbye.Sometimes life takes…

This strange little voiceI should think of a childBut no, it’s of a little lady“You are not welcome here”Isn’t much of a greetingAs she tells me her patienceWith my presence is fleeting How all the voices of the worldCan be drowned out by a single whisperI drive myself to deafnessOn account of a whisperWayward child,…