Look around you. Take a hard look at the things you have surrounded yourself with. How much of it do you actually need? How many are simply tools for your own self-gratification? At what expense to others (not just humans) did it cost? Did you really need that leather coat, alligator shoes, ivory jewelry, or…
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The Shadow Of A Memory
Ethereal, a shadow I becomeFloating through sun and shadeA choir of pines serenades my sensesThe breeze echoing each ghostly note Every step seems an eternityNow is the perfect place to beTime reveals…the illusion it isA solitary moment engulfs this lifetime Am I a boy of sixOr a man of sixtyWho can say – certainly not…
Left Behind
What will I have left behindWhen I leave this mortal planeThat means a thing or twoTo anyone – old or new Images on photographsThat captured moments of my lifeNow found in picture framesThat earns an occasional glance Perhaps a smile on my children’s facesA word or two on yellowed pagesFriendships that are not forgottenThat can…
So Now It’s Our Time
So now it’s our time to fade awayWe’ve had some good times, we had our daysLately, it seems it’s just been a dreamSmoke and mirrors, just some fantasy When did it all start to fade awayWas it when our blonde turned to grayHey it’s all right, you’re by my sideIt’s just another carnival ride The…
Or Seventy
Placed upon a dusty shelf, there to lieHidden behind the mask of ageForgotten in their steel bar cageSchemes of children fade away As we grow older day-to-dayPursuing lofty heights of money and fameWhile losing the pointOf playing the game A child’s love, so simple and pureGod’s greatest gift, a miracle cureA simple point of view…
You’re Perfect World
It could be anytime, anywhereWhen I hold your hand, I disappearInto your world, into your worldInto your perfect world of love Spinning, twirling, whirling byAll the moments of my life flying byUntil I hold your hand and time seems to stand stillIn your perfect world of love So many days, in so many waysI feel…
Where Have All The Great Men Gone
WHERE HAVE ALL THE GREAT MEN GONE My question is a simple one – where have all the great men gone? Throughout recorded history there has been a litany of great men and women who have inspired generations of young adults to chase their dreams and very often succeed in doing so. Anyone astute enough…
Hazy Days
I’m so tired of working like a dogWorrying about all the thingsThat don’t meanA damn thing to me I just want to get awayTake a step back, slip awayYou and I, just fade awayFade away And on these hazy daysI imagine all the lazy waysI can spend in your armsSpellbound by your charms Dancing under…
Recipes
Wafting, wandering through the houseVapors caressing, swirling aboutSearching for and finding perchWithin my nose, my smile, my smirch She brews a stewWith a sorcerer’s charmBlending a beguiling brisket of beefShe steals my soul, like a culinary thief At times I nod offFor just a little whileTo awaken from savory scentsThat brings a smile Each recipe…
Empty Halls
Seems these days we don’t agree on most anythingEven our hearts seem to be lost in futilityWe have both abandoned what we’ve always dreamedA life together, a love so strong, when did it all go wrong Will you still hear my voice echo through the empty hallsWill my picture still be hanging on the wallWill…