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…
Category: Poetry
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…
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…
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…
The Simple Fool
I find myself orphaned on this deserted islandA returned prodigalMy only inspiration an occasionalSliver of blue I was an appetent victim of your coquetryI drank from your Circe elixirYou are a siren, a piece de resistanceAn arabesque of womanhood All your gracious beautyYour infallible reflectionDisguised so adequatelyA heart of callosity Hollow is my heartI dwell…
A Winter’s Eve
As feathers, the flakes fallBacklit by a crescent moonThey meltOn my tongue As I lie in cold wetnessI am teasedSeized, by the momentHeld captive by its spectacle The singular sound I hearMust be my shallow breathingInvoluntarily I senseI trespass on this stage It’s time to take my leaveAllow my blood to flowBelow the crunching underfootAre…
Forevermore
Sailing the ocean in your eyesOn a blue and balmy breezeStriking out for an eternityOn your seven seas And in the shade of your hairI can’t help but stareDeep within the secretsYou so gladly share And I can feel my soul slipping awaySearching for the simple wayTo delay setting ashoreForevermore Written in 1972
Just A Boy
Laying in a meadow painted with heatherBack to the groundChewing on a blade of grassFeeling feckless, fancy-free Playing games with the cloudsLaughing out loudFor no particular reasonBut for the fun of it Been so many yearsI’d forgotten these feelingsOf being just a boyOn a lazy summer’s day An epiphany of epic proportionsThat a lifetime of…
Duty
I have suffered for youI have sweat for youI have shed blood for youI have shed tears for you As my comrades lay dying for youMy family suffered for youThey have shed tears for youThey live in constant fear and worry For me, for youWill you wrap me in a flag andCall me a hero…