It was bright red,

The apple from the garden

Where he laid his head.

His name, a sound that made ladies swoon

Brought great women to their knees

Turned some to mush too soon

For them to realize what transpired

What changes were made

That the garden bed inspired

“Come, see the earth that lies beneath my feet,”

He would say in so many words

“I’ll show you a garden full of love,

Full of tenderness,...

The moment you walk in you know him. The space is small, which reminds you he doesn’t need or ask for much. Prints tell you where he’s from, pictures tell you who he loves, medals tell you what he’s done, and books remind you, remind him of a time of innocence, a place of escape to a world unlike his, to a people who save mankind perhaps even saving him from the cruel world around him.

But what y...

They say it’s giving up to walk away

Life is a series of choices

To fight, run, walk, limp, and stay

The reason doesn’t matter they say

Maybe it’s a race that you decide to not quit but to finish instead

So you move forward, work through the pain, just keep looking ahead

Maybe the job pays well

So you stick it out and work through the hell

You’ve lived to seventy-five

Though the sickness has prog...

I took the road less traveled by and that has made all the difference

No one thought it was funny

No one thought it was sane

But I burned the candle at both ends

Until I burned out the flame.

I took the road less traveled by

And that has made all the difference

I lost almost every friend

And that nearly became my preference.

I did not care to hear every naysayer

Every negative comment whispered i...

It was quiet, save one bird flying by.

Waves die. Pool of glass.

Dew settles cold on blades of grass.

She could not see why just one bird flew by

When back home every day

Flocks of demons, of problems

So much heartache came her way.

This one solitary bird made not a ripple

But it soared through the air.

Silence did not break. Leaves stayed where they were.

Sticks did not crack under foot. It all...

A beautiful day, one single cloud in the sky,

a chariot so large it carried every passerby.

The bard who sat and observed

and wrote about them all, so absurd.

Golden locks, blush, powder, more blush, on she boarded

Her arms full of bags that she selfishly hoarded.

Graceful lad hopped on in an instant

passing the bard until alas he was distant.

Another. Perhaps a knight,

walking in with his pri...

Bodies tied to souls tied to minds

If I had a dollar for every time.

Every time I turn around I see

People thinking, people wanting to be free.

Freedom is fleeting, we are all bound

To our own devices, to being lost and not found.

Found a body whose soul has been lost?

Whose mind is no longer and with the trash has been tossed?

I don’t need a dollar. I don’t need to be free.

But I must confess...

Changing another one.

Will it ever end?

Over and over this little one I tend.

She smiles and coos,

Makes my heart melt.

She constantly poos

Dear God does it smell.

Changing another one.

Will it ever end?

Over and over I would happily spend

My day changing diapers

As long as it meant

I could keep you and love you

Until my very end....

Do I work for you?

Or do I work for me too?

My life is my own.

New boss. His kingdom. His rule.

I’ll start my own business. Fool....

I thought I knew everything I needed to know

But this life handed me a great blow.

Twenty-seven years after saying “I do”

I ended a struggle I always knew.

We should wait until our kids are older

So we waited until they grew.

We should wait until we can’t do it any more

So our love ended on distant shores.

I thought I knew everything I needed to know

But a love I never knew started to grow.

It...