Ten weeks,

Your heart was beating,

The rhythm a gift He did bestow,

Now a shadow, the whisper fleeting,

The song unsung I can never know.

Your laughter, your tears,

The opus composed but never played,

Though they live in me- a fragile crescendo,

Your echoes, your touch -I can never know.

Ten years,

The stars still shine, eternal, cold,

Time, the eternal river never ceasing flow, ...

Where are you going?
I can feel the ground quake
Like the rumble of three thousand water buffalo—
This flat pedal form affecting your gait.

But do not fret, dear patient,
Perhaps much to her dismay,
Fresh from overnight call,
Dr. Sam is on service today.

Director duties, four ORs, thirty clinic patients,
Attempting to improve patient care.
Like the tree in the forest,
Falling on ears that have...

I see you

Do you believe you can conceal yourself under the fabric of that smile,

Woven with laughter,

This shroud of jest?

You can’t hide from me

Your heart shines brightly illuminating the dark corners of my soul

Oh my dear beacon,

I see you

You may have others fooled

Eyes closed,

Senses stunted,

Living in blissful ignorance

But I am no fool

My fingers caress your scars

Questioning y...