I texted Susan a few times, but I didn't want to scare her away so I kept it to pleasantries. She hadn't offered much of herself in the weeks she had been coming in, and I knew pushing would be a bad idea. Still, it made me smile every time I got a reply. I got really excited the next time she came through the big front door late one evening. It was a weeknight, and only a few customers were left. I was closing. "Hi, Susa...
You chased it awayBut it's back You smothered its breathIt just laughed You brought it to sea in a boatBut tossed overboard, saw it float You burned it alive but it roseYou buried it deep but it grows You prayed for reliefNo avail You reasoned and pledKeened and wailed What is this thing that won't leave?Why can you get no relief? The reason there's no place to hide?You can't run from what is inside The only thing left yo...
The seconds seem to drag on as Bruce sat there with his mind struggling to understand what he had just been told. The stunning blond sitting next to him had just admitted to forging his signature on Lea's birth certificate and he was at a loss for words. Part of him understood why she did it. She didn't want the name of the baby's Father to be listed as unknown on the legal document because she would reveal the name the t...
Lay your beating heart by mine Cross your fingers intertwine Search your soul for hidden sign Toss the straws and fall in line. Rest hope’s head upon your bed Have no tears left to be shed Sleep not on this path we tread Read the notions left unsaid. When you tire keep it in If you stop you won’t begin Journey to yourself within Find what’s needed to fit in. When you’re wretched, when you’re sad You’ll see men in same clo...
To love is ... To accept someone for their differences, as well as their similarities; To love is ... To hold them in your heart, even when you can't hold them in your arms; To love is ... To forgive and forget and move on, instead of moving on and forgetting to forgive; To love is ... To allow different interests to compliment who you are together, instead of complicating who you are seperately; To love is ... To grow to...
It was a small pueblo in the Sonoran Desert. Juliana and Desiderio lived there. They were both artisans. They had apprenticed with the great jeweler and artist Gabriel. Everyone in northern Mexico knew of Gabriel. Even in the Mexico City he was known to the rich people who could afford his works. Why, even the peons and laborers knew of him. He was the Great Gabriel. And July and Desi had been his apprentices. Unfortunate...
Eyes open to the sky, Rain pours down like tears from clouds dark as night like my eyes.Hair is drenched, Clothes are torn, but I am so alive even as I die.Tossed out on the curb, The cold is my only friend, freezing my heart slowing my mind.Voices stop shouting, Punches stop coming, memories disappear the bruises will too.This pain will not be here for long, This ache will evanesce, as I am welcomed into Heaven by a Deit...
It would be nothing less than a lie to deny that I am missing you. But my heart is all right. You are so far from me. Yet your very essence is ever present. Still, my heart is all right. Flashes of you consumethe empty spaces between my thoughts. Nevertheless, my heart is all right. I remember… Your spirit painted me daily with showers of warm illumination.Our yokes were equivalent. Your soul serenaded my mind daily witho...
Your heart isn't big enoughYour soul pure enoughTo ever make me believeThat you are good enoughYou can look like a modelSmell like a fantasySpeak words of poetryBut you will never be good enoughYou can treat her like a princessAdore her to piecesBut unless you are perfect You will never be good enoughYou can be smart as EinsteinA member of MensaBut unless you can promise to never hurt her You will never be good enoughShe'...
You filled my ears with lies You played such a gameIt shouldn't have been a surprise I am to blame I fell for it Hook line and sinker Believed it all What was I thinking You became my best friendAnd then I loved you soHours and hours spend togetherI couldn't let you go Words meant just for me They were all untrueRepeated to every other girlI wasn't special to you You told me you loved me And we'd always be together An...
She's like a mirage A beautiful paradise Full of grace and beauty And a heart so wise I loved him And he loved meBut it wasn't enoughNot meant to be With my soul mate Is my place in lifeThe light of my soulIm proud to be his wife When I walked awayTo never speak again What better to know She will take care of him So I placed his hand in hers And kissed that life goodbye Knowing my place to be And in each other they will...
Cool shades of blue I see you Cerulean Cobalt Sapphire Indigo Cool shades of blue Blue sky on a summers day A reflection of a sunset sea A pounding surf at dawn washing over me A sudden summer storm Night sky filled with a thousand brilliant stars All swirling around me in shades of you Soothing balm to my chaotic mind All these pieces that are you Jagged and broken Misplaced and a mess too Imperfections galore A lightho...
''Deliver the message, become famous, make a movie , then push your philosophy...'' Married ManA time then cameWhen doubt forged a nameAlone at the desk, I blankly stare at this messA vision so blurry, unlike beforeDecades of writing, the world has not seenYears of injustice, finally in retreatNo more will I stay Mentally driven, wounded heart at bayA glance to the left A smile received The next thing I knewIt was a dream...
Once, back in the ancient days of the 1970s, I was living, and sometimes going to the university, in Columbia, Missouri. I lived there for many years, going to school of and on. After 24 years I got my BA in English. Then I went on to get an MA in Geography. Anyway, this was before that was all done. While I was still just futzing around in the town, going to the Chez coffeehouse, serving coffee and tea to students and ha...
The past remains the past, The present must be faced. The future comes at last, Don't let us judge in haste. Forgiveness is the rule, A new life must begin.Thus though the hurts were cruel Forget and love again. Remember all the good, Let pass all of the bad.You bless your friends, and should, Give joy and make them glad. Awake with dawn each day Resolving at your bestTo keep your hate at bay. Lie down to your just rest.B...
