Now and Forever: a love story The dream was back--so were the eyes. They hovered in an angry sky just above the horizon, seeing everything but focusing on nothing. Amy knew those eyes—knew a time when they’d been filled with happiness and a love of life. But that had been before her brother came back from Vietnam. Young, naked, and skinny, she stood alone and vulnerable on a hill surrounded by flames where everything kept...

Gordon Curzon was a veteran of many fierce commercial negotiations and boardroom battles.  He was at ease with heads of state, and finance ministers, and held in very high esteem by corporate bankers and lawyers.  He was a decisive and confidant man.  He was also a man of his word, with a very high sense of personal honour and corporate ethics, he subscribed to the motto ‘Dictum meum pactum.’ “I don’t think I have ever in...

We have been friends for years Meeting for the first time at my workplace Where you soon became a regular   We started talking day by day Our friendship grew And so did my feelings for you.   Now we talk regularly You know all about me and my life And are even head over heels about my children.   I can’t help but smile as my heart skips a beat When you come and surprise us With your weekend visits.   Now I am scared I wan...

To me you are wonderful So kind and caring Who would do anything to help a friend I think of you as my rock and confidant Which is why this is so very hard And hurts so much Its been brought to my attention That I am holding you back Restricting your freedom And monopolizing your time Sure this could be pure jealousy But just in case it is not, I made a decision. I've always been told That if you love something You need t...

The ship sank.It wasn't like it is in the movies. There were no fancy explosions or any of that out of control pomp and circumstance. After three days at sea, it simply slid beneath the glassy surface of the water like a retreating shadow at dawn. There were two survivors floating in the turpentine waters at the time of the sinking, both girls, one with white-blonde hair and star-filled, blue eyes, and the other a red-hea...

Miles apart  The distance never stops the giggling You make me laugh  We enjoy the same silly things  We like the same music  Oh my lord you get my sense of humor  Silly little things  There is a bond that  Is stronger than most  Who would have thought  That a simple introduction  Would set the course for  A friendship that I'd would be  Lost without. You know me better than most .  

When the last leaf falls will they be there to watch it. How often have they told you they love you.Perhaps not as often as you needed. Even once is wonderful.Even once is not never. When it is taken away does the autumn of your soul descend upon you? Words, words, words. What do they mean? What about trust. They said trust.Did they trust?They said love. Did they love? The autumn of your soul descends.The last leaf succum...

Looking at the blank page in front of her She realizes that she could fill it a million times over With all her thoughts and emotions Currently running through her veins. But what is it that she feels she really needs to say Is it thank you for the all the love and support? Or maybe that she’s sorry? No, its all that and more… You see as much as she is going to fight With all she believes and all the love she holds dear S...

As her name suggests,She came downTo be reborn To bring hope to allAround her. Could this girl be sent,From heaven aboveMaybe she’s an angelWith her haloShining ever so bright. To so many around her,This girl shines through Giving everyone hopeThrough their darkest daysBecoming their guardian angel. She has a love for French wine,With bubbles that taste so sweetJust as sweet as herThat you would want To have a taste of he...

Tule reeds covered marshy backwaters. They searched for science project specimens. The Colorado River was chilly, but spring sun warmed these waters. They waded waist deep in jeans. Denim dries quickly. Tom's fair skin was pale after the desert winter spell. Booker's deep brown skin glistened where droplets had fallen. Soon they donned their white t-shirts, sneakers, and got to Tom's house. "I'm sick of hearing that damne...

Standing out here out on a mesa in these high desert plains and hearing what sounds like voices on the wind that’s softly blowing, and I am stretching imagination and nerves to hear what they seem to be saying. Knowing that the path I have followed is right which the Tao has decided and directed those of us chosen to find that single Essential Truth that shines in our minds like a mission. As I stand here in the dark red...

Standing here and knowing that we are all flawed and at times seem to be stuck with the things we aren’t proud of, along with the decisions that we have made that turn into those thoughts that torture our dreams and seem to cripple our souls. There times when I, or rather we hate being out here and it seems to be like a nightmare, and sometimes asking ourselves if God is out there and allowing those thoughts to exist and...

You're our sun,Our moon,You're our word's,You're our tune,Our earth,Our sky,Our sea,You're friendship mean's so much to us.You're our light in the darkness,You're our peace and happiness,Our hopeAnd our friend forever more. 

She stands on the edge of a virtual cliffinching closer with each new dayThinking life is just getting too difficultand no one would miss her anyway. Taking another step closerfeeling the pain closing innot just her ownbut those she holds most dear to her heart. Staring out she thinksabout how she will miss themsome have been more like familythan her real blood ones. Her mind then drifts to himabout how they haven't known...

xxxIn the spring of ’68, it was the worst of times. Student protests raged from the Sorbonne to Berkeley. Civil rights demonstrations and anti-war rallies were turning violent. Martin Luther King was dead; Bobby Kennedy would be soon. Hundreds of other Americans were dying each week in South Vietnam. Soldiers patrolled the streets of Saigon, Paris, and Washington. Soviet troops prepared to invade Prague. And in a nowhere...