I came to live with this family in 1988, when they moved across the country, leaving family and friends behind in search of a new beginning and a better life. I was already here in California, waiting for a new home and family to watch over. They arrived here on New Year's Day into a motel where they lived for six weeks while their new house became ready for them. To become familiar with where they lived, they ventured ou...

I imagine a yule fire with all my loved ones gathered 'round All the children singing and lovers cuddling so near, happiness abounds. I imagine a yule fire with every candle that I buy You enjoy your Christmas and I, I'll enjoy my rituals and light. I imagine a yule fire with all my loved ones gathered 'round All the children singing and lovers cuddling so near, happiness abounds... I imagine a yule fire with every candle...

My king-size bed is centered on the wall, directly beneath the window. It has a very hard mattress out of choice. The drapes are an odd shade of green. The bedspread and pillows are a deep maroon. There are two hanging reading lights over each side of the bed with a sort of buttercream glass shade. Each side of the bed also has an antique side table with two drawers that have a collection of odds and ends that usually get...

What is the feeling inside me So strange This silly smile plastered to my face I am deaf to all but his voice Ringing through my mind like wind through the trees I am struck dumb No words can I utter Just sit in wonder No conscious thought Just a rapturous glow Basking in the divine Sitting here on cloud nine The world seen through new eyes Everything a kaleidoscope of colors Sunbeams Falling leaves Blooming flowers Shoot...

Happiness in the Village The geese woke the villagers on this crisp fall morning. Honking all in a perfect V flying south the new sun on their wings. The villagers woke with the spirit of the holidays. One after another a plume of smoke curled up from the houses, rising to meet the new fall day.  Another day, another adventure awaited the children. Laughter filled the paths to the school. Some stopping to throw the new fa...

In my heart there is this heavy feeling in which I can identify both sorrow and happiness. The combination making me cry. True tears roll  thick down my cheeks. I'm shaking and gasping, all while laughing and experiencing watery grins. I can't help but feel fortunate for this onslaught of emotion. Emotion in it's purest form sneaking up on me when I realize how blessed I am to have my friends.  It's only my friends who ca...

One Love One Life Are we so different than the other animals on this earth? To list but four, Gibbon Apes, wolves, barn owls and swans. What do they have and which we humans strife for? One love and one life together, yes they find a single mate. We call our mates lovers, soul mates what a beautiful word indeed. We are blessed to find our one. Our soul mate. To walk together into the night. Raise a family, be something of...

Life, for what purpose? Together with others givingFor others we’re employingSlave for the money Conscience, blessing or curse?Over thinking instead of livingObserving instead of enjoyingSlave of societies attorney Offspring, we die to nurseLife to give meaning to livingHappiness to see them toyingSophia, my life’s honey

Do you ever do something that makes you want to sing from the rooftops? You know, so everyone knows you’re happy, full of love and want to share it with all. Yeah, I have those feelings from time to time. It’s a feeling we should all share, to let us know this world isn't so dark and dreary. This world is full of hate, greed, pain and anger. So, when we have a chance to sing from the rooftops for happiness we should do it...

Life is like a game of poker. You play by the rules. And you make the smart bets. You sit at the table, folding hand after hand of ten- two, seven- three, nine-five, while everyone else is getting aces and face cards, and raking in your five or ten dollar blind. And then it happens. You get a pair of aces, so you bet them. You bet them big, trying to catch up to the rest of the world. But some fool sitting across the tabl...

Transient friends pass through our life.Like notes upon the wind, from a fife. Brightening our spirit like the dawn.Here for awhile, then they are gone. Time passes and again they return. Into our hearts warmth they churn. Greeting us with their gorgeous smile.Making us feel we can walk another mile. Bringing with them memories of yesterday.Good times in our minds they help display. Visiting together like time has stood s...

Geordie Martin's Budgie We were all sitting in the Pit Canteen, at one thirty in the afternoon, half an hour from the time we have to go down. It was mid-summer as well, quite a hot day and the last thing we wanted, was to be down the hot smelly dark pit. We'd all rather be on the beach, with a few beers. But we were all trying to be positive. Laughing and joking, trying to keep our spirits up, when in walks Geordie Marti...

"Stay with me, baby stay with me, tonight don't leave me alone... Well, I'm not sure what this is gonna be... hold my breath as you're moving in, taste your lips and feel your skin, when the time comes, baby don't run, just kiss me slowly." -Kiss Me Slowly, Parachute. I could ask, I could, just to be sure, but why? Why,  when something is  so sweet, so precious, so tender, flirtatious, perfect already? I could wonder on i...

Irish DreamsIrish breezes blowing south thru the hills you see clover bending from an eagles view stone walls in squares smoke from a chimney heaven bound dreams of a far off valley of golden wheat fight for the Queen you were told safe passage to the colonies you shall go freedom to move freedom to speak where to land north or south you think but first you must be a Queens red off to India you go dream my Irish fore fath...

I'm a lawyer a Nigerian lawyer so I'm sure it won't come to you as a surprise if I tell you that I love constitutional law. Constitutional law remains one of my best course in the university while studying to be a lawyer but it comes after criminal law.The first time I came across the American declaration of independence was during a constitution law lecture. I fell in love with it but then what is there not worth falling...