To everyone in the room, she seemed like just a normal girl wearing Vans, blue jeans, and a red hoodie. The Vans were a checkerboard pattern and Jeff Spicoli would have approved.  I grinned because I loved that movie. That was the year I came of age. Life was tasty and was about to get very gnarly.  I held out my hand. "Shall we dance, Princess?" She smiled. I could smell the scent of eucalyptus wafting through the open w...

As I walked into the room it felt as if everyone there turned to watch me. My wife walked alongside me for support, but in her heart, she knew she could not help me. I alone was responsible for the path I had chosen last week, and now it was time to hear the result of my actions. I stood on the plinth, with my back to the hushed gathering, and awaited my fate.  Peering up at me the administrator slowly delivered her verdi...

I cry a river, and drown in my sorrows Yesterday’s problems, are the worries of tomorrow Running out of time, with none to borrow The clock ticks, my heart beats, my soul turns hollow Walk a mile in my shoes, but destiny won’t follow My friends moved together, like birds of the same feather Sadly all friends are vultures….

You are my one and only, The one that I was meantTo be with and the one I am destined to be with,The one that I would, if required, I would do anything for.I would climb the highest mountains,I would sail the ocean blue,Build bridges to cross rivers,Trek across the vast desertsJust so that I could be with you.For you my love I would,If you wanted me toI would lasso the moon Just for you and I wouldPull the moon down.When...

That sanctuary is still there.In the valley where the live oaks growScattered across the landscape of hope.Turn down the lane to where the wonderful one is waving,Beckoning as you come down the hill.Down the hill to your singular home once more.You've been here before.Been here and welcomed,Always welcome.Embraced in the open arms of acceptance,And never any regrets.Only the landscape of hope.Always the honor of being lov...

Venture back into the past I do.Times long ago, I can't undo. Back in time when I was a kid.Eons have past, heaven forbid. Places that I have visited before.Spaces not wanting to re-explore. Bruises, scars, some are painful.Matter of fact, many be baneful. Asking myself from time to time.How can I ever undo the crime? Guilty feeling passed onto me,For things I never asked to be. Stuff I never would have chosen.Deeds that...

The first time I looked into your piercing eyes,you caught me by complete surprise;It wasn't long from that time, that my beating heart was no longer mine;Each time I gaze upon your handsome face,I know I've been blessed by God's precious grace;I love you more than you'll ever know, and throughout our lives, our love will grow;You are my friend, my love, my destiny, my present, my future, my eternity.

Drink Of The Fruit Outside the city where the pomegranates grow, In the fields of the everlasting mind. Shines the rays of enlightened warmth I seek, And the hopes of a new mankind. To taste the fruit of Gods and men, Is to embrace the immortal soul. Within the thoughts of modern men, Like the theory of the Monopole. From science to God and back again, From whence we drink of the fruit. The truth is I am but one man And I...

Sometimes, as the sages taught us, it is the very darkest of nights that bring the most illuminating truths. So it was when Piotr found himself suddenly on a cliff-top in the middle of a dream one night; well that is how it seemed. Let me try to explain. Piotr had gone to bed, as usual, that evening at around 11 pm. He had switched off the light in his small living room, wandered to the kitchen to draw a glass of water an...

Chaim Finkel - just Finkel to those few who knew him - was a thoughtful man. He pondered life's mysteries while he went about his everyday business. He was around middle aged, tall and with pronounced, and not very flattering, features. His black hair was good and thick though here and there a little grey. Each day, as he walked to work along the banks of the Vistula River, he would throw bread to the ducks and swans and...

I had a long talk with someone very close to me the othernight. She told me of events and stories of her life from when she was a little girl. Then she told me of her mom's life. Growing up in another country. Her struggles to come to America as a young girl. How she survived once she got here. It was a very bonding moment and one I am grateful that she shared. We met online in the fall of 2012 over on the red site and th...

In my dreams,I saw love on the horizon,When I opened my eyes,There you stood;In my fantasies,I saw an undying love,When I opened my heart,I found my destiny

There is this place I go. It’s in my head I know. She’s always there for me. It’s where I want to be. My place is safe and warm. It hides me from the storm. She keeps me calm inside. Her love is my faithful guide. She tolerates my endless flaws. Builds me up with her applause. Holds me tight when I am weak. And frees me from my havoc's wreaked. Her stunning presence inside my head. Breathes life into a man thought dead. W...

A frantic mind can hurt the calmest heart. Rancid thoughts will tear you apart. True or not, nothing is what it seems. Nothing makes sense in your insane dreams. Guilt and doubt fill every cranny and nook. A missed call, a forgotten text is all it took. What was love a few hours ago, Now causes you to question all that you know. Your wandering mind has you replaced by others. Another, than another, until you feel smothere...

The gleam in his eye when he smiles at me,Makes my heart feel as if it will burst The warmth of his hand on the small of my backMakes me feel adored even at my worst He is the other half of my heart The missing piece of my soulOur connection unbreakable The one who makes me whole I sleep with my head on his chest Listening to his heart beat Smelling the scent of his skinHis warmth through the sheetHe is my soul mateOur lo...