I’ll give up my life for you / if you’ll give up your life for me….but we better be damn sure….that together will be better then what we give up it has to be a good trade for everyone involved and few have the courage not to settle for less to which I hear the…

Until you’re alone and it’s a comfortable place to be Until a can of beans consumed looking at a spectacular Sunrise is the best meal you’ve eaten Until the hum of the tires is your favorite lullaby Until you stop placing things on a mental list Of your favorite places because it changes Everyday Until…

God didn’t ask your permission today and He won’t ask for it tomorrow when you tell me what He will and won’t do I wonder when He called to tell you This God I know His Little Toe wouldn’t fit into the compartment you set aside for Him So I find it rather amusing and…

He was stumbling down the street and dressed like a bum… he veered into my lane and I made a uturn I rolled down the window and asked him to get in and that was the day our friendship began He calls himself “Martian” because he says he never fit in and that was a…

When we recall words that direct or redirect our paths we don’t consider how old they are …or where they come from….pertinent and applicable is all that matters   there are always answers….always the question is are we willing to wait and work for them….getting half the answer is often worse than no answer at…

I ran the lawn mower over the flowerbed…. It almost sounded like they were crying… I know I was I was grateful that the mower was loud so no one could hear my sobbing the flowers reminded me of you and I just couldn’t take it It is maddening to end a relationship when you…

To everyone that struggles with “liking” things that are “good “ for you.. you have my support and understanding. I am part of your herd. I also offer the suggestion that you end your self torture and lean towards acceptance and dismiss the thought of enjoying eating “humble pie.” Stop lying to yourself it isn’t…

Wandering through previous manuscripts I am puzzled as to what has happened to my work I have become a parody of a poet…what I have forgotten is that I am still discovering more about life ….. than I know That observation requires thought and explanation…not shoot from the hip arrows that pin people to places…

Seems far fetched but it can be this way… sometimes “ I love you is the worst thing you can say.” You may actually mean it but it doesn’t erase other things that have already been said. By all means there is a time and place….. but it’s best not to be surrounded by gibberish…

I heard the alarm, I heard the bell and it was so loud it made me scared as hell So I hit my knees and sang this song and it soothed my fear and helped me along “I know you watch over me and make a path for me, and I am never alone….you walk…