I think I wrote this one after watching an episode of "The Twilight Zone." I'm not sure I could recommend reading it, but it's in the stack so it goes on here.....

Don't read if depressed...

Regression

Endless seas wash away

Timeless places.

Memories are haunted by

Loves never forgotten tears.

Meteors spreading in never-ending paths,

Clouds disappearing

But never to die.

Water’s reflections

Tell us no lies.

Man is a mortal thing

Always returning to his beginning –

Dust.

Did You notice I was away?

I've been away for a little bit....did you notice?

Gone But Not Forgotten

I saw you in my dreams.

Your smile undimmed,

No tears had yet

Crossed your cheeks,

Your eyes bright with life.

I wonder where you are now,

So many years gone by.

Has sorrow bowed you?

Does laughter still fill

Your heart?

I miss you

And what I felt

In your presence.

My hope is that

You still know joy,

That your heart still smiles.

Thinking About the Unthinkable

Sometimes as I watch others go through times of great struggle and loss I try to imagine what might be going through their hearts and minds. This is one of those moments.

Farewell

He stood alone

Having rushed the others away

It was time for him

To say goobye

She was taken

Away too soon

The battle all too brief

Leaving time only to grieve

Removing his coat

Casting aside the tie

The first shovel

Releasing his heartache

Sweat soon

Mixed with tears

And a man who never cried

Buried the best part of himself. 

Jan. 2014

Not Good...But Kinda Funny

Ok...I admit it. This poem is NOT very good. But it is kinda funny and does accurately reflect my feelings during some of my classes...at every level of my education.

So, here it is...

Just Another Monday Class

Here I sit in class

With Dr. Jim.

It’s hard to stay awake

While listening to him.

Around the bush

We constantly beat.

But the rabbit we’ll never catch

In fact, it’s a dead heat

I’ve taken no notes

But wasted lots of paper,

Drawing many doodles

While he tells

Of another  caper.

I don’t want to say

Dr. Jim is a bore,

But what I’d really like to do

Is run screaming out the door.