Yesterday

Yesterday It is a labyrinth, an unmapped way And there are tears and disrepair You never know what to say As you walk this lonely stair The night bends near in shades of gray And there permeates a dejected air That midnight cannot help betray And the darkness will never share But the heart can [...]

Our Path Goes Forever On

Our Path Goes Forever On  Clouds dissolve Unfolding the truth Veils of mist Awash with the sun Making traceries of light Our sky is gray and blue With clouds of pale rose And feather light Whispers of flames Fire and ice Quietly falling Across the breadth The skies may darken And the rain may roll [...]

Keepsakes

Keepsakes Moments in time, fragments of life In no particular order, loosely connected Meanings lost in the mist of years In the forest of a lifetime Keepsakes for someone Each one of intrinsic value Evoking feelings, joy and tears Sweeping back the days gone by Of no consequence, overlooked by others The wooden box, carved [...]

Silence Unravelled

Silence Unravelled Do you know the touch of my words? Thoughts within thoughts The ghosts of sorrows past Splinters of my life Everything falling into place Imagination and reality Precise with imperfection Wild and untethered Carelessly tossed to make a ripple Or each thread perfectly woven They are the abstract shadows Behind the flow of [...]

Lilies

Lilies Oh bring me not the sighing lilies Their sweet, cloying, perfume of death Their pale, quiet faces, open mouthed in grief Give them not to me for company Their cold, alabaster touch Their waxy countenances Bringing a sad beauty A mournful picture Their ghostly visages woven Into the landscape of despair At home on [...]