Category Archives: Poetry

It matters not How dark the night It matters not How long the fight It is enough To be here right now It is enough For a head to bow On this one day Set the sun free It’s light is in you For all to see

Hope drags like a weight Shadows stand at the gate – May I set it all down? The smile, and the frown – May I rest here in the shade? Let the sound and silence fade – Will the ground hold me up? While I mend my broken cup –

As my body grows old My sight blurs slowly I see through a mist You start to look like me The ravages of time My hearing gives out If I strain just a little Your whisper becomes my shout With the passing of time My memory starts to fade But I dwell in making upContinue reading “In everything I see”

I had notions abundant About life and love About man and this world About God above You showed me the way That led only to me Find my own answers What blasphemy Friends and lovers No demand No need We stand together Each one complete

Let me not be defined By what happens to me Neither vain in victory Nor dejected in defeat Nothing is inherently good Or bad… as it may seem For sorrow defines joy Where hell and heaven meet For all the storms And the rainbows along the way Let me abide in gratitude …In quiet stillness…Continue reading “Grateful”

I am significant Said a speck of dirt Another speck came along Smiled and sat with it Witnessed it …. And made it so

I have looked everywhere High and low I have searched all over And I still don’t know Where did I slip When was I remiss As if the comedy was not enough Now, there is this I have lost my God, you see Somewhere along the way Go on, laugh at me I also forgotContinue reading “Lost and forgotten”

Until I can feel warm again Let me sit by the fireplace Until I can find gratitude again Let bitter tears streak my face Until I believe in luck again Can I call this cardinal mine? As eleven goes past eleven Will you watch the face of time? Until I can stand up again LetContinue reading “Light a candle for me”

With eyes closed I breathed your essence Lost in wonder I held your presence My prayers forgotten My rosary looked askance I held you today Like you hold your fragrance

If memories were a place It would surely be the heavens If life had a name It would be a handful of lessons If we were the circus You would surely be my twin If love had a fragrance It would be a handful of jasmine