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The Angel’s Dilemma: Love and Duty

And so it goes day after dreadful day

She finds them, as their time has come

To help them cross over and on their way.

There’s never alot of discussion

Afterall, there isn’t much left to say

ODE TO ELEANOR

It’s the cheeks for me I say as I show her photo But it’s much more than that It’s what she makes me see It’s what I now know But it’s much more than that It’s her ice-cream smeared lips And her little baby laughs But it’s much more than that It’s the way sheContinue reading “ODE TO ELEANOR”

A Thousand Deaths

I didn’t mourn your death I mourned the life you’d reject I mourned the humor you lost I mourned the intellect it cost You died a thousand small deaths before you took your last breath One long continuous exhale year after year All life squeezed out, expunged by fear Flashes of spit, blood smeared, voicesContinue reading “A Thousand Deaths”

THANK YOU MR. BURTON

Not to be dramatic; but I’ve recently come to the conclusion that Levar Burton and his show “Reading Rainbow” may have saved my life. Let me explain. I recently heard that infamous theme song to Reading Rainbow. You know the words, “Butterfly in the sky. I can go twice as high. Take a look. It’sContinue reading “THANK YOU MR. BURTON”