Laying under the night sky, counting stars and thinking of you. Sound of Patches, in her paddock. Dreaming of your soldier boy. You feel life is good. Driving home from work,. passing by the protesters. Screaming how evil the war is, soldiers are killer...
Just the start of another day. Your song comes on the radio. Sly & the Family Stone. "Thank You". As you wiggle in your jeans. You think of your boy, far far away. Sitting on the corner of your bed, you read his last sentence. "I'll be back in your arms,...
I packed my kilt away.Hung my trusty bess,on the wall.Drank deep from the well.Sturdy Jake harnessed,Joe, loyal Joe by my side.Thirty acres wait.Wheat to wave in the wind,Corn to give cover.Work to be done,on God's beautiful earth.
At the age of nine, lying in the children's ward. Rheumatic fever, burning though me. Nuns and Doctors come and go, tending a full ward of eight boys. Across from me lay a new boy, no more than five years old. Sadly for he had survived, his family fire. A...
You are my disease, with no cure. A Kansas flower, blooming in the sun. Wisps of vapors across July skies. Rarity of a Mexicali emerald. Lonely wolf, telling his story. Under full harvest moon, Love won and lost. Trace your steps, on prairie fields. Wi...
Sun-dried mud on youthful faces. Waiting for the shrill sound of whistles. Rolling thunder, foot by foot. Sending earth tossed to heaven. Drips of crimson foam splash mates, along the trench lines. Orders barked with the shrill whistles. "Over the top boy...
Dagger to one's heart, pierced deep. Words so strong, stunned from where? Not enough so, twisted with poisoned tongue. Take notice, one's world crumbles. Flame consume all, heart turns to ash. Leaving one to wonder, and stumble. One last stab, deep to one...
