It's early morning the day before Thanksgiving. There came about 8 more inches of snow overnight. There's almost an expectant hush, like something more than dawn lies over the horizon. Although there's no moon, it's luminous. Starlight shimmers off the he...
Chapter 9 Love Is Not To Be Judged It is not a woman, but a man of about forty years old. Very handsome, in a long dark cloak. His eyes are full of love, as he kisses Aret on the lips. Dara’s son ran away with a guy! “Are you wounded?” Ner kneels by me, h...
tonight I sat in dark warmth and listened to carols of old sung with love and passion and true faith. filling those moments was the memory of joy stolen.... the theft motivated by a need to keep me in line, to keep me isolated, to keep me powerless. and I...
Searching higher ground reason within The last of a kind that cuts confused the skin, Winds that blow ever so strong, fearless icy cold Cold that once was warm so alluring, inviting A blaze, flame tall, colored as the aurora borealis Waves of seductive fi...
I want to share with you a true story about a three year old boy who lived in a small farming community in Texas. Brownfield Texas comes by it’s name honestly. Brown fields are everywhere. If you have never been in a dust storm in Brownfield Texas you kno...
God Can Hear Your Teardrops Fall It was one of my times in life, When nothing seemed to be going right. My heart was filled with heartache and strife. I had spent some days in a cloud of despair, Wondering why life seemed so unfair. I stared into the empt...
Ocean of Tears I gaze across the expanse of this ocean, My heart cries, “This many tears I’ve shed”. The waves roll in and out, Like the emotions of my soul. How can I overcome this pain? Rocked by reality, life without you Will never be the same. As the...
In the night time he would come aroundand lay his cool hands on my warm forehead.In the night time he would come aroundand lay his warm hands on my cool Heart.In the night time he would come aroundand surround me with his rainbow lightIn the night time he...
© 2011, Lee Goldberg It’s often said before the dawn that darkness reigns and hope is gone. Right now I know that’s the way you feel. But dawn will come. You’ll see the sun. One day your struggle will be done. And you will be quite different when you heal...
“Pwesent!,” my daughter shouted. “Pwesent!” “I’m sorry,” the elfin voiced on the telephone said. “I didn’t understand that. If you want a present for yourself from Santa, say ‘Present.’ If you want Santa to get something for Mommy or Daddy, say ‘Parent.’...
I recall the evening as if it were yesterday, even though it's been over ten years. I stared down at the table and mindlessly picked at my food while my wife sat silently across from me. Nancy and I had been married almost 25 years at the time. We had bee...
