I will never forget the message that plays over inside my mind The one asking me to call you To help you with something that night I was selfish and I pushed it aside thinking I had some more time I learned the next day that time can be ripped away When I...
THIS OLD WOMANThis woman has grown bitter and twistedlike an old knarled treethat sits atop a barren, rocky outcropthat looks out over the sea.Buffeted by winds and salty airstripped bareof life.Stubborn and resolute.Holding on till death to be rightto wi...
I sat beside him as he cooled. I touched his hand and stroked his head. Death had come an hour before. They placed him on a hospital bed. I found him on the bathroom floor. There was no pulse or breathing sound. He collapsed behind the wooden door. There...
I recently lost two relatives who I was not close to. I have also been thinking a lot about separation and the reasons behind it. This poem is about making amends and finding peace before it’s too late. Souls like lights, travel through space,Trails cross...
It is very painful in a sad ironic way, that what can hurt so badly is the thing one does not say. Those alive can hear tomorrow that which should be said. What was never spoken cannot be told to the dead. If you love in silence then love cannot shine its...
It’s time to stop being cute and coy and simply wish you Christmas joy because the day is rapidly approaching. May you smile at all the lights that brighten up the winter nights and I’ll stop being caustic and reproaching. Reindeer should not swear at elv...
Moonlit waves caressed the sand.She touched him with a delicate hand. She nestled up and pulled him near. What would unfold was perfectly clear. Afterward not a word was spoken. The perfect silence was never broken. They lay never more than an inch apart....
Live Don Abdul ©2005 ~~x~~ Life may be unfair Harsher in its judgement every passing year Loss of youth a great concern To those who hoarded that priceless gem Regret is for them You live but once So enjoy life, have fun by the tonnes For when the night...
In the abandoned building, amid the rubble, Abraham disrobes. His pale skin glows in the sun, his dark chest hairs protrude, accentuated by the shocking milkiness of his torso. He holds his hands high, grinning. Maggie unpacks their meager picnic scrounge...
No, I'm sorry, no. Deep in the deaf black nightI lay aloneIn a box, the emptiness crushes meThe hollow space stares at meDisappointed, tear filled eyes Reaching towards meIcy claws rip my heartThe past chills my veinsHope slips through my fingers as if it...
For all my plans now laid to restand all my dreams once given testThere comes a time and wish that's bestForgotten and unsaidFor all my conduct ill-conceivedand all my sorrows ever grievedThere comes a time andwish believedRemembered yet unreadFor all my...
