It's been many years now. I've been to college and received my degree. My job now is teaching young people. It's a rewarding way to make a living. It's a fine and honorable thing to spend one's life forming the personalities of youths. My students give me...
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My Heart
Once upon a time, I knew my heart.I used to think that My heart Was strength Those muscled walls pump life Through my veins and arteries Without help or direction An Involuntary act of nature Like a whirlwind That I could neither capture nor hold My heart roams free Runs deep Beats from p...
Piddling With A Hainted Heart
Piddling: [Intransitive verb] to waste; to dawdle or trifle; to piddle the time away. A euphemism.Just because she doesn't cry, Doesn’t mean a thing. What she’s piddling with Is a hainted heart. Sometimes tears Can't cause a river Deep enough for a woman To dip her haint of a heart in --Not when she has lived too long In such a short time. Wha...
Blood is Thicker Than Water
Slightly fictionalized true event. Names were changed.Reader discretion advised. The story you are about to read contains language that some readers may find offensive. By choosing to read this piece, you agree that you do not object to reading content that may be considered racial prejudice. Please note tha...
The yearning never endsThe path is fraught with pain The tenderness is goneWhy do they feel no shame Now let us sing out loudNow open up our heartsNow touch the peace withinAnd we shall mend their souls Across the land we soarWith wings of faith and joyTo...
My sweet dear friend
I thought we would be together foreverWe were together, for a little while; I think about you, and the way you smiled.We were friends forever, until that night;That dreadful night, you lost your life.When I got the phone call, it was so surreal,I was numb, and shocked could this be real?My be...
I went to the moon tonight And I remembered what you said “When you see another’s face, Think of mine instead.” The sky was black and cold I’m getting a little scared All I wanted was a friend All I wanted was to care I held your hand real tight And I cou...
Nosferatu Immortalis
Bathed in morning’s pure glorious light, go forth and find your peace.On a cold dark night a figure stood, Pale face shrouded in darkened hood, Statuesque, as though carved from wood; No beauty held the night sky. As pale as soapstone, his damp cold skin, No breath to see nor heartbeat within, A tear rolled down from cheek...
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Lust eruption of sexual heat Lovebonds two hearts entwined Fearkept truth inside Guiltbuilding till I burst Truth cutting like a knife Shatteringthe heart I love Burstinto a million parts Sorrowturned own heart lone Franticallylooking for pieces Mendingth...
One Door Closes . . .
The first steps taken to get out of a love-less marriageOne Door Closes. . . I spent the last six months in my failure-of-a-marriage, tying up loose ends. Divesting myself of all that I'd gained in twenty years. We all accumulate things, to keep under the banner of, “what-if ?” We'd had all our hurtful argumen...
How can I reconcile the two? Happiness and the urge to grieve. One is a dream at last come true. One is horrible to believe, By both I was filled with treasure, From both I derived a pure bliss. Meeting one has brought me pleasure. Losing one has brought...
Yesterday I missed you. Yesterday I needed you. Today I miss you. Today I need you. Tomorrow I will miss you. Tomorrow I will need you. I want you to hold me just one more time. Some know the pain, others can’t imagine. It is one you never want to feel, b...
Fall Softly Off The Face of Tomorrow
The light of life battles always with the darkness of death...I have no feelings, Lost A hollow sense of self. I want what I cannot have and Yearn for all that is beyond my reach. I want to wake up gone, Adrift in heaven Away from a world that hurts, If a broken heart hurts What then of a broken soul? Crumpled and...
I have felt so alone, pain you would never knowPain that remains inside you, pain that will never goI have felt this pain. This pain is part of meBut this part I have never let anybody see.I am a soldier in a foreign landGoing up against my enemy, hand to...