Drip Echo Quiet steps you don’t hear Shadows drift across the floor Empty hallways call you Near the empty cobwebbed door Time Snow drifts build against an old oak Bowed against a cold north gale Moonlit night ice glitters dark and shatters Deep inside The cavern echoes and you hear Thoughts that started long ago…… Continue reading Phoenix
Category: Poetry
Overcome
The molten iron falls in tiny droplets red The evil creature inside it must be fed For its hunger never sates and it’s passion never wanes It’ll run right through you like a midnight train The crystal palace walls rise high and strong They hold it all inside like your sense of wrong You cannot…… Continue reading Overcome
White
White I leave behind the walls that sing The children’s laughter and memories Or parties past and passions strong Of good times, bad of rights and wrongs In the kitchen counters wait Daily holding dish and plate For daily fair or holiday The memories linger clear as day Through cold steel door the white hall…… Continue reading White
Starting out
Here I am, in my late fifties, starting over. I can’t say the world has been unkind to me; I live a decent life with a very nice job in tech, a supportive community and friends. Yet it is a life that is, for the moment, turned upside down. Leaving a long term marriage, finishing…… Continue reading Starting out
