Tag: real
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Rugged Hands
Do you remember your father’s hands? How gentle they would caress and massage, Though he may have been tired from work, Though he wanted to relax in his big easy chair, You would still place your head on his lap. His touch was unlike your mother’s, Her hands were soft and hard, She was with…
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Sad Fate for Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas And everything was dandyJust ask Andy All the people were upWith jobs to feed their pupsChristmas had left out the doorThe meaning was gone just like the poorWe squandered and squabbled They flibbled and gibbledThe meaning was lost to timeJust like that pantomime The fellowship was brokenThe stars were sad in Hoboken With no tales…
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Run, Fred, Run
Senior year, High school baseball, I am the third fastest on the team, I am in my best shape ever, My coach was not, Coach looks like Fred Flintstone, Long torso and short legs, Arms that reached down to his knees, A feat that was impressive for his stature, And overweight to an almost comical…
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Apex
To climb a Mountain I have seen a mountain I want to climb it To conquer it To claim it as my own For at the pinnacle is my destiny It is at the root that I see you You smile at me I smile back It is like lightning That we begin to ascend…
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Dancing on my…
If you have lived A life as long as mine You would know that Life fulfilled is a hard to do To dance throughout To feel joy To be loved What a life is owed To feel her hand in mine In youth with twists and turns In middle age with sways and spins In…
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I sought you
I sought after you, Long and hard, I craved your attention, I relished the thought of being together, I wanted to be near you. I heard your voice in the crowd, I saw your face through the thousands, I wrote you poems and stories, I was ignored, Or at least I assumed I was, It…
The In Constant Chronicles 