(21 July 2011) VERSE I What backwards talk you’ve caused in me To begin this day with goodnight And to drink my coffee at midnight Because my eyes are open, dreaming Who needed love or lust or hope? To tangle this old cluttered road So many words are left unspoken And still I’ve spilledContinue reading “I Never Ever Asked for This”
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Who Knows
Ralph Castillo c. 1985 We have been here once too often I am quite sure you had it once But then, who knows…You lost it And though there’s little we can do now I’d do much more, if I knew how Can you think – maybe dream What peace on earth mightContinue reading “Who Knows”
Dear Past Me
You’re going to worry a lot. And that’s normal. But don’t worry too much. The challenges are going to be huge, bigger than you can imagine…still don’t worry too much. Fear is going to grip you hard, and often. You don’t have to worry too much about this either. You’re going to have timelines…but don’tContinue reading “Dear Past Me”
Eternity Asks
Asks: More than you are ever prepared to give. When you begin to think that your beliefs will draw you toward some unseen, satisfaction. And provide? Sure there are moments in which we do receive. We try to appreciate what mysteriously is provided. We often fail. Who’s to say that we will ever stamp wantingContinue reading “Eternity Asks”
A Common Element
Sophia stumbled as she ran down this dark corridor. She’d done this countless times in her dreams…but now, she didn’t know the way. Her hand seared in pain as a sharp edge dug deep into her flesh. Terror reached up from her gut into her throat and she stopped to find her breath. A gustContinue reading “A Common Element”
My Freezing Heart
Completely out – nothing to say A fine idea, you and I Only if you dreamed this way When we should have been even more You pulled the reins in on the note – Hauled in the oars and made for shore These eyes, no senses, feast today You’ve left me room for no other Do not know who’dContinue reading “My Freezing Heart”
THE NATURE OF THINGS UNSEEN
For a long time, I believed that what’s been published in Sci-Fi magazines and books was a spark for which science and man could strive. The minds of the renaissance and the authors of the turn of the century apparently believed. They stretched their imagination and showed their best work (they weren’t lazy folk, afterContinue reading “THE NATURE OF THINGS UNSEEN”
My Home
The home in which we were raised is often not as appreciated until after we have left it. In some cases, such as my sister and her family, they get to return when they are old enough and wise enough to recognize that it’s the best decision at the time. When you are old enoughContinue reading “My Home”
One Descent
When looking back is looking down And nothing’s as remembered One tries to hold so desperately To items only dreamed of ‘Twas once a mind worth mentioning Now, never to be known Yet bringing on, with pen and ink A story fairly told 10/6/2018
My Boycott of the NFL continues…
So now, in the aftermath of celebrating the greatest show of athletic talent the US has, some of the Philadelphia players have decided that they will decline the white house’s celebratory invitation. Players who will not visit white house Because they want to make another political statement? I just want to remind everybody that theyContinue reading “My Boycott of the NFL continues…”