Enthralled I am, awestruck captiv… Her loveliness defying description Her sweet pleasing honeysuckle fre… Stirring long-buried dormant emoti… Her subtle evanescent lilac scent

center She promised to come soon And only a few days remain Tension and excitement Driving me insane

March on to old age Face ordeals in a heartbeat And never retreat Challenges will come and go Stand tall—let your spirit glow

Once there was a poet with severe… He tried everything but the words… Desperate, he tried marijuana Sadly, it didn’t bring nirvana Disappointed he concluded weed’s a…

The sun rises above the trees Each morning since my early days Except when clouds obscured its ra… Till cleared away by steady breeze The seasons march in steady flow

Pure joy and sadness never coexist Neither bliss and grief; for they’… But love and hate can, and often t… Emotions run deep, and debris accr… Love builds and uplifts, but hatre…

We crave attention Thirst for applause and acclaim The trappings of fame What others have, we covet Fame fortune in our buckets

The biting wind howls A drunk insolent hound The moon and stars Nowhere to be found The night dreary and cold

Indeed, letting go isn’t easy But it’s something we must do To unburden our hearts completely And in doing so, to ourselves be t… Just imagine it is autumn, look at…

Traces of ourselves Always we leave them behind Often out of mind Yes, whatev’r we do or say Touches others in some way

Carpe Diem Through the sky, morning light bre… Dancing leaves move with the breez… I walk slow purposefully For today’s joy, I will seize!

His whole world ended; it was yest… His hopes for tomorrow quickly per… When the love of his life passed a… His dreams, like a thin mist, vani… She’ll always be the lady of his y…

It’s over now; the dark is gone The thunder clouds dissolve at daw… The morning mist gives way to day No spirits haunt where night held… The creatures I once feared have…

Once broken, a heart may mend Twice broken, the scars will rend Pain will be excruciating Bile, despair unrelenting Therefore...

Yes! ‘tis the promise of another d… All of God’s blessings on their w… White clouds for always, never gra… And so, every night, this we pray! Over the far hills, peeks, the sun