(2015)
To my globe-trotting sister...
March on to old age Face ordeals in a heartbeat And never retreat Challenges will come and go Stand tall—let your spirit glow
the starlit harbor view peeked in from the window moonbeams bathe them they cast a giant shadow on the wall,
Forget yesterday and let today be Fret not about the past, live the… Yes, yesterday is just a memory And today, let’s live moment to mo… Focus not on tomorrow, but today
John wanted to earn money so he ca… But rather than work for it, he pl… Alas he lost his shirt Got tossed in the dirt Half-naked and scared stiff, he’s…
He’s quite hard-headed Difficult and obstinate Jonah was his name He tried to run from the Lord But by a whale he’s swallowed
A lie often told Factoid becomes very soon By all counts by noon Yes, lies hoodwink some, not all For who wants to play the fool?
I once believed that I would wed A classmate dear, my future set But life took turns, unknown ahead And led to joys I won’t forget Pleasant adventures filled my life
Unwanted thoughts, but I kept the… Early morning as I opened my eyes With dawn’s clear light, they slow… The world unveiled beneath soft pa… Bad dreams occupy my mind while I…
she reached across the bed, but he’s gone! a dark feeling embraced her, but the deepest sadness too... her spirit’s broken
Our butterfly! how she has grown Eighteen she’ll be, so full of gra… No longer small, no longer known As just the child with sweetest fa… So cute she was, a joy to see
When love departs, it stirs the he… More deeply felt in fleeting time At airports, kisses play their par… A touch that’s tender and sublime In hospitals, where pray’rs ascend
Face of an angel Her looks melt his lovesick heart Throbbing just for her Roses are ashamed to bloom When around her crimson lips
At the young mother he looked With worried, quizzical eyes Then said “How come you have Just one earring?” Startled, she grabbed both ears
Every breath I take, I whisper yo… Every waking moment, lights up a f… Deep inside my heart Even when we’re apart An emotion; a raging fire I canno…
A Limerick Just for Laughs There once was a man from the sani… Who swore he’d escape through the… He swam with the fish Made a bold final wish