written 1998
A boy awoke All drenched in sleep Taking a glimpse Of the bitter colony Pleasant dreams
Days in school were very hard. Ways to make him “right”, they tri… Wrong, is how teacher said he wrot… Long hours they drilled on change. Hide his talent, was all he did;
How he misses you cousin Krystal,… How he misses you cousin Krystal,… His mother says in this old world… But now he knows all too well, he… Yesterday he made something, he wi…
On a brisk autumn day, Atop a great hill; The voice was born, To warm off a chill. ’Tis a voice of reason,
Day dreaming of you, Dreaming of your smile. Your eyes when you are happy or sa… Or when they’re making love. Your arms when you hold her.
What did they pay for this rainbow… Here on their high plateau? Aching lungs and the northwind’s s… And drift upon drift of snow. What was the price of this jade gr…
Men would bet upon her father’s ha… Could he pick up in just one fist A dozen eggs scattered on the tabl… One by one—cracking none? He’d reach his hand (stretched at…
Sometimes She wishes you were still here, Like in the mornings When you could pull her near, And say I love you.
An old gray headed grandma sat alo… She looked out her window with a h… She said, “I guess no one cares o… When suddenly there came a soft kn… She got up slowly and limped acros…
Sometimes At night He feels Your satin slippers Dancing away
Oh Gloomy Death! Knocking on the door Piercing the sinews of her heart Tearing her soul apart Then, beckoning her slowly...
The old year is gone, the new year… Now if they could only make pain d… Every time she sees someone smile… She can’t stop thinking why must c… Dreams of spring flowers and happy…
When you were born How happy she is, that As little as you could feel Her love for you is divine. Day by day as she sees you grow
Big as the proverbial bull he blun… His way through fragments and shar… Insect-like things too delicate an… His complete understanding; While the fire reaches out past th…
Love is like a candle, Burning so bright, All through the day, And all through the night. It seems to last forever,