How many poems, I wonderhave I written through the years?Some, I know, have brought a smileothers, perhaps a tear. I wrote about the day we met.You were the brightest in the room.I wrote about the Kitchen Dance.Even then you made me swoon. I wrote about the Orioleson Sunday afternoonseven when the team […]
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On Becoming a Teen Today it is your birthday, dear.Thirteen years you are.You’re now entering teenage-hood,the most confusing years, by far. A time of real uncertainty—You’re neither adult nor child.You want so much to be grown up.Sometimes your thoughts run wild. At times, I know you think I’m mean.Perhaps I […]
You’ve heard people talkof their “better half.”For some, that’s probably true.Others? I wonder…Are they just words?Maybe even mocking words?Perhaps But I want you to knowYOU are my better half.YOU bring out my best.YOU show me the way to bekindconsideratelovinghelpfulto take another perspective. You make me feel realvaluableworthy.Without you, I can’t be […]
I Before we met, we’d both suffered broken marriages had children with those previous partners. With white paint, he covered an almost round rock. Used ebony to letter “2ndChance” placed it at the bottom edge of our driveway. He was a machinist by trade but excelled at carpentry. He had […]