• Recognition

    There was something definite In that first encounter, Lord. A glint of the eternal in his eye. A connection that lodged him In my heart instantly, Letting him walk in without question, As though it had already been His forever home. So when he says he feels like He’s always known me, God, Could that

  • Grow Up

    Is this some sort of third adolescence Or a dragging out of the first? Will this woe-is-me crap of yours Ever come to an end? Of course God is there – That goes without saying – But you, my dear, are not Margaret So get over your teenage angst already And grow the f up

  • Alarm Bells

    You were my first love The first kiss, the first touch Wanted so long to be with the one To get for real what I dreamt of so much Perhaps it was this that caused me to ignore The alarm that went off in my heart I had the optimism of the inexperienced So in

  • Creativity Rx

    Twenty-minute walks two times a week A creativity prescription I struggle to fill I take a few steps and my body protests We cannot do this come the voices of My legs, my muscles, my lungs Surely you can’t not? Comes my mind’s reply Wanting to smother the fear That I have disabled myself But

  • An American Adventure

    Fragments of my life Remain stored away In a basement somewhere In the U S of A Reflection-filled pages Written on a journey Taken pre-marriage To the land of God Now retro-cool cassettes Their titles long-forgotten Though I’ll be able to recall every lyric The instant they are replayed Dictionary and thesaurus Tools of a