Brother Memory Poems

Beneath the starry vault of memory, your voice lays down
Like a blanket of marble weathered by long-forgotten deities.
I've allowed my hopes to be gently polished
By...

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the field is no longer there    where
all of youth and ego collided and
her first glance was seen   but shied from
all...

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Our Stolen Days

The given days we take,
Childlike, heedless of consequence.
We swallow them as our due,
Our entitled share of happiness
Or, at least, consideration of the stake
Each...

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(Mimic the song..."If I Only Had A Brain" by the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz)

I could be so independent

So lavish and resplendent

Just a player...

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Jesus thank you for this night
 thank you for the opportunity to rest
 and rejuvenate our bodies
Glorious is this His New Day.
Our Father given unto...

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~ Once upon a long ago...
Three kids were raised on my family's farm
I am the middle child who spent more time 
working in the fields...

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I was only four, 
when Blackie my dog died. 
My dad ran my best friend over, 
yes it was a horrible accident. 

 
I was...

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They know me, 
still,
behind my aged teacher face.
They wave to me in my car,
running wildly home from school on a 
sunny afternoon.
I smile and wave...

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Who else? 
Who else would care for you my brother, if not out of love we care for each other.
Who else would it be?
An old...

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Updated previous poem in memory of my beloved beautiful brother.


Nothing lasts forever,
I don't believe it's true,
The love we hold
For those we've lost,
Stays with us through...

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I turned ten two days ago,
I blew out the candles with a heavy sigh.
You were born today,
Still.

Your lips inherited 
The reddest hue of cardinal feathers,
Your...

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I have heard a hurt person say, 
if you knew what they did to me you would never forgive them. 
Hurt can run very deep...

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We wear a smile to hide,
the tears we wear inside.
Our laughter we have applied,
feeling it will be our guide.
Life is but a wild ride,
filled with...

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My sister once had a dream, that was driving her crazy.
It seemed so real, but it was very faint and hazy.
She thought it was real...

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