Rain Men Poems

His eyes seem to tell her:
O not so wrapped in winter,
Be a bit bolder, 

And in rains wetter,
Beauty’s for the beholder,
Pray, do not deter,

Why I...

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He puffs in the nightly brume
His noctambulous proclivity
He calls it, a force of habit
Something automatic
Tonight is especially morbid
Atrabilious even
As he hunches gaunt
Over her headstone
That has...

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Now that you walk the earth, 
we await your story dear child

Were you sometimes seated in there 
in a floating dream curving a path 
like...

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How can I call them modern men?
They are still barbaric, 
use weapons in lieu of words of wisdom. 
From the musket to the missile, 
they...

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Every day,
Every sunrise,
Every sunset,
Every flower,
Every cloud,
Every drop of rain,
Are gifts of our Lord, 
Designed 
To bring joy into our hearts
And
To nourish our souls 
With ...

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We
dashed through
the
rainy
afternoon
taking
a
moment
to escape
the deluge in
a corner
café.
Our 
stormy
adventure
fueled 
an
intense
love....

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The west went in guns blazing to help their fellow man
In Syria against the Islamic State and in Iraq and Afghanistan
They brought an end to...

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Long gone, never to return are the feelings of anxiety.
All have been given free will to the world using diligent sobriety.
In the past are all...

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There's a time to chase the world,
and a time for the world to chase you...
the distinction between destiny and damnation
can become ambiguous as a dream
on...

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The Light of Men
My surroundings began to be swallowed up by shadows. 
The doors of hell began to close.
In this cold abyss I slowly grow.
I...

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A winter comes
With nonstop rain and extreme coldness
Flood, flu and running nose
Besides the long fight of covid
Besides the long fight of political stability
Besides the long...

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The optimist said that fifty years is half your life,
but the audience surely knows
that men don't live much longer than
the heyday of their town's proud...

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I was transpondent composed of emotional settlement 
I behold so I beheld as some negativity betrays me I become despondent 
Misbehaving so as I look...

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No one understands the personal battles.
No one knows that pain
That I go through every single day.
Darkness constantly attacking my brain.

I go through thoughts that would...

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Stranger
I never really met him
But I know him
I know his face in profile
The furrows of his brow
I’ve seen it enough times
At Barnes & Noble browsing...

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