Son Mirror Poems

Devrais-je feindre l'ignorance pour cacher mes sentiments, 
Ou devrais-je vraiment m'en soucier, incapable de feindre? 
Tant de courage pour affronter l'inconnu, 
Pourtant muet devant elle,...

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There’s a mirror in front of me, Jesus
There is a wind, a breath in me God;
No matter the vision, the view
Father I’m gonna let your...

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Superhero strobe lighthouse helm hexagonal 
        Sixty degree angle glass captain bridge
      ...

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When you sit down to write, and it
    seems a bit forced
When the rhyme pairs are matching, but
    somewhat...

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A turtle dove
I landed on your chest
Widened the jagged crack 
Your Heart chambers shivered
Quiet silver ripples in a
Tender Garden of Eden 

Watching me, your son
Clapped...

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Brittle Silence

It is afternoon, 
and the coffee pot was never turned off. 
It is still burning even now. 
The liquid inside... black, 
and in dire...

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Reflected in the heart
Are joys, hopes and thoughts
Vibrant lights so beautiful
They fill up the soul’s core
With trembling dreams
Liquid love pouring, emptying
Life of its doubt, its...

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He 
has certainly 
perfected the art 
of being a smart a** -
a trait that swims like a tadpole 
in his father’s gene pool
and nurtured by...

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It was early in the morning 
I saw my neighbour comming out of the car
I asked how his dad is doing and how things are...

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Mother Mary

Honoring Mother Mary is acknowledging, loving and glorifying God the Son, Jesus Christ
Don’t understand other people
Mothers are important
They know their child

When we worship the...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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It's funny, because I've vacuumed under your bed 
a hundred times in the past two years
I've dusted the black bedside table
picked up your Scotch and...

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Some 46 years ago my mother died 
And she is not here
 But yet when I look in the mirror
 I see a reflection of...

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Wonderland
by Michael R. Burch
 
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the...

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You want to cry quietly 
so no one will hear
The Visible Man  
wants to disappear
  
Although you walk with purpose
wear clothes like a...

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