April Son Poems

The day you were born
went back to the hospital
where I was forewarned
a little bit into the night
your mother, I just told
to rest her sleepy head
as...

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No more

Mothballs and cedar assault my nose

The dust mites and stale air dry my throat

A wardrobe that is just that

 

The lion roars no more

Neutered...

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His miracles are endless…
they’re like the sea, with its liquid peace,
salty tears, spraying dreams,
into the face of the most wistful shadow,
brilliant kiss of light’s soft...

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GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

Jesus is God’s “Only Begotten” son,
“sons of the true God”, Gen. 6:2,									verse shows God had other sons … not just one.
																			Sometime between...

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My favored Muse
mysteriously asks
muted
kinda sexist
win/lose 
either/or 
complex bilateral questions.

Oppositional
defiant
nearly despairing quests
exploring why I have yet to find
Faith
Hope
or delightful Joy
as names for a boy

Who might be...

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Unspoken Words
April of 2008 


I know you would love to tell me
 all the things that you feel
But before you do, you got to decide
what...

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Friday afternoon year 
April 2032 the weather was 
Just right. Damian sought to
Purchase a barrage of a 13
Bicycle collection. It would be
A surprise for his...

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One year Passed Dolly had long 
Since given birth to a baby girl
Named Desharah, a green eyed
Heart stopper. She and 
Amadeus were growing up 
Crazy...

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Oh !Women ,
           Pillars 
             Of the societies,  
                    Heroines
            ...

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Did I bid goodbye to you, or, you said goodbye to me?
Did I know you well as my mother at the age of three?
Your touches...

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How can I bare to you my heart and soul--
So many years have passed since we last spoke;
Between us a thick wall of ice has...

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Oh, my father, I have tried
to walk the narrow way of truth.
True to my heart and true to my mind.
True to my body and true...

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A new son was coming 
            Millions of people were  praising 
  ...

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In the Church, I met a woman quite old,
Bending under the weight of years.
I wonder what made her steal my attention. 
Was it her struggle...

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The man that I’d looked up to most when I was just a kid...that I’d preferred to my own dad...of whom I was ashamed...
Often prompted...

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