Introspection Wife Poems

Changed past Lo, twas an low estate
A mark posted on my slate
Ebb of no esteem
Young fascinating dreams 

Of being married only a late teen of...

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Today on our morning dog walk in the hills 
I use my wife  
for a role she’s supremely suited for, 
a reflective foil for...

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Like clouds drifting through a sun-brightened sky,
My thoughts start to ask, where, what, when and why.
Why am I here with you, what must I do?
How...

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I would take cute
over profound, any-day;
good feeling-full over
meaningful – God over
science, and my wife
when it comes to dinner;

I will take thick over thinner,
when it comes...

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As I wash these dishes. 
I wash the wishes 
from these tired and ruined hands. 

I look out into the street 
with a thousand yard...

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I see the past, where I have come from,
	The truth and not just my mind’s lies.
	Memories of the fun and the humdrum
	When I look in...

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Galley Slave

Unsung heroes of the open sea,
Not captain, nor navigator he,
Not the brave sailors before the mast,
The lowly ship’s cook we think of last,
Who makes...

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Love cannot live while choked by expectations!
The Weeds of Wanting strangle it with Fear!
'WANT!' starts when we mistake Love for Sensations!
And IGNORANCE, when feelings we...

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Beyond the times of struggle, I grew up
In blazing pursuit of success 
I sometimes lost myself
In depths of someone's envy
In closed limpid walls of mirror

Surrounded...

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I’m honey love and sweetie sweet
On the outside.
I’m pink ice cream and rainbow sprinkles.
I’m a party, ready to throw confetti at a glance.

She’s so happy,...

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I wrote a lot because the process was new to me
But it permanently altered our relationship. 
Then I discovered I was not alone
So much for...

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Another day, another slow hour dragging day,
One small step to my future, an even bigger leap, to my grave,
If age is nothing but a number...

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Beauty is evanescent

My eyes have seen 
unspeakable,
incomprehensible 
beauty.

I thought I knew 
what beauty was
and then...
I met you!

Your apparition
left me astonished
entranced, tongue tied,
mesmerized...

My eyes 
could never...

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Before you 

Before you 
there was
nothing...
No life...
No light...

Just shadows
of an existence
vanishing
in the distance.

Then you appeared
and  I was caught up
in the eye of your
hurricane.

My dimmed...

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Plaster full leg casts
protect your lovely young leg
even from itself...

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