Boardwalk jogger

Boardwalk jogger
Running for your life
For fifty years now
She has been your wife

Glorious January sunset

Cool breezes blowing
What more can I say
Pleasant to be outside
Enjoying those last rays
Grass; cool beneath our feet
Darkness settling all around
New moon arising
A few scattered clouds
Southern Ocean roaring
Just over the dunes
Settled our souls peacefully
As we welcomed Sabbath day
Thanked the Lord
For everything that abounds

12th January 2019

Herald of joy

I asked the Lord for a sign
I asked if you were true
Could you please; divine?
Send a sign from you

Next day she arrived
A brown falcon; in she flew
Her arrival; she announced
Screeching; chittering; true

She sat upon that aerial
Stayed there quite a while
Allowing me to photograph
Watching me approach

Those piercing black eyes
Following my every move
How unusual a thing to see
This majestic bird; so close to me

Is this that herald of great joy?
Which was promised me?
Is it possible? I ask you dear
Bringing good news; glad cheer...

5th January 2019

Cactus flower

Cactus flower
Prickly pear
Golden bloom
But beware
She is full of pain
Tiny thorns
Hidden with disdain
Should any scorn
Her spines ignore
You will be stung
As you seek to explore

10th January 2019

Dragon afternoon

Met a gorgeous bearded dragon today
He let me get within two feet
Allowed me to take all these photos
I asked him nicely as I waked around
Speaking quietly; complimenting him
Calling him a "sweetie" a "darling"
Thanking him for the privilege
of meeting him and being in his company
On such a beautiful spring afternoon

8th September 2018

One day we'll be together

You say we'll be together
One day
But how will I find you?
What more can I say?
It's such a long way to travel
I don't really know the way
But this I know my darling
I will find you one day
For this I know my darling
'T'is living without you
This price
I cannot bear to pay

You say we'll know each other
No matter how long it takes
As we wander through each lifetime
Searching for these highest stakes

You say we'll be together
One day
But how will I know you
When it is that day
It's such a long way to travel
I know I'll find my way
For this I know my darling
Being alone forever
Would be more than I can pay

I thought you loved me

I thought you loved me 

I thought you cared

What about all this loving

We two have shared 

I'm weak I know

It bothers you 

Well if you'd care to notice 

I do have feelings too 

I'm a work in progress 

A long shot by a mile 

Slowly but surely 

I'll find my smile 

This road I'm travelling 

Is winding; long 

Uphill and treacherous 

I'm trying to be strong

All this upheaval 

All this suffering; I vow 

Will make me stronger 

I'll get there; somehow

I've lost so many 

I've fallen down 

But within this heart

Here beneath my frown 

Please forgive me 

If I've let you down  

The time is coming 

I'll wear a crown