Monthly Archives: August 2011

Lovers

Some say, we’re like two ships passing in the night: Here one day, another gone from sight. I say, we’re lovers in and of the light; Here one moment, another resting in His might.

Posted in Perspective, Poem for Your Day, Poetry

Listening

With my wife’s final push, our newborn saw the world. We already knew she was going to be a girl, But she was still a marvel to behold. I held her in my arms, turning her over, like a prospector

Posted in Perspective, Poem for Your Day, Poetry

In God’s Time – Finale

“Conchita.” Her mother called from inside the apartment and walked out onto the balcony. “I found something.” Mom held up the God Box Dad had given Conchita 10 years before. “Remember this.” Conchita had given it back to Dad several

Posted in Fiction, Short Stories

In God’s Time – Part 11

The funeral was over, and Maria and Conchita pulled into the Arlington Heights apartment complex. They’d moved into the apartment after Conchita graduated from high school. They had less square footage than they did at their previous apartment, but they

Posted in Fiction, Short Stories

100

If we don’t raise our children, others will: The dealers, vagrants, cops, and jailers. Let God and not your haters.

Posted in Tweets

Time

When time takes time, it moves too slow; When occupied, we wonder where it goes. Between patience and pacing oscillates our greatest foe.

Posted in Tweets

Sleep #2

Covered by a canopy of clouds, the sky begins to weep. The raindrops run the streets pooling in the deep. Inside, we warm ourselves to sleep.

Posted in Tweets

Sleep #1

Covered by a canopy of clouds, the sky begins to weep. The raindrops run the streets pooling in the deep. We pray for safety while we sleep.

Posted in Tweets

Revelers

Revelers at night cry in the morning. Tales without wine are boring, Yet lives full of booze are checkered like flooring, Trampled adorning.

Posted in Tweets

Smile

He shows their changes everyday: A smile makes our day; A word, more than we can say; A step, small, yet giant in kind; Embrace the time.

Posted in Tweets