Reflections

With heavy shield and nimble sword, the pilgrim gallantly strides,The story told of Christian's journey second only to holy script.Yet when reader wrongly identifies as protagonist to foe,The story takes an unpredicted…

Give me a field I may labor in, a spot of earth all mine to till, Allow for but one minute sliver of this small and blessed orb. For there is no…

Seated astride the incarnate homeless rabbi As Michelangelo captured the gathering scene And set the table for thirteen nomadic disciples The question was asked and answer displayed Consuming the same bread dipped…

Arrange dear Lord the pieces of my heart, Remove the wrath attached to care. It was you who knit me from the start, Now bind together with this prayer. Of gain and…

Who is to say what can be said, If the dung itself will speak? The lost would find new strength, As the dove will transform to raven. She returns with a branch…

The roar of the road rumbles beneath the feet Passing with destructive ease across the street Metal and glass rocket with tremendous speed On some long-forgotten meadow Towers crumble high across the…

To bend is to break as strife is to obtain, With gain comes loss as memory to pain. All things are weary such is our luck, Recounting the days recall only one,…

Dank and dark and absent moonlit glow Crept through cavern stone walls. Warrior bent on escape driven by terror Robbed of sleep by a tyrannical foe. At last succumbed to the farthest…

Call it inspiration from some ancient muse The spell was broken on that corner pew As the words of the prophet spoke to you A last sigh was taken Unseen and forgotten…

Thoughts fail akin to words as drops add to oceans wide. Dust motes supplant the dirt as grains of sand hold the tide. Reason of care provides no cure consider more to…