Sunday, November 10, 2013

Clouds

Clouds enter our lives
often bringing a rain
this can be a much troubled time
filled with sorrow and pain
heartache and tears
often filling our days
stealing our joy
in so many ways
our days then seem long
as if they've no ends
with an awful aloneness
as if we've no friends
but not all is lost
if we'll be patient and wait
those clouds will move on
you see it's never too late
with a new day will come hope
as the sun warms your soul
healing your heart
making you whole.

Will We Ever Know Peace

Will we ever know peace
will we wait till too late
how many will be left
will man wait
until he has no neighbor
a world of loneliness
only brings horrid memories
of the devastation of wars
brought on by greed
of political power
and religious zealotry
I pray man gives himself a chance
to awaken to the reality
that we must share this planet
in harmony and peace.

An Unbearable Load

Today I write
as tears flow
remembering
those who passed
thinking of those yet
to go
how I wish
we could change
and end this road
easing mankind
of this unbearable load.

Remembering War

Remembering war
visiting in the past
why
all that comes is heartache
the loss of the lives
on both sides
the cost of war
ever at the door
leaving behind
broken families
wives without husbands
children without fathers
for what
political differences
religion
the cost is too high
the freedom of a people
should not be impinged upon
Edwin Star
“war, good God
what is it good for
absolutely nuthin'”
a simple lesson
that we have not yet learned
remembering war
has not made it vanish
war still goes on
our young men continue to die
I hate these wars
I love these young men
they will live again in our hearts
it is they who deserve to be remembered.


Saturday, November 9, 2013

When We Will Know True Freedom

This body, anchored to terra firma
I cannot fly as the birds
nor can I swim as the fish do
I shall not know their freedoms
until one day
when my spirit
departs this body with its limitations 
and flies free with the eagles.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Love, With Limits

Their love had its limits
it was rationed, restrained
held back from each other
to protect them from pain
they grew not together
but rather apart
their relationship doomed
right off from the start
they hadn't a chance
as they were too blind to see
that without real commitment 
it was just not meant to be.

Monday, November 4, 2013

October

October
Michigan
the air has become cool
and crisp
with all their autumnal colors
the trees decide it's time
to shed their leaves
hiding the ground
of your most favorite places
in the yard it becomes
work to be done
but for a golfer
of which I am one
the leaves in their beauty
become a nuisance
but somehow this doesn't matter
my son is home from the war
it's time to play.