Tag Archives: hope

You’re a Real Card ~ Part 4 ~ Diamonds

Sparkling diamonds sharp and gleaming summer bright Carry the promise of the Spring into the new day’s light Everything is focused, clearer  on a sunny, summer day You can take on the whole wide world, live life your  way Bright-red suffuses the early-morning summer sunrise As you briskly stride, your chosen road before you lies […]

Quirks Work?

  Writing in the first person how can I be I sure I am writing as me Even if I think I describe true events, what in my mind’s eye I see Can I recount truthfully pictures I find lurking in my own memory When I start to reinvent, interpret, reconceive who I was, will […]

Someday Soon

  When I was a younger man, I’d tell you I thought I knew so much stuff I’m sure I believed I was more than smart and I knew more than enough It’s amazing I’ve found how much I’ve learned since, how smart become With help and luck, during my life between the short span […]

Does It Matter?

The world is full of liars, some good and some bad. Does it really matter? Storytellers, since ancient times, have told us stories that never ever were Mayhap happened not in the way the tales were told, for drama, for effect To seek the deepest truth of who we are, how we feel, and what […]

Enough, Just Enough

  Time is money, money is time, though I’d like to see you eat either one The tokens we value, believe have worth, are extremely puzzling to me It’s symbolic I realize, they can provide little to no shelter by themselves Yet we treat them as real, pursue them with zeal, cry if we miss […]

What If?

  What if you could create anything, paint like the greatest artist ever seen Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Gentileschi, Rousseau, Magritte, Cassatt, Ditko, Kane No doubt, I haven’t named your favorite, your one and only most fine The list is so long, I could fill up every notebook that I have ever owned Then I could […]

What Need?

  I heard a question most recently Which I must say puzzled me Seriously someone asked, you see For what do we have any need For tigers to walk among the trees? And while I pondered, I realized I could never, ever compromise So, seriously, I ask you now, why What need have tigers wandering […]

A Price Too Heavy

  I hear you say your life has been harsh, cruel and so unfair Everybody’s got it in or out for you, can no one really care Yet when you walk down your street, the one most familiar All the people, everyone you pass or meet, just stop to stare I don’t see where LOSER […]

Life’s Own Story

  Every life has its own story, a thread in the growing time tapestry How could anyone even dare to believe they know which anchors it Which strands fill the warp, the weft, support the surface pattern Bright colors may stand out against the dun, but fade like all the rest Humanity wrongly believes our […]

You’re a Real Card

Although I think you might not care Herewith I will set down, begin to share Many simple life lesson that I swear I learned while playing at solitaire My explication might sound like fluff For this game played sitting on your duff How could anyone ever play enough To learn any life lesson, simple or […]