The tarnished leaves of autumn

watching the tumbleweeds rollwhere the wind does blow.They watch the dust trailsthey leave behindon their wind swept questrolling on to find a place to rest.17 January 2008

lays our dreamswaiting to awake and be fulfilled.We sit and ponderour arms linked around one anotherof what we wantand how to make the dreams come true.Stars twinkle aboveeach hold our sacred wishesof a life togetherfor now and all eternity.13 December 2010

letters written long agoin the bloom of someone’s youth.They were tied with a pink ribbonand kept preciouslyby someone I do not know.Each letter spoke of love,the yearning of being apart,and how good it would feelto be home once again.How wonderful it would beback in loves arms againaway from a terrible warthat had to part them…

reach up to the heavensand their streamssparkle under the warming sun.I’m going west.Where the wild flowers growand spread a coloured blanketas far as the eye can see,and the majestic deer run free.I’m going west.To God’s Garden of Eden,a place of peace and tranquillity.Where skies are always bluelike skies aught to be.I’m going west.To a land…

I had written twenty years ago.The pages were faded;too much time being opened to the sun.As I typed, I smiledat the things I had writtenand the dialogue I had created.The stories are about a catand looking at the worldthrough his eyes and thoughts.I had even created him a languagethat I had to write a glossaryat…

We never see them,only in our nightmares.They are the creaturesthat scare us soand hide in dark cornersat night and grow.They live in the night landbetween our heaven and hell.Emerging in night’s darknessto make us scream and yell.As we close our eyesthey emerge from their night landto frighten us in our sleep,to wake us in the…