Monastery Masks
Here in the monastery God only knows why we came so far …to this lonely place. This is the haunt where we can face the trials we’ve had …the good, the bad. We promise again, again we say yes what lies ahead we can only guess […]
Love Again
Twenty years have dulled our touch Made us pull away too much You talked on and shed some tears I held back with hidden fears All our trips, the joys we had You the Mom, I the Dad Three young girls in swimwear clad Playing on, made us glad The […]
Eagle Wings
For whom do you pine when you’re lonely and blue How do you feel when you don’t know who is still a friend Who do you yearn to see at your door Frustration hits, inside you is war Your heart won’t mend How do you know there is hope and light […]
Elmwood MB
It used to be that North End jewel Got up quick for Sunday School Winter walk across the Red Never got to stay in bed Learned my verses, sang some songs All in German, some too long Preachers there said heaven’s neat Way back there on College Street Then, in time, they launched […]
End of Life
Life is a tragic comedy a joke as old as time humankind exalted hero many flaws to rhyme. “What flaw is that? How exalted? pray tell, philosopher. Man must die, but soul lives on to join with God hereafter!” There’s the flaw, the hopeless belief […]
Crucifixion
Just who, I ask, is Jesus Christ? People say he’s just a fraud …others say the Son of God A teller of tales, creator of whales …desert wanderer …parable teacher and temple cleanser They say he deserves to die …but for what, say I For giving a blind man sight? …for making a […]
The Lake
The lake is a place to be with friends Having a nap Making love to an apparition The lake is a place where you remember tragedies Your own and those of others Little sisters of brothers who came later And mothers Down Under The lake is a place where you make love […]
Death
Dusk and damp, dimming light. The sweet and musty smell. Of death by night, I fear your unknown hell. I hear soft voices drift away As I approach your door. So far, yet near, I seem to sway, And then I hear no more. At last my restless soul is free From […]
Dangling Thoughts
I can’t resist Looking at a pretty ankle Watching it disappearing Around a corner Slender, sculptured, Red shoes Imagining A petticoat frilly Hot like chili Sassy and silly Where is the leg To go with that ankle? Gone already Behind the brick Thoughts entangling Just a brief moment My thoughts left dangling
Communion
Communion. It seems Our knowledge gone dim Of what it means To remember Him Ancient people took the bread Broke a piece off and Self-centered said “This is mine – now I will eat!” But Christ took the bread Broke a piece off And […]