For my Emily Grace   In the heat of summer, a strange tiding brewed. Past the cottage, near the treeline where I camped, I heard a ghastly noise. The noise reminded me of a cross between a cat fight that was going wrong and a…

The road ahead is rocky The water’s getting deep The trouble brewing in my mind Is stealing hours of sleep I don’t know if I have the strength My fears and worries great I keep people at an arm’s length For none can quite relate…

It was the best of times Short person knee hugs Sloppy peanut butter kisses and giggles But then….. A storm and flood of emotions A tantrum Waves of wailing and tears Angry thrashing and toys strewn about In the middle of the violent storm Momentary…

The firelight glows amid the crackling embers and wispy gray smoke fills the cool, damp autumn air. My love hums a familiar ditty about our life together and as I look at the lines growing on his tired, aging face, the sight of a few…

As the journey concludes, I stand at the peak As I gaze o’er the valley below The sunbeams, a shadow of where I have been Their light, signs of where I’m to go For while here on top, where I can touch the sky I…

Patrick Henry said give me liberty or give me death Harriot Tubman said she would shoot anyone who made a sound or dared turn around There is a price to be paid to be free. I do not know who said ignorance is bliss But…