Author Archives: degus221

No, mom, you were wrong I’m a big boy and I cry. Tears came to my eye and a lump to my throat as the widow’s hand lingered softly on the flag, and her daughter broke into sobs at their … Continue reading →

Hello, stranger. You are different from me. Go away. Your skin is darker than mine. Go away. Your heavy beard, your strange beliefs in God, your sexual beliefs. Go away. I should feel safer now, and I’m alone. But I … Continue reading →

Welcoming a rare April sun filled day, my coffee and I shared the patio at mid-morn in relief from the cocoon of rain-free rooms. The quiet is marred only by distant traffic hum, and I revel in the back drop … Continue reading →

Sometime things go from bad to worse As I venture thoughts to written verse The words so lovely in my mind Don’t translate well in scribbled line The scenes I paint with careful words Drop into chaos like fallen birds … Continue reading →

  She appeared at night from another plane< somehow a vision in my bedroom door clearly herself in that white dress that had graced her teenage self so long ago visiting, I think, to see that I was well. My … Continue reading →

The God that loves us all does hear my gratitude spoken even beneath my breath, knows that my head need not be bowed to be lifted to God’s strength, my faith in life’s goodness and my thanks to that constant … Continue reading →