As the fog rolled 'cross the tree tops Before covering the ground It took the winds of yesterday To spread it all around. You can hear in the distance Thunder crashing loud Unknown destiny As your troubles seek you out. &nbs; …
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This week has been real strange Not in my life but the weather Things have been wacky You'll have to read a little further You see one day it snowed Another day was hot Yet another day it rained a little The next it rained a lot It's gone from hot to freezing Then from freezing …
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Anger Pain Suffering Love Hate Blood Sword Gun Knife Courage Honor Devotion Sacrifice Death And in the peace
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When the darkest hour is upon me I drift off to a place I long to be With the spirits of happiness They always set me free. Their faces are reminders Ancient happy scenes Like horses fit with blinders They are focused on me. I reflect their gentle kindness As I honor their souls …
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This is the eleventh collaboration by mstanley and myself in which we combine imagery and poetry. If you've not seen the previous collaborations, please visit my column and scroll through to view them. © All Rights Reserved/mstanley/A. Mac
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a walk that took her to a fate, undesiredwhere was the saving grace to come in timewith her long hair unbound flowing, in the airlifted slightly in the night's coolness comingkisses of love gone, ceased in the daylighta painting hung on a wall of youth and gaietya laughing face, …
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Open up your heart Let the goodness in Filter out the bad things That try to do you in Unchain your soul Listen to the wind You may not have known But they've always been your friend. Lift up your spirit When your body is tired Break away From what had you mired Take …
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Veins run hot and boiling, Veiled reaching out calling, Anger making all much darker, With every step, bleaker. Unwanted feeling in the mind, Desperately seeking words kind, All enveloping, painful hate, Walking to step out, a gate. A choice to open all and let in, …
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I remember an accident The wail of the siren Blood pounds I’m put in the back of the ambulance Bright lights fading I close my eyes Light returns The god of death hovers over me “Come with me,” he says I slowly disconnected from my body My grandfather le …
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I've lived a million lives I guess you could say it's been a few I've been a soldier I've been a Father I've been an a-hole too I've been a hero I've been a coward Depends on your point of view But overall I've been happy I'm allowed that small joy too I've lived a happy li …
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