What Crosses My Mind

  • Distance Learning

    So, I imagined this happening, the wave of the virus, would shut us down, remove our access to the classroom.   A part of me appreciated the break, I could still with students, have a dialogue in the distance, never contemplated the reality.   Then the news, the overbearing sentence of every teacher, every student,…

  • Days Beyond Surgery

    Ok, so I will begin and acknowledge a heavy dose of narcotics did prevent me from writing for days. Tonight, I am sitting a week away from surgery and there has been a story I wanted to tell, just haven’t found the right words. This procedure I experienced has had a major impact on my…

  • Numbing My Reality

    Seeing hope in the eyes of death Knowing love is an energy blessed Walked into a room Where he stood strong Where she would laugh Why tomorrow we will all cry Is a measure Conducive to living life Accepting mortality Turning anger to hope For with every life A new dawn prepares sunset Our confusion…

  • A Lucky Man

    The sound of impact, and eyes wandering, had their minds been preoccupied with alternatives, might his need not arise, until later on, way beyond that moment, when everyone gathered in confusion. The skies screamed home to sit nearby, gather together in tears of joy, this is a happy time, his eyes are glancing forward, smiles…

  • 5:30 AM

    The morning dawn still veiled in black, humanity in slow arrival, a sterile environment, low murmurs, occasional throat clearing, expressive faces that suggest one of two things only, apprehension or task. either way, it is apparent for some not a typical day, for other’s a certain service project a life long dedication to helping the…