What Crosses My Mind

  • I knew a woman one time

    I knew a woman one time, long before marriage swept me away, I could dance alone in my room in my own way. She was my truth, she listened and then might smile, I could tell her anything, in our long walks, finding trails along the river. I knew a woman one time, she called…

  • She Gives Me Real

    When it happens I can smile, not a knowing I am right sort of trivialized agreement, far more this sanity we all try to live yet seldom understand why. I remember once being told we ought not ever ask, only allow let the circumstance be not our own, only cast the open freedom to salvage…

  • If You Smile, Intend It

    I have walked into your world, watched your smile direct traffic, I have known the outcome afterward, when the world continues alone.   If you smile, they might appeal to the soft nature of your character. If you smile we all can breathe together in the silence of a melody.   When the world does…

  • I Wonder About Time

    I mean in years your eyes haven’t changed oh there’s the brow, the lines of endearment, but the vision, the deep soul of passion, that’s what I want to continue to see, I could go forever without being near you, yet suddenly in the dash of a moment, your eyes, their spiritual ambience, their need…

  • Happy Father’s Day

    When I think of days I remember you, I think of stature, a man in the kitchen, always ready with a smile, a look, a glance, to indicate your quiet awareness, of everyone around you. ~ I remember the day we sat together, while you told me about a guy named Satchmo, and there he…

  • Compassion

    In our world, we hang by a string, only that, a thread of despair, measures our resilience, fortitude, confidence. Yet every day, with each waking hour, when we see a smile, without ever knowing what created that we simply walk away, in acceptance, when we see tears, that don’t get in our way, we imagine compassion…

  • We Were Smiling (inspired by Tinsley Ellis)

    Just another day, walking, we were smiling, a lasting sunlight, I remember the day, a golden meadow field ahead, our usual place, we were smiling, I  knew there were painful moments, but just today, let’s keep  it, let’s go with the sunlight, let the smiles remain, those are so delightful, your smile, alone, I remember…

  • Touched By Real

        He smiled and the world listened if only for a moment when everyone else seemed driven and lost. On a spring morning He appeared around the corner and changed my direction, I was suddenly moved by you. Your spirit, your energy, your passion Your beautiful grin rather simply shouted ‘I’m awesome’ ~ We…