The waterfall  Stilled in the garden Fall’s delicate fingers Draped it in Spiderwebs spun from  The finest silk And the stone table  Stood there A solemn sentinel Empty Of summer promises  Gifts And lush green Hopes Like human hearts Hardened among The shadows of life  A last drop  Of water Dripped  Down The cold autumn …

There needs to be A universal Dumpster, A giant mouth Swallowing The rubbish of our Existence The gray in our days, The dirt from the white shirt That freshly ironed Mornings wear So, the illusions we neatly Fold And the hope we file in Alphabetized folders For easy access on Dreary afternoons Can light up…

The sky’s dark velvet Opened up Like an old Pillow Gentle snowflakes Escaped White and Delicate Like rose petals They fell to the Cold ground – Roads Parks And football Fields Covering them With intricate Lace A promise made A long time ago Between earth and Sky The eternal circle Continues As fall writes Its…

When it’s fall And the world Becomes a closet Full of Cedar-scented Trench coats In shades of Yellow And rich Cocoa brown Nature is getting Dressed In its Sunday best Velvet scarves Drape over the clouds As October cries Cold tears The park across the street Is a copper inkwell: Fall proclaims its Testament The…

When your hope runs On battery save And every moment seems Like an eternity Flirting with you Showing off its Sunday best What do you then When the world is A carousel that Never stops The clown grins At the rabbit And the horses just Keep on galloping Around and Around With no sign of…

Christmas is Drawing near Carefully wrapped in Golden paper – a red bow on top – Presenting the story of Hope woven two Thousand years ago Composing tender Lullabies For an infant Sweetly sleeping Under the Christmas tree And in Human hearts While brass church bells Toll the hymn Of a promise Shall we wake…

Good morning – Said the trees and They curtsied in White lace gowns Shaking snowflakes off Their glistening Wedding veils As they waited For their grooms To arrive The wind picked up And tiny snowflakes Greeted the Passersby Gently kissing cheeks Hugging soft scarves People were hurrying to Offices, cafes, bus stations: Wedding guests Without…

Advent has arrived In solemn purple Whispering a story of Evergreens and Candle lights Peace we wish for That gently soothes The human soul And hums a melody of Long forgotten Songs wrapped in Velvet A promise we no longer Believe in A dream we forget to dream Time has stopped As we wait Light…

Nails are ripping My veins apart Scratching the blue Off the sky My words have floated Away with The passing clouds I am speechless Watching guards Casting lots For my clothes: The crisp linen That once Covered my Shiny ideas And thoughts That moved Mountains I lay down a carpet Woven of the finest Silk…