Triple Crown

Lightening fast


Born for the track

He seems to know

Just where he has to go!



Thoroughbred he’s called

Sleek and proud

Head held high



It’s Churchill Downs

Preakness and Belmont

He’s made for the Triple Crown!!

© 2008

Time

Sunshine streaks thru the forest

A deer – captured for a moment in time

then dashes away…..

Clouds on the horizon

signal an end to a beautiful day

Thunder rolls, lightening strikes

Nature’s way reminds us all

That we’re not here to stay

© 1998

Living

This is not living, it’s merely existing
And not even for me but for someone else

This life is not what I thought it would be

My plans, hopes, my dreams

All vanish quicker than I can summon them up.

It’s not what I want it to be

I know what I want to do

I just have to find my way – and

It could make the “dough”

– now that’s finding my pou-sto!

© April 2009

Shadow Play

Out in the white dry snow

A shadow play is all you see

Now and again a star will fall

And set the quite world all aglow



As I sit by the flickering fire

I see your face in time

And then –



But why should I look

For like the snow and firelight

Your face will soon vanish

And so – I turn to my book.



I gaze out the window

I see you slowly disappear

And then – shadows and … nothing

© January 23, 1978

Nannie

When at last you see light

at the end of the long day

I know it’s time to say farewell

I won’t say good-bye

for I hope to see you again someday

When we all stand in the light

of our Lord Jesus



Your love and wisdom

has seen us all through

many sad and trying times

Your faith in God made you strong enough

to guide others along the way



We’ll miss seeing you ever day

but we know you’ll be with us

in our hearts and lives.



In memory of Dessie Jennette

©2005

My Daddy

Memories of your face


flickering softly in the distance

through the corridors of my mind.

Like firelight and shadows,

your voice still echoes in my head

as if it were only yesterday you were here.



The leaves are falling from the trees

And the snow will soon blanket our world.

It’s been almost 14 years since you left us

And yet I still feel the need to talk to you.



You’ve missed so much,

the shining smile of your second grandson

the growing up pains of your first –

who is now going to be a father himself.



So many changes…

Yet I still feel your strengths and beliefs

Guiding me each day.

No matter what happens

You’ve always been there to help me through.

© November 1992

Missing Water!??

How can you lose water?




Ice on Mars

Hidden for millions of years

Scientists discovered

Some want man to go there.



Did you ever think –

Maybe God hid it!



There’s got to be somewhere

Man won’t go, Man can’t go.



Don’t need to explore it all

Keep something untouched

Leave the beauty alone

We’ve destroyed this planet

Enough for all!!

© March 2009

Lost

Moonbeams softly filtered by fog

as the sea crashes to the shore,

far away a foghorn blows

I run, run, run

for I must warn them

of the storm that comes

The lightning flashes –

A tree falls – I fall

I am lost, lost….

© September 1997

Dreamscape

Dreams come to me like

silent movies on a

blank screen

 

The lights fade

the faces appear before me

 

You say don’t worry

we’ll look after her

She’s so tiny

An angel and perfect in every way

 

You know we only had her

for a few short hours

before she went on to join you

But the memory of her face

is still so fresh in our hearts

I see her now by your side

stars reflecting in her blue eyes

and a smile on her lips as she takes your hand

and slowly fades from my sight.

****

In memory of my granddaughter
Megan Danielle Sullivan
April 10, 1995-April 11, 1995

© April 1995

Cowboy Rides

Born on a stormy night

March winds blowing hard

Born on the wind

Flashing eyes, dark as night

 

Roar of the crowd

Now silences of a held breath

8 seconds……..

Win or lose

Dust clears, cowboy rides

 

Two lane blacktop going nowhere

Vanishing into the night

How many times

Have I passed this way?

One more ride, one more day

8 seconds, win or lose, cowboy rides

© August 2009

Thunder Road

The ribbon of road stretches before me

Fingers of wind caress my hair

The sound of thunder vibrates all around

As I take my place

 

The wings of freedom wait

I stretch out my hands

And stroke the shining metal

As I grip the handles I feel the earth

Tremble from the power beneath me

 

With the sun on my face

I embark on a journey of discovery

 

My soul soars in the wind

With the mighty Eagle

I am protected by my Wolf brothers

My shadow is the wild Mustang running free

 

As long as I ride

My spirit will be content to roam this land.

© November 1997

Memories

Firelight and shadows play on the

fields of my memory

Your voice, your smile

As fresh as yesterday

The snow falls to the ground,

the whole world is silent

with memories.

Yet somehow I know

you hear me when I say,

I still miss you today!

© January 1978