As I Lay In Bed Tonight As I lay in bed tonight I shall think of happy thoughts of you and me. The times when we walked hand in hand, On the road we wished wouldn’t come to an end. When we leafed through the pages of our favorite book,…
Apelike What seekest thou, my long-armed friend? who hath no need to stoop or bend to rest thy knuckles on the ground who peers, bright-eyed, at all around where jungle trails tell what has passed to those, like you who are most harassed, through fear of foes –
Another Mile To the late Sammy Qualls I’ve been known to turn and twist my soul. I’ve even left myself standing in the aisle. But I always managed to drag my head out of my hole, Picking myself up, dusting off, and going another mile. There was this friend of…
A Special Verse for a Special Friend Sincerity in everything, no veils to lift or clear. No moments of depression when friends like you are near. No lacking in responding to a hand outstretched and warm, that is what life is all about, that is what should be the norm.…
Facundo is a stray tabby cat I adopted two years ago I used to have a home. But, one day, in the way of cats, I wandered into the square in the centre of our city. I’d become what is known as a stray. I had run away from my…
“…always talk…” In April 1999, my best friend, Marsha, died of a drug overdose. I remember that evening as clear as anything, it had been raining non-stop for hours. At two o’clock that afternoon, my mother told me what had happened and I remember feeling nothing. I didn’t cry, I…
