Video phone, thank god for you
Because Missouri is the other side of the world
Because my new niece is there
Pittsburgh is too far away
A week is too long to wait to see you
flights and highways will be an eternity
but for now photos and videos will have to be enough
I just have a week to wait, but it’s not a year
Afghanistan IS the other side of the world
videos and pictures for a year, watching
the calendar slowly pass, a world away
my niece’s father will wait and watch and work
Jan 26, 2013
Jan 26, 2013 at 7:51 PM UTC
Night had fallen long ago
and the midnight hour passed,
yet in the yellow circle of my lamplight,
I pressed on in my quiet work.
And for a moment I paused, and set aside my pencil
then, without its scratching upon the paper
I could hear the silence of the world asleep.
Grey dawn was not yet near; Red dusk had long since passed
Now cool black lay across the earth
and quiet darkness filled the sky.
No wind disturbed a blade of grass, or leaves upon the trees,
No cries or shrieks of nighttime beasts shook the earthly silence.
And the forest stream silently trickled through shadowed trees.
Upon realizing that I was the only thing in the world awake,
my lamp the only light,
my work lay spread across my desk
and my pencil, set aside,
I once again listened to the silence of a world asleep,
Then not pausing for a moment
I turned off the light.
My work could wait for tomorrow.
Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011 at 9:17 PM UTC
Tumbling and sliding
Through sparkling clear waters
Coins bearing wishes.
Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011 at 5:39 PM UTC
Strip away your fancy clothes,
cut off all your hair.
Show me who you really are
when your life is bare.
Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011 at 5:34 PM UTC