Our life is like, an empty book
Each year, we print a page
The story, of our life we write  
With each year, that we age

Some books are short, others long
All based on what we’ve done
Every journey made, and challenge faced
Each ordeal, we’ve lost or won

The good we do, or love we share
Is set in bright, bold print
Each wrong we’ve done, or didn’t care
Is veiled, in light, grey tint

Then when complete, each page is bound  
With a cover, that won’t bend                              
The front engraved, with our NAME                      
The back inscribed, THE END
OR
Then when complete, each page is bound
With a cover and its twinning
The front engraved, with our NAME
The back inscribed, BEGINNING
WIZDUMBs BY JA 338                  30-04-2014

MY QUIETUS                                                  
Having long ago gone past
The equinox, of my being
Now, it’s only atrophy
In myself I’m seeing

Yet, I grudgingly march on
To the solstice in my life
A meeting with that grim
And hooded thing, with scythe

But, this journey to my destiny
At the end of perdition’s road
Is made, not with heavy heart
But with joy, from easing of the load
BOEMS BY JA 286          
Written in hospital 2014

Cherish family
Share your time
Break bread
Drink some wine

Give thanks
For what you’ve got
Help those
That have not

KINDEST MAN I EVER KNEW

We live our lives
And then we simply pass away
Leaving behind
Just those memories of yesterday
As time goes by
They’ll surely fade away
If there’s no place
In some ones heart to stay

We leave behind
Family and friends that we have known
Hoping with each
The seeds to our memory we’ve sewn
And nurtured them
Till now they are full grown
To blossom forth
In memories we'll live on

So live your life
As if each moment is the last
Don’t pass them by
You can’t bring them back from the past
Special moments
In our hearts must be cast
If they’re to be
Those memories that last
BOEMS BY JA 424

Why is it that
We don’t catch on
That we will miss them
Until they’re gone

WIZDUMBs BY JA 89                   27-08-2012

JOKES
If it’s a joke, I will laugh
Every single time
Unlike those, who will not
Laugh at any time

This only proves, they are conscious
Of the words then being used
While disregarding the intent
Of the message being mused

It’s a tease, expressed in fun
Without malice or concern
Not to hurt someone
But to laughter earn
WIZDUMBs BY JA 406                     15-09-2014

DAY THREE –MINUS ONE                                
My last day, before the dawn
When this ordeal, should end
The outcome preordained to be
A death, or on the mend

The odds are good that I survive
But thoughts of death creep in
What’s out there, I should have done
And am I filled with sin

I’m not that bold, to be the judge
Of what should be or not
But am resigned, to my fate
This life has on me wrought
BOEMS BY JA 284        
One day till the heart operation 2014

THOUGHTLESS
Those people, that don’t give a ****
Do they never wipe their ***
Must be waiting till it dries  
In hopes, the stink will pass
WIZDUMBS BY JA 565           18-05-2015

Pray a little, cry a little
To keep bad thoughts at bay
Kiss a little, hug a little
So your feelings you convey
Make a little, give a little
Contribute if you may
Work a little, play a little
Balance out your day
Laugh a little, smile a little
Spread the joy, with your display
Teach a little, learn a little
Let knowledge pave your way
Pause a little, gaze a little
Enjoy the beauty of the quay
Love a little, care a little
What else is there to say
WIZDUMBs BY JA 453

JUST A THOUGHT
I had a thought        
The other day
About the things
We do and say

From vicious words
To words of praise
Our acts of love
To our malaise

Why, we as humans
Have such extremes
From mass destruction
To building dreams
BOEMS BY JA 196

Do you poets never rest
Do you not thirst or hunger
How despair and misery sustain you
That is what, I wonder

Do you not need some sustenance
Are your eyes not, in need of sleep
Does your body not ache for nourishment
Or is your obsession, way too deep

Far be it for me to question
How those feelings you maintain
Desires, should be wrapped in life, not death
And kept alive with happiness, not pain
BOEMS BY JA 422                                                  19-08-2015

A kiss and a hug
Or a nice warm embrace
Will always put
A smile on your face
                                                  
So, just for the feeling
That from it we’ve gotten
We should all do it
A little more often
WIZDUMBs BY JA 212               05-08-2013