by Father Some people Move about With a noise And clatter That mimic Their inner Confusion While others Come and go With a silence That disguises Their inner strength
by Father Solitaire in shadows Real or undeclared Laid hands upon the table Or underneath As noone cared What’s seen, uncomprehended What’s not, misunderstood What’s felt is undefended What’s left is seldom good; Solitaire in shadows Draw aces one by one And when you’ve drawn all four The game has just begun Solitaire in shadows …
by Father It takes a lot of confidence To make a funny face And not feel out of place Or unpretty; It takes a lot of poise To wiggle your nose like a rabbit Or move your mouth like a fish And never get in the habit Of forgetting to make people laugh; I’ll remember …
by Father The wheat fields are silent The soldiers are gone But the memory of death Lingers on and on Many a day and Many a night Have seen the soldiers Struggle and fight Once the trees Witnessed the blood That covered the fields Like a flood Once cannons blasted Once rifles blazed In this …
by Father The sun is a smile That starts each new day And wakes you from dreams That slip quietly away A new start with your loved ones Fond memories to make Before nightfall arrives And the brightness it takes Today no longer here Melts back into dreams While tomorrows being born In the sun’s …
by Father As silence sounds its call tonight To wed with darkness and faint shadows The memory of you lingers on But only prints in the sand remain Of life in its careless haste Letting chances of love go by Completely unobserved.
by Father The five kings count The dead and the dying The crusted joints Ignore the screams A hand rules pity As God rules heaven Hands cry no tears And do not dream Strong is the hand That holds the hammer But stronger is the hand That holds the pen It brings us hope And …
by Father and Daughter Light of other days Flickered faintly on the walls So dimly lit the weary ways Down dark and dusty halls Now modern lights can shine Through clouds beyond the night And far beyond our time Lasered beams radiate so bright We can finally see Remote stars and a wayward galaxy But …
by Father The well is so empty The well is so dry I’ve cried all the tears I’ve needed to cry And I’ve hurt all I’ve wanted For the things I’ll never be And I’ve shown you all I can Of the things you’ll never see
by Daughter There you were with your honesty and your heart on your sleeve We were all drawn to you Captivated by your integrity Braver because you loudly lived all that was your essence And you were aligned with the stars We could feel it Radiating You wouldn’t let us settle for anything less than …