It stands as a truism that you can never go home.  Yet home does not vanish because we cannot go there any longer in the flesh.  Whether it changed or we did something remains, even if just an echo. The shadows of home are never so far As the thought in a memory. Out of… Read More Shadows of Home

Reflections on mercy in a time of strife. A prayer for souls whatever happens on this side of eternity. (This was supposed to go out on the 9th and for some reason didn’t.) Faltering souls lost in despair Who no longer have the strength to strive The guilty and dark, chained by their deeds Who… Read More A Prayer for the Lost

An exercise in mood, I hope you find it as fun as I did. A gentle breeze spins playfully and tosses high the leaves A laughing wind comes gaily to comfort the bereaved. The gentle sun is shining before the noonday heat And the birds all are calling to the morning that they greet. The… Read More A Dancing Wind

A bit of hope to start your week Set asides the doom For the sake of your soul Yes dangers still will loom And trials take their toll. Yet still there is laughter And children still play. The sun still rises in grandeur And night flows into day. Though worries may yet trouble Our minds… Read More Passing of Doom

Now for something different: a silly little thing sparked by a friend miss hearing “Pirate Ships On the Horizon”. Pirate Sheep on the Horizon They sail from shore to shore Plowing through the deep green waves Then returning home once more. Their black sails stand up smartly From their woolly backs And the fleet raids… Read More Pirate Sheep