Tag Archives: love

I love you Dad

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Michael

This week is the anniversary of my worst ever week. A year ago I spent this week with my father as he gasped his way to his death. Dad with Great Granddaughter Dakota each morning a long drive longer as … Continue reading →

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Conversation with a Tantrumist

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Michael

Are you upset? No! Oh. Then why are you sitting like that? Like what? Well you have your arms folded and you are tapping your foot. You never tap your foot unless…. I can tap my foot if I want. … Continue reading →

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Poem 8

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Michael

  when I was small merely a child I could walk in safety on concrete paths simple things would fit my tiny hands a walk to the shop was a norm with threepence knotted in the corner of a hanky. … Continue reading →

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Poem 7

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Michael

our hands define us revealing character, the workers from the artists. your hands, lines deep in wisdom expressive in art and words radiating genuine warmth. when gathered at your feet children congregate listening attentively each word gesticulatory illustrated meaning complete, … Continue reading →

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Poem 5

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Michael

when I leave will I be missed? will you even notice? or am I just a person, someone you once knew? you cared, that I cared knowing now you don’t cruels me of all hope. you searched me out. my … Continue reading →

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Poem 4

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Michael

in my dreams is a place I know not so far from here. a stream brims over tiny falls and eddies in languid pools of blue united with the watery world like mermaids you dive under waters, that purify your … Continue reading →

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Poem 3

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Michael

standing in the doorway your smile seduces me your form visible ~ an outline a presence that delights me our hands reach across the void but when I turn to you…you’re gone can it be that you are nothing but an … Continue reading →

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I Miss You

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Michael

  I look for you. Every morning Your words Greet my day.   I miss you, My expectation, Selfish I know.   There is a longing It lingers As hours pass.   There is nothing. No word. Still I miss … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Mortality

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Michael

  What’s wrong? What’s right? I have moments Where on reflection Nothing is working out Nothing will change the inevitable. One step forward two back. My mortality looms Reminding me My days are numbered. Nature’s way Of reclaiming its own. … Continue reading →

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Grief

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Michael

Grief Until you have to deal with grief you really have little to no idea of how it works. Each of us responds differently. The vast emptiness is something I think many people would experience. As I had nursed my … Continue reading →

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