The Last Post

by | Jul 10, 2011 | Poetry

Daylight is receding… Darkness takes its place. Dear Lord…we souls pleading… Ask of thy fair grace. Pity thou our Fallen. Bid them, when they come, Well…unto thy calling… In thine heavenly home. Grant them with thy blessing Thy love evermore. For with faith...

The day your Father died

by | Jul 10, 2011 | Poetry

You want to know all that happened… What happened on the day your father died. You want to know what happened to him… What I know about the day your father died. I will tell you all about what happened… I will tell you what had come to pass. Of all that had happened...

At The End Of Our Days

by | May 10, 2011 | Poetry

Thus, at the end of days the man is asked… “Give your account for those things you have done To leave the world better for everyone. What have you done as measured to the task?” “Have you misfeigned with deeds of vanity, Envy, selfishness or of avarice? Or have you...

Mortality

by | May 10, 2011 | Poetry

We will die because we must…and not because we could. The leaves…they fall…summer recedes… Mankind lends license to its deeds… But ambition dwindles in the dust of disquiet and falsehood. The years they bring us ever near to the time when death we meet. Blissful the...

The way of happiness

by | Apr 18, 2011 | Poetry

Full happiness eludes those who seek it… It cannot be bought cheaply or ensnared. Happiness and sadness are closely paired… For happiness is gained through discomfort. Happiness and sadness are of the same. One can’t be happy unless one has been sad… One must balance...