Bleak
By Michael Cains. Locked in our hearts lies brutal pain Keys are hidden deep in the brain. Living each day just as we are told Youth’s lessons pale as we grow old A dark world sometimes splashed with light A … Continued
By Michael Cains. People you know but really you don’t, A coffee at first, share more you won’t. Trips on the weekends in our little vans, Hooked on the travel, ever more plans. You meet someone new and it really … Continued
By Michael Cains. I don’t think much about my grandfather these days. He died many years ago back in England, to where I have never returned. I remember him as a big man, with a big influence over his four … Continued
By Michael Cains. Charles didn’t know if the cat hated the cleaning robot first, or the other way around. The battle seemed to gradually start, developing into a no-holds barred war lasting until the inevitable end. Joeline and he got … Continued
By Ivor Steven. there is something about the freedom of horses beyond green pastures and steeple courses there is something about the purity of life’s sources from the snowy mountains down the river courses there is something … Continued
By Ivor Steven. My ears are funnels But I do not want to hear The voices My lips do part But I do not speak The words My knees do bend But I cannot sit While I … Continued
By Ivor Steven. I cannot walk the continents Like the intrepid Marco Polo But my feet have felt the sands of time Pass between my toes I have not sailed the high seas Like the courageous Christopher Columbus … Continued