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It is often said “A dog is man’s best friend” yet how truly undeserving are we?Dogs want nothing but affection, to serve, to love, and become a part of our family. A dog is man’s best friend but is man … Continue reading →

When the final leaves have fallen and the cold northern winds set in, autumn turns to winter as is always must. Life is relentless like that. The aging patriarch claims his title to widowhood after the death of his wife … Continue reading →

Why do these conflicts go on for hundreds and thousands of years? Senseless battles that can only bring, pain, bloodshed, and tears. Mourn for the shed blood of the Lambs of War Can coveted land, a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, … Continue reading →

You, pariah, are an enemy of the people. You have no love but for that of power.You wear the essence of hatred like a crown. Your guile masks nothing and reveals everything. You sit at the foot of your enormous … Continue reading →

  Our gracious Lady Liberty sheds a tear for this land now ruled by hatred and fear.              In cities, riots and indignation now rule the streets of this once great nation. A dark chapter … Continue reading →

  I wait with the finality and stoic weariness of old age. The days have been a blur in the ever ticking movement of God’s eternal clock. I have tried to see the world through the eyes of my friend, … Continue reading →

  There is no peace or solace among the statues of stone.Only memories of times past and the pain of ages gone by.No hope is found in the quiet moments spent there all alone.Can reconciliation ever be gained by statues … Continue reading →

My spirit is kind and healing.  Bring me your broken hearts and shattered lives. I am mighty among the Nations on earth.  Gather your wounded behind my torch and find a land where your soul can revive. Here is the … Continue reading →

  As the days draw near and the time is at hand, who will mourn the angry man? He looks at his world and wags his head. He sits in judgment of the weak and unfed. He is rather to … Continue reading →

  It is said, “it takes a village” but where has the village gone?Why has hatred cast its foul cloud over the land?Our children are dying; brothers and sisters perish in the violence of madness.Evil rises from the mist of … Continue reading →

  Soldier’s Plea A young man was angry at the very God he denied. He was torn and weary; too many days in the desert sand. There was too much blood, shed by human hand; and for what? A civil … Continue reading →

  When we reach those silver years, our days can be empty and idle; reflective, depressive and filled with regret over lives that should have been. There seems no hope for a better future as our paths are set for … Continue reading →

How does a man ascend to greatness as a king to a nation chosen? Though you my king were but a ruddy lad, your path was surely set in motion. What is it that defines the greatness of a king? … Continue reading →

Photo from City of Marysville.com A time in the past on a midsummer day we placed our blankets on a hill in the park.  Oh the cheerful sound of children’s fun and the memories of days in the summer sun. … Continue reading →

  They know I am coming; I sense that, though their tongue I have yet to learn.I live in the warmth and protection of my own private ocean.While angels look down in patient concern.Oh healer, do not become my executioner … Continue reading →

The woodland path wound through birch trees looking pale and dead in the morning frost. An old man bent with the ravages of age hobbled along with his gnarled wooden staff. He had walked this way every day of his … Continue reading →

    At the window of my cottage on a cool, damp, foggy, morning,Stood a Raven clad in white. I’d never seen such a sight.How could it be? The Raven is a black bird you see. But there he stood … Continue reading →

  At the approach of dawn on that day, the mist rises quietly from the forest’s floor.An old stone cross from a crumbling headstone peeks through the parting veil of night.The time draws near with the steady cadence of that … Continue reading →