Songs of Mermaid (Poetry) for Saturday, April 5, 2008

Nowhere Near I’m a father… I love my children and their flaws I laugh with them; I ache for them next to me I stare at them on and on each day Smiling, admiring, wondering… These are my kids, my blood, my joy and my pride I am their father; but I’m nowhere near them. I’m a husband… I love my wife and everything about her We make love passionately; and we share completely I long for her on and on each day Loving, caring, and yearning… She’s my wife, my better-half, my love and my life I am her... Sign in to see full entry.

A candle in your heart What is out there… Behind the whitest clouds Of softest texture Under the farthest ocean Such beauty of extreme nature Beneath the layer of the ozone Warming us to our bones What lies beyond… Our daily walk Between cheese and chalk Our common share Between oil and water Our norms and values Between beggary and affluence A candle for the confused… Or maybe a little lost A candle to light A gnawing giant fright Death or distance Feared in holocaust as one Lit a candle on the... Sign in to see full entry.