We used to be a lot of things. Licensed under the Unsplash+ License

Your spirit is apparitional — If these walls could talk What story would they tell? The laughs, the smiles, the effervescent lust Or the days and nights of never-ending Hell Was it just your time Or fate’s own cruel vagary? So many live fractured by your loss None of us coping very bravely How do…

Now what do I do? — I’ve known “Angie” for seven years or so. Over the last year or so we’ve become much closer, following her divorce some 18 months ago. By anyone’s assessment, Angie is physically attractive. I mean room-stopping, head-turning gorgeous. What’s that old saying, “Men want to be with her, women want to…

Love chooses you. —

Reflections on reflecting. — Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.” ~ Plato What is the value of reflection? You know, thinking. Pausing. Breathing — as if your life depended on it. I subscribe to a newsletter from a site called LifeVestInside. …

They lift us up. —

And you know who They are. — They are everywhere And They know everything Feeling down? Just ask Them, They’ll let Their knowledge ring You know what They say They say a lot They’re lucky to have been so fortunate And They’re sorry that you have not They have an answer for every question On the tip of…

They help me move on. — Each day when I’m down Feeling so blue My heart is so empty It’s just missing you But you are not mine Nor will you be Not now, not then As far as I see So I turn to words Find comfort there And say the things I only dare …

As easy as breathing. — Not that I am actively seeking different employment (mostly,) but I may have just found the perfect job for me. A position that perfectly matches my primary skill with a corporate objective. A position in which I can succeed in my sleep. A position for which I literally would not…