JUST

I just happened

To think of you

Just now.

I just wanted to be

In your embrace

Just below the covers.

I just felt

The glow inside of you.

Oh, how happy it makes me.

I just closed my eyes

And saw the twinkle

In yours.

I just think

Everything is just

So much nicer

With you.

I just have to

Find you.

God's Smile

Stopped for a light

on a quiet intersection

I rub my eyes.

And when I blink,

I see His smile.

A perfectly round,

wordless,

immaculate smile.

A smile without eyes

or a face.

I blink again,

and I still see His smile.

It could only be God.

He wants me to know that

He loves me.

Exquisitely, perfectly,

and without regret.

The light turns, and I

drive on.

God has smiled upon me this day.

He didn't have to, but He did.

His smile will never leave

my soul, even during its

darkest night.

When God smiles,

all my words

are futile

to state his grace.

Racehorse

pawing at the dirt.
biting my lip.
champing at the bit.

waiting for the jarring
of the bell
to open the gate.

ready to charge
like a screaming soldier
with a bayonet
from the metal
constriction.

twenty others like me
know how I feel.
just as hungry.
just as desperate.

racing for a glory
that we can only
hint at.

A Safe Place

In a safe place

A safe, warm place

a safe, warm, peaceful place

is where I need to be.

In a soft place

A soft, sweet place

with soft, sweet and happy people

is where I belong.

In a quiet place

a quiet, tranquil, place

a quiet, tranquil, desolate place

is where I should get.

Far from the noise

far from the noise and chill

far from the noise and chill and dampness

As far as I can go.

Where the angels play

where they play and laugh

where they play and laugh and sing,

that's the only thing.

All I want

is a safe place.

Where is it?

BIG GAME

Big game

Played by big men

in a big stadium

with a big scoreboard

in a big state.

Big game

for big money

for the big men

with big egos

and big bank accounts.

Big game

watched by guys

with big bellies

and big appetites

for big chips and

big dips.

Big problems for

the wife of the

big guy watching

the big game

on his big screen.

"Big boy's mine,"

she says.

Big game

in the big stadium

watched by big movers

and big shakers

in big suites,

wanting to make the

big deal.

Boy, this big game

must be a big deal.

You know what I say

to the big guys

and their big game?

BIG DEAL!

Do You (A greeting card)

Do you
have in your life
someone who gladdens
your soul?

Do you
know anyone
who lightens
your heart?

Do you
know anybody
who always makes
you smile?

Even
as you
fall asleep?

Do you
have someone
whose voice
is that of your
angel?

And whose
fairy dust
always sends
you soaring?

I do.

That someone

Is YOU!

Cardinal in Winter

A cardinal is

So indomitably

Red,

Even against

The grey sky

And the encompassing

Snow.

Flitting back and forth,

Hither and yon,

A cardinal can’t help

But cheer his

Surroundings.

A dash of color

In a white world,

A cardinal

Brings me

Hope.