The Potter’s Field

This story begins with a venial sin, impatience was my crime. By acting with gall, it didn’t take long for God’s messenger to stop on by. With hopes to mend a broken friend I thought I’d give God a call. A prayer was said, just before bed But there was no reply at all. By […]

A Puzzle’s Lament

A Puzzle dies a thousand times if a single piece is lost. For a thousand lives all reside within a Puzzle’s box. Can you even begin to imagine, how a Puzzle must truly feel, when a roll call is announced, and one of its pieces, has failed to appear. The Puzzle then stepped forward, “A […]

Cascade

On many a night, they’d hide from sight and yield the carnal way. Though passion begged silence, their Conscience, defiant, would caution them not to stray, “Lust and desire, a sure path to Hell’s fire!” but the words, unheard, would always fade away. With gluttonous thirst, in the abyss, live the cursed adrift, they would […]

Tolerance, a double edged sword

I love the words “to tolerate” Ever Sardonic to the end Yet so peevishly human For our existence demands it presence Thou Valor refuses its aim As history shows its futility We endure those who preach it For tolerance is thought a virtue And to be intolerant, considered a sin yet a Tyrant counts on […]