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 […]

We opened the box…

The shower is my sanctuary. Its glass walls providing a steamy blackboard where the problems of the world are examined, tested and solved. My mind drifts wildly as the warm water pours across my shoulders, washing life’s drama into the basin, where I watch it splash and swirl before it flows into the drain. I […]

It’s time to “own” yesterday…

In the early 1900’s, George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This aphorism is, arguably, one of the most important sentences ever written. It reminds us that history has an ugly habit of repeating itself. Today, we appear hellbent on removing anything from our history that might be […]

The Yappy Dog

The most dangerous people are the ones who say nothing. They do not brag, they do not make threats and they do not seek attention. They know what they want, they know how to get it and they see no advantage or benefit in discussing it. I do not respect the person who tells you […]