They Needed Someone to Lead Them, and She Couldn’t Let Them Go Alone

(A Song for Jane) They said the count was almost done,More than twenty still out,The dusk had wrapped the canyon wide,And silence held the doubt. But Jane stood there, listening still.The whispers in the mesquite,She knew the trail, she knew each name,And she made a vow she'd keep. They needed someone to lead themAnd she …

unfinished

Nature is not a forgiving force, but she gives us time before she collects her due though we can't leave things unresolved like the way I left things with you. Some days, when storm clouds gather And a spirited wind whispers in my ear I stand and face the things to come with measured fear. …

words by Emerson

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and …

I found an old friend

When I gave the forgiveness, I said I’d never give I found an old friend. All the walls fell away. And my heart could breathe again. Once, when we were still young, we said forever like we meant it. Then life happened, and we fell apart like young lovers often do. I wish I knew …

Emerson’s World-Soul

A little Emerson.... The World-Soul by Ralph Waldo Emerson Thanks to the morning light, Thanks to the seething sea, To the uplands of New Hampshire, To the green-haired forest free; Thanks to each man of courage, To the maids of holy mind, To the boy with his games undaunted, Who never looks behind. Cities of …