Where the long river flows Where mountains reach the sky Where the old maple grows Where eagles fly high I dream of such a place Where there’s none but You and I A place for us to live A place for us to die By the orchard in the cottage I’d lay me in your…
Category: Poetry
This is the song I wrote for my brother and sister in law on their Wedding Anniversary, which was this week. So many years have passed since I I held you close to me So many days have passed us by Still there’s none like thee We’ve come far since the day we met And…
Everyone knows that change is a must. It’s about the only thing one can count on. Changes may be good or bad, but it’s not something that we can bargain with. Of course unless you take a permanent leave from the Human Race and live away from the so-called civilized world. But I have a…
I was watching the final episode of “The Wonder Years” tonight, which, for a few moments, took me back home to the streets I grew up on. Reminded me of my own Winnie Cooper, Roopal Sharma I knew when I was in first grade and hadn’t thought of in a long long time. She lived…
There she stood ‘neath the hot summer sun It seemed like she’d never been away Well I’d been long in September of my years I could swear it was only yesterday She gave me a smile and I softly said “It’s been too long since you’ve been gone” She said, “I dreamed of you every…
I’ve always loved the quite of the mountains Chill of the winds, the music of the fountains Oh the changing seasons thrill my heart so Just like her love that I knew long ago Was only seventeen when I came here A place by the stream, a place so dear Though I’ve traveled far, I’ll…
He sits down with his own cup of tea And waits by the stall for the afternoon train The autumn winds wail like a lone wolf’s cry And takes him back to a small-town lane His eyes grow weary, his fingers grow frail The tea tastes sour like tears in his eyes An old man’s…
Once I was a brother, once I was a son Once I had a dream of girl who’d be the one Living by the dirt road, life was such a thrill I sure miss those times I know I always will Growing up was easy time just flew on by Folks in my hometown never…
Leaves, they blow in the wind in the sun It seems they’ve got no place to go Faded and forgotten in the whirls of time They howl in the night crying high and low Everyday I see people falling in love They give their heart just to take it back Like the leaves in autumn,…
Down by the rocks, down by the shore Way over yonder there’s an open door Life there is free like the wide-open sky And I’ll never know where the time’s gone by I still remember when I left home With an old fiddle and the songs I owned But the world didn’t care and I…