Awakening a Memory
I have walked a thousand country miles - watched the falcons pirouette in the summer sky; lunched upon bitter green apples and fermented mangoes and napped beneath the hot luminous clock; quenched my...
View ArticleThree Seasons of Life
In the youngest years, there is fear and pain In the middle years, there is ecstasy, laughter, hope, promise. happiness, delight, pleasure, bliss, confidence, optimism, courage, faith, joy, desire,...
View ArticleRapture
In this, my final mortal moment As the layered veil of secrets Like my breath, sure and softly drawn Beneath my pale and frightened gaze As my clay-sculpt feet are slowly and with love gently lowered...
View ArticleDefeated
Like most people, I am caught in the web of learning to navigate the constantly changing twists and turns of today’s fluctuating societal ups and downs. It seems every day someone achieves their...
View ArticleI Am Part of the WordPress Family Award
Nominated by Tersia Burger In accepting the honor of “I Am Part of the WordPress Family Award,” I am moved not only by a profound gratitude for the recognition of my writing, but also by a very...
View ArticleFade to Heaven
Time comforts me, though the clock winds down And I’m driven to the ticking of another sound My heart beats so softly, in erratic measure Comes now an end to this life I have deeply treasured I have...
View ArticleThe Lantern
Do you see that lantern on the mantle? Its light has shined on three generations of this family. My grandfather learned to read under the tutelage of its glow. He wrote love letters to my grandmother...
View ArticleI Bark, Therefore, I Am
Lord Byron enjoying his “after-vet” time alone. I’m not going to yank your leash – it’s been a busy month. A few weeks ago, my humans took me into the scary place with the man in the white coat. You...
View ArticleThe Seasons of Life
In the youngest years, there is fear and pain. In the middle years, there is ecstasy, laughter, hope, promise. happiness, delight, pleasure, bliss, confidence, optimism, courage, faith, joy, desire,...
View ArticleThe Lantern
Do you see that lantern on the mantle? Its light has shined on three generations of this family. My grandfather learned to read under the tutelage of its glow. He wrote love letters to my grandmother...
View ArticleThe Divine Tapestry of Life
We are imperceptibly bound by the common chords of our humanity; colored threads weaving a rich tapestry of shared experience. Our similitude outshines our differences, ineradicable and glistening;...
View ArticleLetting Go
It is human nature to become too attached to things or people.Learn how to let go with grace. Letting go of regrets is not some passive undertaking. Regret is a weight that anchors us in the past,...
View ArticleI CHOOSE LOVE
(Music video by Shawn Galloway) (Poem by D. L. McHale) to suffer is to love to love is to suffer… I have known life I have known love I choose love I have known hate I have known love I choose love I...
View ArticleONE LAST DANCE by D.L.McHale
In Spring she danced with her true love Each step in softness, lights descending From the silver rays of moon above Terpsichore's guidance never-ending. Summer found her slightly winded Though to her...
View ArticleBEFORE by D.L.McHale
Before the ashes, Vulcan’s vengeful fire. Before the sex, a deep and burning desire Before the storm, a dark and restless quiet; Before the morning, a deep and somber night. Before the hunt, the...
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