*Random Thoughts for my son Christopher.....



Today I visited three old friends. I play on the word old, for these are friends who have weathered the seasons like me and upon whom the sun has shone harsh and cruel on this side of the globe.



It is always interesting to see where the passage of time finds everyone on the long road of life. In speaking of the long road of life, I liken the journey to that of a train ride. Consider for a moment a long train ride- at the end of…

Take me where the wind blows

Over lush green fields and open spaces

And the eyes can gaze into

The brightness of a clear blue sky.

Here in this lost 'City of Joy'

These towers of Babel reaching for the sky

Cloaked in the glitz of neon blouses

Stare at me with the emptiness

that surrounds a prostitute.



I stand alone. Dwarfed by brick and mortar.

Mortified by some savage incomprehensible…