Touching Forever
is a book of poetry written mostly during the early isolating days of Covid. It is a random offering of poems from the lighthearted to the more somber. I hope it brings you a smile, a thought or pleasant recollection.
Inspired, encouraged and dedicated, as is so much else,
To Chris
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Memories of the Moon
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God forgets,
but the moon remembers.
sky clad and ever changing.
Sharing memories
According to needs, beliefs, and hopes.
Not to be worshipped,
Not to be feared.
Never to be denied,
Heard in eternal silence.
Soft, wise, winsome.
offering rest and wonder
darkly glowing,
Gently defining beauty
In solemn night skies.
Mortality
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He wore his mortality
Like an old coat,
Worn, lining showing through
Mended in places,
Hole in one pocket
Where he no could no longer keep his dreams.
Cold in the winter
Damp in the rain
comfortably worn
Shabby,
And far from stylish.
Until it was beyond mending.
And discarded in a dank alley dumpster.