A thousand days without you, a thousand nights. Your face and form run through fragments of my dreams, only to wake to find you’re not beside me. By all accounts, I’m doing well. Riding under the canopy of the tree-lined path you knew I loved so well, I looked for the pair— the pair thatContinue reading “A Swan Alone”
Author Archives: Dan R.
Love Eternal
Close your eyes and hear these words As if they were skillful strokes Of a paint filled brush that draws upon the canvas of your inner being. In hopes that the images that arise evoke a catch in the throat and a pull at your heart strings all to convey like a starry night theContinue reading “Love Eternal”
Answers from beyond the Veil
Questions for my Bride I ask on bended knee:Now that I am widowed,What do you make of me?What would you have me do? When you walked beside me,At your pleasure, I would serve.But now you’ve slipped behind the veil—and I am unsure which way to turn, I know I can’t persistWith the life that IContinue reading “Answers from beyond the Veil”
A Place for Doves
Through winter’s mist and gentle rainI walk the cobbled path to visit my beloved—A pilgrimage of sorts these past few years.Three angels perch atop the oval columbarium,Keeping watch over the niches where they rest. That unfamiliar word, gifted to us by the Romans,Columba, meaning “dove,” and arium, “a place for.”A place for doves—I smile atContinue reading “A Place for Doves”
Christmas Eve
This Christmas Eve, I sit at my desk in the dining room of the house where we raised our sons, Eric and Mark. It’s the same home where we welcomed our godchildren and grandchildren. The silence feels vast. It’s as if the house itself is holding its breath, waiting for the familiar chaos that onceContinue reading “Christmas Eve”
Foot Falls Along the Way
I stand barefoot,toes deep in the sand along the shore,And look up into the moonlit sky.In the roar of the waves,I hear the murmurof questions I haven’t pondered since my youth. What is my purpose inside this riddle of a life?What is the meaning of life itself? Born on the outside looking in,A Jew amongContinue reading “Foot Falls Along the Way”
Time
There was a time, there was a time,It seems just moments away.But it’s been half a centurySince we kissed on Valentine’s Day. Not sure what you saw in me,Other than a ragtag survivor of the sixties.What I saw in you—and still see when I close my eyes—Is an angel with a devilish smile,And eyes thatContinue reading “Time”
Beholder
Behold the beauty of the dawn,as the blood red orb ascends,spreading warmth across the crest of the eastern sea,casting off its dark blanket,rising slowly into the once black,now blue-tinted sky. It is in the beholding,not merely in the light,where beauty stirs and sings.For the waves that lap upon the shore,silver-tipped and glinting in morning’s embrace,wereContinue reading “Beholder”
Reverie
My heart is full of love for you,As much, or more, than whenMy arm around your waist,Your steps would match my stride. My memories are clear,Like seeing you through polished glass.At times, I glimpse my own reflection,Standing by your side. Your memories keep me company,And often, my lips curve into a smile—At something you did,AContinue reading “Reverie”
Your Skin Against Mine
There are so many things I miss about you. Your laughter bursting uncontrollably From deep within you As often as not at something I did As something I said Your ferocious love for me, for our daughter whose imprint is seared, deep into our hearts for our sons who now stand fearless and tallContinue reading “Your Skin Against Mine”