The Poems of David Garlick
“I’m sorry,” he mouthed to the faceless camera. Also to us, who had so hoped for a miracle. Elvis, there is no need to say sorry. You have given so much and we love you for it. With love, there is no need to seek forgiveness. We lived how hard you tried. What more […]
Leave me alone! I do not need the pain of half healed wounds torn open. I do not need the sting of tears held captive behind dulled eyes. Where were you when I waited in vain, for one small message, card or painting made for me? Now in my ending days you wish […]
Alone, in this place of peace, silence drifted through my mind. Snow flakes in the wintertime, blossoms in the early spring. Koi mouthed rings upon the lake. White crane waited on one leg in the image of the temple’s – gold reflection on the water. Under willows, head bowed low, mossy banks soft to the […]
Cheaters steal from you and me. Not just our money or our time. They also sap the strength of those, who choose to play the game by rules. And some will say, grab what you can. To win is all that really counts. Step on the lame or push aside the people standing in […]