The Poems of David Garlick
Step by faltering step our love was born. Step by step we tested it. Step by step we built it. Step by step, child by child our family grew. Step by step the bonds were forged in love. Step by step we gave and in return received. Step by step and day by day and […]
You were always loved, my forbidden child. Never far from my thoughts, etched into my grieving heart. The ache that flooded me with seas of tears could never drown my sorrow, nor wash away my sense of loss. Now you are found again. Knowing that you are safe, fills me with thankfulness and my […]
Sponge baths are alright but my head itched. Please nurse may I have a hot, wet shower. “Not till you have permission from your Cardiologist. Ask him tomorrow.” Tomorrow, that’s ages away. Please, I itch all over. I promise to be good, what ever that means here. “No, you may be better but still […]
In rainbow hues, a monument; that reaches to a bright blue sky. The toilet seats of Mexico, lost but somewhere, they must be. The mystery of the missing seats. The cold comfort of porcelain rim, that leave a mark on mind and bum; when mem’ries of adventures dim. They must be stacked, a […]