The Poems of David Garlick
A gray and splashy Autumn sky, that weeps into its misty beard, or sighs with chill and gusty breath, his lover lost, a season drear. She drops a brilliant handkerchief. A shower of leaves in brown and gold, to offer him a chance to be her beau, now that the Fall is here. […]
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 […]
Even in the darkness of despair, love waits like a jewel, for that first ray of light or love, to awaken it’s facets in a blaze of glory. David. Garlick, Victoria, Summer 1983
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 […]