The Poems of David Garlick
It was the first time, for me anyway. It was the first time that I had taken a child to school, to leave her there. It was the first time I had felt that loss. I was over whelmed by this. I had read of and seen this commonplace act. I had heard of […]
Please love me, for whom I am, crumpled though I be. Perhaps a wing is bent or my mind goaled within a body, that will never be controlled. Perhaps I cannot tell you, in words you understand, how much I love you. You are all to me. Yet all I seek or want – […]
What a wondrous idea! What a great goal! What a prize to work towards! What a gift to pass on? “Ah, now there’s the rub.” For in giving it too freely, to those who have not sought the shade and responsibilities, it may fester in neglect, to perish in greed. For you cannot […]
I’ve soared the mountaintop of love, lived in the valley of despair. I’ve sung the songs of happiness Wept scalding tears of shame. I’ve swum warm seas of self-deceit, plumbed depths of nameless fears. But now with you, upon a plain that has an endless curve. I see the beauty, feel the wind, find flowers […]