The Poems of David Garlick
In the growing dusk she sat – in her favorite chair on the porch. This was her ritual, something to look forward to – as the light faded. The day’s tasks done, fulfillment. Another day among so many, now thoughts of distant family and departed friends visited her. Not sadly but in an awareness […]
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 […]
Soon enough we are born. We grow; we live our various lives, we love. Soon enough we have children – and many good friends. Our families stretch and Joy is a gift received, soon enough. Soon enough but often too soon – we grow old or find that it is time to […]
I shall miss these gentle people, their grace and happy smiles. Bamboo stirred by a breeze, butterflies among the flowers. I shall miss their language, the whisper of leaves in a tree, water splashing a fountain; chatter of bright birds. I shall miss the sound of waves – talking to a sandy […]