Bluegrass State of Mind

Dear Lord have mercy, I love bluegrass music.It’s been an acquired musical taste for me though. It didn’t come easy, sad to say. When I was a little tyke, my dad blared the bluegrass nasal noise through the speakers with zero regard to anyone else’s feelings.Why didn’t I go outside or my room to getContinue reading “Bluegrass State of Mind”

A Brief Moment of Contemplation.

On to the water millA little walk uphillBask in the historyUnravel the mysteryOf something that had beenAnd what might be againStep into the riverEncounter a shiverNavigate a dirt roadDiscard the heavy loadOf hectic existenceAnd March with persistenceTo a spot by the woodStand where great men once stoodKnow that humanity Ceases eventuallyTransformation of heartAn instrumental startLayContinue reading “A Brief Moment of Contemplation.”

Sometimes It Hurts

Life is an amazing thing. Truthfully, it’s awe inspiring.How does the heart beat? How does the eye see? How does the brain operate? I don’t have degrees in anatomy or whatever other science degree there is that deals with the functions of the body.All I know is that I’m amazed by it all and IContinue reading “Sometimes It Hurts”

Into the Known

I am not dead, just departedFrom this body, into lifeI am more living than ever I have beenFree from toil and from rife. Cry only for yourselves, pleaseDo not cry for meYou are still in bondageBut I have been set free! If only you could understandThe parting that occurs When breath retires from this bodyEvermore allures.Continue reading “Into the Known”