Just One More Tomorrow

As I watch the sun say goodnight to the waking stars
blinking and twinkling against the night sky  

I cannot explain after all this time- when so much has passed us by. It makes no difference now at all- this love I can't deny.
I close my eyes every night and there I see you sit- all snug and warm an tucked away from the winters cold back when
How your eyes pierced down to the debts of my soul the very moment we met, I was bound to stay once your eyes whispered my uncertainties away. I still hear the music of that night where the gabby people dined and for one moment I'm standing there-as if standing still in time. I felt your eyes drinking me up as I slowly sipped my wine my heart was never more willing again as it was that winters night. As traceless as our footprints were left in that winters bygone snow, we stared in wonder gently shook hands and slowly both let go. I think of you each passing day and dream my nights away, but always wake to reality and to myself I say- just one more tomorrow-
I know your out there somewhere but not where I can see. I stare out look and wonder if you ever think of me. 

I could give you the love you have never been shown, a never ending faithful love one you have never known. Enjoying the life we spoke of- having the same in mind, running over those mountain tops- until the end of time,
Just one more tomorrow- maybe then you will be mine.

 

Outside My Window

Outside my window
sunbeams flatter

a ribbon of heather

where butterflies gather
Outside my window

the silent broken cries

of starry eyed children

peering into good-byes
Outside my window

rapping at my door

a noisy woodpecker

at his smorgasbord
Outside my window

by the roadside

the homeless are sleeping

with motionless cries
Outside my window

the wisest of men

stare trembling at the future

where their children will den
Outside my window

are mountains and streams

and brazen sunsets and

people with dreams
Outside my window

together in view

are all of God's children

with rivalry imbued
Outside my window

new life has begun

blue and pink ribbons

for a daughter or son
Outside my window

feared legends do tell

entombed ill stories

driven like hell

of a man and his greed

right down to this day

shall forever be uttered

the old songs of mans way

My Beautiful Mother

Amid this world there is no other, I love so dear as my beautiful mother, It seemed to me an endless time that she would be here to see me through life, But one winters day while rain was our guest, In unconscious slumber she fell into rest, all of forever in pain I moaned, a pain my seared heart had never known, My childhood hours from me were taken, and from sheer sorrow I could not be awaken, All of earth’s flowers drooped in sadness, from the depths of my soul ushered anger and madness, I roamed day to day bound for no place, when it hit me she's gone, and I fell upon my face, Horrible throbbing and pain in my head, sighing and sobbing my mother is dead, In my gloomy room I slept nevermore, without fear I'd never see her, all the nights of that year, I remembered my faith that the dead shall arise, with that I felt strong and became somewhat brave, I then set my sights to face her name on a grave, Swiftly my knees bent, in an instant I fell, my eyes heavy with tears beginning to swell, I knelt with my face to the ground where she lay, I cried and cried and cried and wanted by her to stay, I’ve only memories now, left for a time, so to all in her behalf, I have written this rhyme, Somehow I feel comfort, In the faith she displayed, and how in many ways, she was truly brave, For this I was glad that I cry in her place, So the death of a child she never will face, There has never been, nor ever will be a day, I fail to recall what she meant to me, Feeling her love, as baby at her breast, til the day came, when she was taken in death, I shall never forget and her loss always regret, the woman I love and miss as no other, who nobly bears alone, the beautiful name of my mother In Memory of: Ramona Jane Hamilton 1933-1979 "I love you Mom"....many many tears :(

DADDY

Where are your big hands daddy, So skilled and miserably taught, You held seven tiny ones in them and cherished each one you brought, You stood so tall and strong at once, like a snow capped mountain stood, You fought and worked hard all your life, for what you thought was good, Til one day death made it's repeated unwelcome claim, Into our family once again, and now for you it’s came, I sit often daddy pondering, over thoughts of you an mom, of days when I was growing up I tearfully recall, I sit on this chair in deepest thought, imagining you here to sit, and look to God and read his word to comfort me a bit, Where are your big hands daddy, I continually picture there, and the memories of you never tire, as I sit here in my chair, I remember too the dreams you had, how you worked and bought that house for mom, She was so tickled you owned a home with that beautiful green grass lawn I thought those days would never cease, that all in life was true, The dreams you had your wishes daddy, I wish them all for you, Now as I go through life without seeing you again, I never will forget you daddy, You and your big hands, And the memories, well, they will never fade nor from me ever part, but always dwell deep within, the depths of my broken heart. "I Love You Dad" In Memory Of John J.Hamilton 1933-2004

Our Grandbabies

You are blessed
to have a grandchild
one solely helpless
full of kisses and smiles
Such tiny little fingers
and tiny little toes
so sweet soft and cuddly
with a tiny little nose
Fussy murmurings
happy and gay
echo from the carriage
where baby does lay
For one so helpless
who chuckles and coos
It’s a wondrous thing
how the family they fuse
Precious little baby
new to this world
cuddly little dimple cheeks
fairy tales and curls
You cannot understand
how loved that you are
nor the joy that you bring
to others by far