“I love you“, he says lying through his teeth. “I’m so proud of you“. But I’m onto him now. I see what he really is, I just can’t prove it yet. So I continue my act, play along to gather more information and be done with him forever. “I love you too Dad” I lie right back. This man, no this thing is not my father. I’m done being tricked into thinking he is still alive. But without evidence to show...

Who could have guessed, who could have thought life could come to something so full and complete. Back then I certainly thought such a depth of happiness and fulfillment was only fiction found in movies or books. I’d written off love, accepted a lonely life and started to find some fulfillment and contentness in being a single man with no real career prospects. Nothing but my mind and soul to off...

The sun rises in its orangish glow,

Creeping light across crisp Winter snow.

As the light invades a quiet room,

families wait for your sudden bloom.

Cries ring out as you come into the light,

Family shouts with pure delight.

Your life begins with a perfect sunrise,

Yet as yours begins another dies.

The sun rises higher into the sky,

Plants burst forth and blue birds fly.

Spring rains bring pea...