WINDOW

For Ben

Working

Motivation in want

Ever lacking

Ever slacking

The seconds dredge on

Ever slowly

Ever lowly

The beats of the drum

Never ending

Never lending

The end of the day

Always hoping

Always coping

Just write it away

With a look

With a book

As words on a page

For a day

For today

Well is it ending?

Not just yet

Not quite yet…

2/10/16 -- ALJ

These Hands

In these hands there is strength still
In these hands that I have held

They have held me in their turn
And prayed for me at night
They have cooked loving meals
And held me with so much might

In these hands there is strength still
In these hands that hold me now
They grip me close, holding me tight
As a voice calls out for me to stay
With eyes that ask me even more
And I wish I could but not today

2/5/16 -- ALJ