wisdom

A Note To Self

"If only we could prepare our younger selves."

If I could write a long letter For my younger self to read, So many things I would saySo many warnings to heed.Don't even try the wasabi peasFor the taste you cannot stand,And learn to pick fresh blackberries Without staining...

A Sonnet to My Young Lover

"An older man speaks to his young lover"

I won’t compare you to a summer’s day like Shakespeare did when wooing his true love, nor say impediments won’t mar the way our two minds meet or obstacles won’t shove our hearts apart and what we share won’t alter....