TS Eliot

“Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage we did not take, towards the door we never opened, into the rose garden.”
T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

July 26, 2017

Son
By Joe Schneberger

Shaken awake by my toddler son
What’s wrong
It’s dark
I’m afraid
It’s okay
Come lay by my side

I love you dad
I love you too son
I’ll always be by your side dad
I know

Sunrises and Sunsets
Years glide by
Day by day
High School, College
Trips and jobs to far-away lands and places

No matter where you roam
Whatever comes your way
You’re in my heart
I’m by your side

My Seasons
Joe Schneberger

I wake up
The year is new
Cold air
My teeth chatter

Spring comes
The sun warms my bones

Summer takes forever to arrive
And then finally
That perfect day
That perfect night -with fireflies and a perfect full moon over the lake
A night you remember and go to in your mind when its 20 below

Fall arrives
Maple trees change color and welcome the frost
Kids play football
Most of us eat turkey

Snow falls
Mistletoe hangs
A year gone by

I wake up
The year is new
Cold air
My teeth chatter