I bargained with life for a penny, And life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store; For life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have…

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For the world was intent on dragging me down. And if…

Don’t dwell on what might have been or the chances you have missed. Or the lonely nights that lie between the last time lovers kissed. Don’t grasp too hard the memory of the things that never came. The door that…