A collection of poems I've written through the years, focusing on my life.  It started as a journal, while in my thirties, as a release from all of life's challenges.  Often dark in nature, as I struggled through difficult times.  Sometimes light and airy when my mood found a bit of relief.  My mind often wanders and sometimes drifts off the beaten path.  I simply follow along and give it freewill to venture where it might.  I too am surprised at some of the ideas it comes up with.  I include them here so the reader can catch a glimpse of what is truly me.  I try and be honest in my writings, I feel I owe that much to my fellow man.  Some of the poems are of a love between a man and a woman.  While many are fantasy, some were written to or about my wife, Martha Jean.  At this age, most are poems made up of memories.  Of people I meet and the emotions they stir inside my heart.  I've included a variety of poems instead of sticking to a central theme.  A hodgepodge if you will, hoping to include something for everyone.  I pray that this idea works and that you the avid reader, find something included that might stir a feeling within.  No matter what that feeling is.