Category: Other Poems

The only thing left in my life Is your picture on the wall Now facing life without you Only my memories to recall

Watching people go by my windowSome in a car, some in a big limoSome are walking in the sunshineSome waiting at the bus stop in line What stories do they have to tellGoing home after bidding farewellGoing home to a faraway landAway from the beach and sand Are they visiting a dearest friendOne whose party…

We sat in a beautiful garden that day Around us a lot of flowers on display Then After a very short wheelchair walk I held your hand and listened to you talk

First love and much too young!A love wanting to leap and soarBut held back by the constraintsOf long-held customs and lore. A tender love always burningLike summer’s scorching sun.At times unbearably painful,Trapped with nowhere to run. Fate made us part too soon,As night fell and the tears came.For us the world had ended,But it could…

Since beginning our journey togetherOn that special day,Guardian angels have been with usEvery step of the way. The ray of sunshine between dark clouds,My solace in despair.You are the angel sent from heaven,Here my life to share. As we travelled through life’s tangled maze,You were beside me.That you would share my life forever,Was my only…

Do you remember stillthe games we played on the hill?When you were just four years old. The fun days in the parkwhen we played until near dark,When you were just five years old. Remember when you foundA small quail egg on the ground,In grade one, and six years old. You kept it warm in hay,Took…

The first time we met in a crowded place,I saw only you.I caught a glimpse of your beautiful face,And fell in love with you. This is our fiftieth anniversary today,I see only you.We had our lows and highs along the way,I am still in love with you. I know, whatever life may bring to bear,I…

It was yesterdayI was a child,Eager to explore,free to run wild. It was yesterdayI was a manReaching for the stars,Searching life’s plan. It was yesterdayI pondered time.How quickly it passedLike fading rime. Today these pangs inMy mind replay,Was this my lifetimeBut one short day? Erwin Schalm

I wait for tomorrow.Tomorrow the sun will shine,The miracle will happen,Tomorrow the world is mine! I wait for tomorrow.Today not much is going my way.I know the day will go by,And it will end like any other day. I wait for tomorrow.Yesterday has come and gone,I saw all my dreams fade,Vanish like on wings of…

Beside a lake among tall trees,There was a seedling, barely seen.Each day it longed to see the world,A different place, a different scene. One day a father took his childTo see the forest by the lake.The little girl began to plead:This is the tree I want to take. She took it home with such delightAnd…

A cardboard box is my home,I sweat in summer,And freeze in winter,I grieve and suffer alone. You show your polite disdain,Not looking my way,Eyebrows slightly raised,Smug in your greater domain. Oft you thank your lucky star,For being not I,For having much more,Nothing your image to mar.                                         Though not created the same,I have the same dreams,Have…

There stands a giant maple tree,Beside an old abandoned farm.Once a sight for all to seeNow neglected and forlorn Around it once was joy and glee,Filled with sounds of young and old.I stand in awe beside this tree,It’s the place I once called home. Here we met so long ago,beneath a million glittering stars.Here our…