I believe art is the highest form of human flourishing expressed, so from time to time I will share some of my art here. I am a hopeful romantic, and my art will reflect that. Poetry is one of my favorite forms, so I give you a poem:
An opportunity lost?
What was I thinking?
Your pretty face,
My heart was sinking.
I saw your smile,
No sense was I keeping.
An opportunity lost?
Why didn’t I speak?
What can I say,
My constitution was weak.
In that moment I doubted,
My outcome got bleak.
An opportunity lost?
Please heaven forgive!
To see you again,
What wouldn’t I give?
Yours is a face,
That makes a man want to live!
An opportunity lost?
I refuse to believe!
Please God I beg you,
Grant me reprieve!
And if I see her again,
In you I might believe.
An opportunity lost?
I will not let it be so!
I’ll find you again,
And this poem I’ll show,
And on to our future,
Together we shall go.
An opportunity lost?
I will not regret,
We locked eyes for a moment,
I will never forget.
I will hope for future moments,
We have yet to beget.