Kirk Gothier

In raising children, Everything that matters Becomes apparent. Kirk Gothier

Reading them daily now As friends pass through Twisted, bumpy roads, Towards horizons And endless stars Carrying on Together, Where hearts beat Each moment Into something more Than just another day. Kirk Gothier

My sledge hammer Reigns down, Slowly dismembering What once was Well built. Hard as I swing Each joint resists My elder efforts To move forward, With new plans. Shingles fly, Glass breaks, Joints hold, Until they don’t … Kirk Gothier

Lounging in our beach chair The sun is slowly setting, As I recall all we’ve done Together… Somewhere, Someone Remembers our past And Carries it all outwards, Holding us so tightly. We are sure to implode! Kirk Gothier

When nothing becomes me And the mystery is done, Hummingbirds will continue To feed on the endless florets Dangling in that wistful tree Where I would sit for hours Alone, in my garden. Kirk Gothier

As the Sun rises Blindly touching what matters, My heart is soaring. Kirk Gothier

Were the endless reigns Of chainsaws lumbering, While bobbing along Crystal clear waters In the Trinity River, Away from home. I was warned of The pending rains And endless clouds, But could only smell Essence of conifers In the healing waters. The tastes of freedom Dwarfed my senses Need for pleasure, Where beauty determined What […]

Were the endless reigns Of chainsaws lumbering, While bobbing along Crystal clear waters In the Trinity River, Away from home. I was warned of The pending rains And endless clouds, But could only smell Essence of conifers In the healing waters. The tastes of freedom Dwarfed my senses Need for pleasure, Where beauty determined What […]

Most Blessings Don’t come into Our lives Kicking & Screaming, Then cuddling beyond Wildest dreams… Still, we wonder If everything is ok When his eyes close, Dreaming beyond First notions of All we love. Kirk Gothier

Only humans could contrive Infinite numbers of ways To turn devices On/Off. We all struggle looking for What activates everything Every minute, of every day. Fortunately, artificial intelligence will Soon enable us to simply ask, For whatever we need! Kirk Gothier

All the pain we feel Is best left by the river, With babbling brooks. Kirk Gothier