Author Archives: Roy W. Backes

In-Word Passage – Day 110 – War. Humanity’s Favorite Pastime WarHumanity’s Favorite PastimeFirst Messenian War – 740 BC * Wars of the Chinese Spring and Autumn Period – 722 BC to 481 BC * Lelantine War – 710 BC * Sennacherib’s Campaigns Against the Near East – 701 BC * Second Messenian War – 685Continue reading “In-Word Passage”

12/01/2023 – 04/08/2024 Word Music – Day 130 – Her Final Notes Her Final NotesThis woman could sing.Her voice was one of a kind.Clear and effortless.She loved to sing.She lived to sing.Then, at thirty-three years of ageThe Big C got its grubby handsOn her and never let go.She fought.She fought hard.She gave up her hair.SheContinue reading “Word Music”

Words of Wonder – Day 120 – Trying To Walk Away Trying To Walk AwayHis hand perched on the knobOf the front door.His bag at his feet.He looks at his watchAnd sees illuminated 2:42am.He pauses, takes a breath,And looks out at the crisp night sky.He stands thereFrozen, like a statue.But no matter how hard heContinue reading “Words of Wonder”

Words of Wonder – Day 5 – Watching Life Leave Watching Life Leave I know it is not the same As being with someone as They take their last breath. But I watched a beautiful Gray feathered bird Take its last breath today. It hit the window in full flight, Bounced and landed on itsContinue reading

When Forever is Over All things must come to an end. A cliché, I know. But a fact none the less. They thought it would be forever. Their passion strong. Their love deep. Their respect for one another Abundant. Then time got its wrinkly hands On their passion. On their love. On their respect forContinue reading “Words of Art – Day 140 – When Forever is Over”

Don’t Wait Too Long You said you needed time. He gave you time. Then more time. Then more. Don’t wait too long. As time ticks on by He learns with every tick How to get on without you. As day turns to night And night turns to day, As sunlight fills the Ever shrinking spaceContinue reading “Words of Art – Day 139 – Don’t Wait Too Long”

Haunted He thinks of Houses as being haunted; Graveyards as being haunted; Abandoned asylums as being haunted; Ghost towns as being haunted. All haunted by the dead. But him? He’s haunted by the living. Since she left him All those many years ago It is as though she passed Over to the other side JustContinue reading “Words of Art – Day 138 – Haunted”

Darker Shade of the Blues I’ve had women leave me before. They’ve left me for another guy. They’ve left me because the Grass looked greener. After they left, they all Left me deep in the blues. But you. You left me After years together. You left me….who cares why…. Covered in shadows. You left meContinue reading “Words of Art – Day 137 – Darker Shade of the Blues”

I Write to Remember I write to remember. I write to rehash. I write to rethink. I write to redo. I write to remember. To rehash a moment. To rethink a moment. To even redo a moment, At least on paper. To make it better, To make it right. I write to remember. I writeContinue reading “Words of Art – Day 136 – I Write to Remember”

Greener Grass They say that the grass is greener On the other side. From where I stand With my gaze focused over there I see no difference. The green looks the same, Maybe even a little hint Of yellow in their grass. They say that the grass is greener On the other side. But, I’mContinue reading “Words of Art – Day 135 – Greener Grass”