Journey Ahead or Behind

Most of the poems within this second chapter of The Journey series were written between 1996-1998. My style and technique as well as my ability to deliver some sort of a message was starting to develop. This would have been the time period when I was first introduced to the Internet and the ability to have readers other than just family and friends. A real audience to see what type of actual reactions do others have towards my thoughts. The comments about how my poetry was really connecting with people just astounded me. These poems are left written in a simple and basic manner so that they relate to readers of both young and mature audiences. I want teenagers to enjoy it as well as the older generations, so I try to keep the word interpretation at a fairly easy and understandable level. This is something that I still try to maintain in my writing today. I hope you enjoy these reflections of life that I offer to all and are enhanced by a few of them.