Resonating  invisibly  in  
              my  heart it was,
                    but  still
   able to hear the call was my
                 brightest star,
       having  been  designed
              by the universe
                to enable us
          to find one another.  

           As whole lifetimes  
       passed,  lost in  sorrow  
          without  the  unity
             of you and I,
        I  never  lost you  as
         I was feeling you
             all along in
       the  depths  of  my
resonating  heart  knowing.

That  when  the  time  came
                  you and I
  would merge as one and we  
         would shine for
       the  universe  to   see,
           yes  you and me
     feeling  the frequency of
                love eternal
      as I merge with you, my
              brightest star.
                                                           ­            Jon York   2019

I was different
               from other men. In my
        words  she  found  desires that
                    she didn't know
                          she had.

                    When  I  looked
                             at her,
               she felt as though I could
                             hear her
                       very  thoughts.
                 When  I  touched  her,
                      she knew she
              would give me anything.
                        She would
                 give me everything.

                        She lay alone
           in her bed and her desire
                           for me was
                   a burden on her soul.
                            She could
                  feel  it  like  a  weight on
                             her chest,
                    and  restlessness  in
                      ­      her limbs.
                  She  wanted  to  feel  me
                       deep inside her.
                               She was
                          desperate  for
                       ­      my touch.
                                                          ­                                 Jon York    2019

It  is  ever  so   beautiful 
         to  be strange. To do
           things differently
                than others.
   To see things in rare light.
        To me, that is such
              a gold to carry.

              I like people
       who have  a sense of
              individuality.
          I  love  expression
                    and
     anything awkward and
         imperfect, because  
  that's  natural and that's real.

                I like messy
          people,  people  who
    don't fit  in  a  box  or  stay
               between the
      lines, but whose integrity
             is greater than
            any rule book and
      whose   loyalty  is  stronger
                 than blood.

              Kindness is the
       simplest way to tell another
     soul  that  there  is  love  to  be
            found in this world.
                                                          ­                     Jon York   2019

You have no idea
how good it feels to wake
        up every morning
          knowing that

        you are mine and                                              Love
           ­ I am yours.                                                        +
 ­                                                                 ­                   Trust
           "I love you"                                                         +
  that means I'm not just                                         Loyalty
      here for the pretty                                                   +
                 and                                                           Great ***
         the tasty parts,                                                      =
   ­                                                                 ­           Unbreakable
               I'm here                                                   Relationship
             no matter
               what.                                                            ­                            
                                    ­                                                 We              ­                                                                 ­                               we kiss,
         Fall in love with                                        we hug, we text,
   someone who sees the                                  we talk, we argue,
       wars within you                                        we laugh, we smile,
and  not only chooses to stay,                              we love.....
       but chooses to stand                                        that's us.
by your side and help you
              fight them.

                      I could go for one of your kisses right now.
                                                            ­                                 Jon York   2-19

It takes great courage
to see the world
in all its tainted glory
       and still to love it.
                                                             ­                    Jon York   2019

Sometimes the best memories
sneak out of my eyes disguised
as tears.

I am remembering some of the
most beautiful moments of my
younger  life that  weren't  just
with you  but  because  of  you.

No matter how broken we think
we are, we will always be a piece
in someone else's puzzle of life.

We'll fill all of their cracks with
love and fragments of our own
heart.

Our lives may not have fit together
but ohhh...did our souls know how
to dance....

I fell in love with the way you
touched me without using your
hands.

I hunger for your kiss, the feel
of  your  soul  touching  mine.
                                                      ­                                       Jon York   2024

Without
communication,
there is no
relationship;

Without respect,
there is no
love;

Without trust,
there is no
reason to
continue.
                     Jon York   2017

As you grow you will learn that
even that one person that wasn't
supposed to ever let you down
probably will and you will have
your heart broken probably more
than once and you will find that
it is harder every time.

You will break a few hearts too
so remember how it felt when
yours was broken and you will
fight with your best friend and
you will blame a new love for
things that an old one did and
you will cry because time is just
passing way too fast.
  
You will eventually lose someone
that you love so take too many
pictures and laugh too much and
love like you have never been hurt
because every sixty seconds that
you spend upset is a minute of
happiness that you will never get
back and don't be afraid that your
life will end but be afraid that
you will never let it begin.
                                                  Jon York   2016

May the laughter that we find in
our tomorrows wipe away the pain
that we found in our yesterdays,
and my wish for you is comfort on
difficult days, smiles when sadness
intrudes, and rainbows to follow
clouds, and laughter to kiss your
lips as my love completes your life.

Love comes to those who still hope,
as well as those who still believe,
and to those who still love even
though they have been hurt before,
so we have to let the love hidden
in our hearts find the love waiting
in our dreams.

There is only one happiness in life:
to love and to be loved and any
time not spent on love is wasted
so if you wished to be loved, love

One word frees us of all of the
weight and pain of life, and
that word is love, and realize that
the soul would have no rainbow,
had the eyes no tears.


                                               Jon York   2017

a 10 word poem     a  7 word poem               Shining Like I Do      
      TRUTH                         A                        They gossip  about  me
                                        speaker­                   and I  wonder why and
       sounds                         of                         also   know   that   their
          like                       TRUTH                   opinions  about me  are
        HATE                         has                       not   my  prob;ems  and
           to                              no                        if  tho­se opinions  about
        those                       friends.                   me are wrong, they will
         who                                                        be   the  ones  who   will
        HATE                                                    ­  have  problems, not  me.

          the                                          ­                I  stay  kind,  committed
                                                                ­          to  love, and free  in  my
       TRUTH.                                                   authenticity.  No   matter
                                                          ­                what  they do  or  say,  I
                                                 ­                         don't   dare   doubt    my
                                                     ­                      worth  or  the beauty of  
                                                            ­               my  TRUTH.
                                                      ­                     I will  just  keep shining
                                                                ­                                       like I do.
              
                                                                                             Jon York   2019

I curl my
           frame around  her,  
                all  arms and
           legs  and  I  can  feel
                   her heart
               fluttering  as  a
                  little bird's,
              frightened and
                      brave.

                     I kiss her
          and she  tastes  like  
                     oranges,
             fresh strawberries
                  and courage.

                      I smile at
               the   sun   in   her
                     baby  blue
                           eyes,
             lick  salt  from  her
                  tanned skin,
         for  the shore our bed,
              lapping waves our
                     spectators,
            soaking  us  until  she
                   curves her
              back  in  roaring
                         bliss!

                         I carry
                   her  over  the
                          moon
                   into the sun.
                                                            ­                       Jon York   2019

No one asks you to accept life.
That is not a choice.  
You  must  accept  it. The  only  
choice  is  how.
Heaven on earth  is  not a place  
you  must  find,
but  a  choice  you  must  make.

Two primary choices exist in life;
to except conditions
as they exist,
or accept the responsibility for
changing them.

You may believe that you are
responsible for what you do, but
not for what you think, but the
truth is that you are responsible for
what you think, because it is
only at this level can you exercise
choice.What you do comes from
what you think

Every morning when we get up,
the first thing we should decide is:
What do i want? Misery? or bliss?
If we choose blissfulness it is because
it is your choice, it is your life.

There are no mistakes in life, only
lessons.  Love yourself,  trust  your
choices, and  everything is possible.

We choose only once. We choose to
be warriors or to be ordinary...A second
choice does not exist. Not on this earth.
                                                          ­                                   Jon York   2020

I am not sure of
       anything.
  But I  am  certain
     that I love you
      with a depth
    that stars cannot
       understand.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

With  so  many  people  in  this
world I'm confident  in saying,
"If  you  connect with  someone
on a soul  level, you don't take
them for granted." My soul remembered
her,  my   heart   connected me  
with  her and she emboldens
my soul to accept the mystery
of her love.

Our  souls  speak a language that
is beyond human understanding,
a connection so rare the universe
won't let us part. You can make
detours with your mind but you
can't distract the truth from your heart.

The  thought  of  never  crossing
your path again is too enormous
to  bare,  so  for  now  I'll  make
dreams in my heart and remind
myself to go and sit and remember
them  every  once  in  awhile,
remembering that the bravest of
souls are those who choose love
over and over.

And kindness is a simple way to
tell another's struggling soul that
there is love to be found in this world.
                                                          ­                                 Jon York   2020

No matter
         how many
           people
        believe or
     don't believe
       in you, you
        must be the
          ultimate
        believer in
          yourself
             first.
          Pain is
       temporary.
             But
         quitting
            lasts
          forever.
        Learn to
           trust
      the journey,           Good things come to those who believe,
      even when                                      better things
      you do not                        come to those who are patient,
     understand                                    the best things
             it.                             come to those who don't give up.            
           Be                                                        
     ungrateful                                    
     for nothing                  
          and                       Good things never come from comfort zones.
      thankful                                     If we want success,              
         for                                    we must get comfortable with being
    everything.                                uncomfortabl­e.                
                                                                ­                                     York  2019

I want my eyes to
              set the fire to your soul.

                  I want my hands to
                 set  fire  to  your  skin.

                  I want my words to
              set fire to your mind and

                  I want those words to
               free your soul, to release
               your dreams and un cage
                    your imagination.

                   I want to see every
                part of you blushing and
                       burning for me.
                                                                                               Jon York  2020

Sometimes
      words  are  in  the
       wind, other times,
      buried  under rocks.
          Both require
    different means of
       discovery ----
  one  requires  stillness.
           The other.
          Adventure.
                                                                                  Jon York   2019

And then my
  soul saw you
  and it kind of
went "Oh, there
  you are, I've
   been looking
       for you."
                                                                                              Jon York   2019

Missing you comes in waves.
Tonight  I am  drowning.

I love it when I check my phone
and your name with a picture of
you  in  your bathtub shows  up
and I love how your text message
says  to me "I  love  your  poetry,
never stop writing."

I love the feelings I get when I
look at my photographs of you.
One  of  your  hugs  would  be
good right now.

I crave you in the most innocent
form. I  crave to say "goodnight"
and kiss you on the forehead and
say "I adore you" when you feel
at you worst.

I crave you  in  ways where I  just
want to be next to you and nothing
more or less.
                                                                                             Jon York   2024

The Sun and the Moon
are loves who rarely meet, always chase,
     and almost always miss one another,
                    but once in awhile,
        they do catch up  and  they  kiss  
                                and
               the world stares in awe
                      of their eclipse.

                      He was the day,
          she  was  the  night.  He  lived
    for misty mornings, she lived for crazy
        midnight's. He was the Sun, she
  was the Moon, yet both waited impatiently
        for  those  rare  days  they  might
                       exist peacefully.

                    She wants a man who
       understands her eyes. If she gets sad,
            she  points  to  her  chest  and
               says, "here is your home."
                        He understands.

                    But perhaps the very
          fact the Moon could never have
               the Sun was the reason
                      that  she  loved
                               him  so.                          
                                                                                  Jon York   2020

Live by choice, not by chance,

Be motivated, not manipulated,

Be useful, not used,

Make changes, not excuses,

Excel, not compete,

Choose self- esteem, not self- pity

Choose to listen to your inner voice,  
not the random opinion of others
                    (especially those on FB )
---------------------------------------------------------------­-------------------------

I don't pay attention to the
world ending.
It has ended for me
many times,
and began again in the morning.

One of the most difficult tasks
in  life  is removing  someone
from  your  heart, but  sometimes
you just have to turn the page
on  certain people, but  if  you
loved, that was  a reward in itself.

You know, I don't think it's what
we say that keeps us up at night.
I think it's what we don't say.

Tangled thoughts, twisted words,
mixed up feelings, loving hurts,
you don't just miss the person,
you miss the feeling.
                                                        ­                          Jon York    2019

In life, there are three

           shapes  you  should
  
            avoid:  vicious circles,

             love triangles,  and

                  squared minds.
                                                                                 Jon York   2019

In 2025
Be Brave
Be kind
Be happy
Be creative
Be you.

Even  with  all  the  greed and
stupidity  and  terrible  things
that  we're  all  facing, reading
in  the  news, or  experiencing,
just want to be alive. Just want
to  breathe  and do your work.

In  2025  start  dreaming  and
scheming  about  who  you're
going to  be  in the  new  year.

Dream until your dreams come
true.
                                                                                               Jon York 2025

Remember
              when
         "ENTER "was
                   a
             sign on
                   a
            door and
                  not
                   a
               button
                  on a
             computer?


               Have
        the  courage  to
              stand
        for something.

            Do not be
        content  to  wait
               and see
        what  will  happen
             but have
        the determination
             to make
      the right things
              happen.
                                                                                 Jon York   2019

The greatest gift you
      can give someone                                In life
            is your                                         what you
            TIME                                          rea­lly want;
  because when you                             will never
     give your time                                   come easy.
   you are giving a
portion of your life
that you will never                                            Be careful
         get back.                                                      who you
                                                             ­              pretend to be.
                                                             ­                You might
                                                           ­                  forget who
     The greatest                                                        y­ou
       challenge                                                           are.
        in life is
  DISCOVERING                              If you are
WHO YOU ARE.                         PERSISTENT,
     The second                               you will get it.
       greatest is                                    If you are
   being HAPPY                            CONSISTENT,
WITH WHAT YOU                     you will keep it.
            Find.    
                                       ­                                                       We don't
                                                                ­                            meet people
                                                      No matter how           by accident,
   Forget all the                               impossible                 they are
    reasons why                           unattainable, or            meant to
   it won't work                            unimaginable              cross our
          and                                     something may            path for a
      BELIEVE                            seem....if it's meant           reason.
          the                                       to be, it'll be.
        ONE
    REASON
         why                                     The best way      
        it will.                                   to appreciate           The most difficult
                                                      s­omeone is to            thing to explain
                                                      ima­gine your                 in life is
                                                        life without          the simplest truth
                                                           them.                      called LOVE.

    The hardest
    thing about,
  "EVERYTHING
  HAPPENS FOR
    A REASON"
   is waiting for
     the reason                                              Jon York   2018
       to come
        along.

If your path
      is more difficult, it's
      because your calling
               is higher.
                                                                                                 Jon York   2019

A warm embrace,
a long wet kiss.

A warm moment
you didn't realize
how much you miss.

But its been so long
all you can do is reminisce.

The memory
a source of bliss.

But there is
also a feeling of abyss.

Why in the moment
did you dismiss?

Looking in you I find myself
and a realization of truth;
the truth - you are me and I am you,
an atom split into two.                                                  Jon York   2921

When we are young we are
fearless but when we are old it
is a challenge just to stay alive.

Age is not a particularly
interesting subject because
anyone can get old, all you
have to do is live long enough.

Life is an amazing journey and
you alone are responsible for
the quality of it so guard well
that treasure kindness and know
how to give it without hesitation,
how to use it without regret, how
to acquire it without meanness.

Some days are just bad days,
that's all, so know that you have
to experience sadness to know
happiness.

I hope everyone reading my words
is having a really good day, and if
you aren't, just know that in every
new minute that passes you have
the opportunity to change that
and if you have enemies, it means
you have stood up for something
sometime in your life and the
gift is yours.
                                  Jon York     2016

There is no remedy for love,
        but to have more.
                                                                                           Jon York   2019

I stand
      in total wonder
at the display before me.
         The best things
             truly come
   when you have the patience
             to endure.
    I will spend my life
     racing you awake
        each morning
   to catch you like this
     roll into my arms now
    NOW!

     Every morning we
        are born again.
     What we do today
   is what matters most.

            If your're
              waiting
             for a sign,
              this is it.

         Would it be
            entirely
          too much to
                ask
     for you to wear a
           smile and
            absolutely
         nothing else
                today?                                          ­                  Jon York    2019

Meet me

where the end begins,

in echoes,

where your world is me,

and my world is you.

Love is always greater

than the cost.

What you gain is always,

more than you lost.

                  I

think we were meant

         to be, but

         we did it

           wrong.

        I think souls

       have a way of

  of connecting without

      our knowledge.
                                                                           Jon York   2019

tell me that they love me
                  and
devour my heart and soul.
                                                                   Jon York   2019

I  want  your  soul
breathing heavily against my collarbone,
I want your thoughts
nibbling on my ears,
your passions
pressed against my lips,
your hopes
naked on my skin,
your opinions
wet in my hands
and your desires
letting out soft little moans
against my soul.

I want your body
pressed up against my heart,
I want your hands spreading my
thoughts,
lingering over the curves of my
passions,
gripping my
hopes,
stroking my
opinions,
and rubbing my
desires.


I want you to remember
one thing. Wherever you are and
wherever you go
you will always be loved,
until my last breath and beyond,
you will be loved.      
                                                    ­                                         Jon York   2019

I know that you are beautiful  when
you  lose  yourself  on  the beach, in
the sand. You were so gentle when I
held you, so many years ago, when
we were so very  young and in love,
a feeling so good, nothing  could be
wrong.

You were beautiful even as a demon
ripping into me to eat my heart, you're
baby blues made it all better. I drowned
in my love for you from the start.

We  burned  brighter  than  any other
lover I knew and you stole pieces of me
I'll never get back.

I left part of my soul locked  in  a  
cell with  your  sanity and they'll  dance  
forever  as we fade from this earth in
this lifetime.

Remember  me,  beautiful  devil...
You will always be my broken angel,
my body is here but my heart is with you,
aching for just one more taste.
                                                          ­                                   Jon York   2021

Would You ?
If in all the world there were but two
and if all this were good and true
   would you ?
and if you dreamed of PJ's blue and
big strong arms encircling you and
if you woke and found it true
    would you ?
and if you were good and bright
and I stayed with you all night
and I turned out the light
   would you ?
and if we lay there face to face
with nothing between us but silk
and lace and if you knew everything
was safe,
    would you ?
would you kiss me goodnight ?


This wanting, getting, finding out
we don't want it all --
yet if there be sweet birds in spring
there will be leaves that fall.


Here's to the love that lies in
your eyes
         and lies
               and lies
                     and lies.


                Life
It is a pair of dice plugged with lead
a crooked game where death is the
dealers friend and when we cash our
chips in for the red life hands us all
a lemon in the end.

Sooner or later -- you'll forget the
things you are saying --- and yet
It's sweet for the stars to kiss the sea
but not half as sweet as you kissing me
   It doesn't mean a thing I know but
I  love to hear your lines and so ---
the moonlight has a thousand charms
and sooner or later you'll forget but
never mind this bye and by cause
sooner or later, so will I.

Life is like a cigarette -- easily started
--- quickly done, tossed away without
regret as you light up another one.

Two volume novel ---
the suns gone dim,
the moons gone black
for I loved her and
she didn't love back.
                                         Jon York   2017

I imbued my  soul into  that of

your  own while  we  spoke  in

love  suffused  whispers as our

heartbeats sang a song of reverence

as  a  sinuous rhythm of  shared

breaths  filled   our   lungs.


Anchored  deeply in  your  writhing

tides,  I forged  for  our inner sanctum;

the sacred place where  you cradled

me  within, meeting  each  other in

total  completeness, where  your

desire  sodden  core  breathed  the

words  "welcome home",  to   my

very  own,  I  then  settled  in ;  our

bodies  spilling  forth  into  a  white

lathered  fountain  of   one.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

May  you  be
embraced by
         the
qualities  that
   will  make
    your life
            a
   happier one --
      -- love,
      kindness,
      caring,
      integrity,
      honesty ,
      and trust.

     But know I
           still
       search for
  your purpose for
         me and
   I need so badly
       for you to
     help me to see
       and accept
      that purpose
     and  give  me
         the  will  to
          pursue it.
                                                                               Jon York   2019

Not everything
             is  suppose  to  become
                         something  
                beautiful  and  long
                            lasting.

                 Sometimes people
                        come  into  
             your  life  to   show you
                      what is right
         and what  is wrong. To show  
                     you  who  you  
                           can  be,
                 to teach you to love
                          yourself,
                 and to  make you feel
            better  for  a little  while.

                                Not
                    everyone is going
        to  stay  forever  but  you  just
               have to keep on going,
                      thanking them
            for whatever it is that they
                           gave you
                and when  you  finally
          get  tired  of  trying,  just leave.
                         No fight, no
            argument, and sometimes
                        not  even  a
                          goodbye.
                                                                               Jon York   2019

I want to kiss
           you  so  thoroughly
     that you loose your ability
                    to stand.

           I will slip my hand
   into  your  soul unzip  you and
          touch your inner core,
                      rub your
                  imagination.
                     I wanna
                     feel you...
                     taste you...
                     touch you...

             Sometimes  home
                 isn't 4 walls.
               It's  2  eyes  and
                   a heartbeat.

  Your arms wrapped around me,
         your head on my chest,
              my warm breath
        caressing your forehead,
                    your breath
              warming my chest.

                  For both of us,
           this is home no matter
                         where
                     we may be.
                                                             ­                                Jon York   2019

And suddenly, you meet
         that  one  person again  from  your  past,
                              that makes you
                       forget about yesterday,
                           and  dream  about
                                tomorrow.
                    You are that person and
                            suddenly you
                      mean  the  world  to  me.

                    Somewhere in between our
         text messages, our phone calls, our jokes,
                       our  laughter, our talks.....
                            I fell for you again.  

                                 When I look
                   into your eyes, I know I have
                             found the mirror
                                   of my soul.
                          
                       I know now that I wasn't
               your first, but presently I'm preparing
                          myself to be your last.

                       I saw the wars within you and
                 I chose to stay and I choose to stand
                                     by your side
                             and help you fight them.

                            Lets  make this lovely
                  journey last for the rest of our lives.
                           Do  not  ever let  me  go,
                                      I am yours
                            as long as you want
                                      me to be.
                                                             ­                           Jon York   2019

Sometimes your only available
transportation is a leap of faith.
                                                                                          Jon York   2019

I don't know how else
to say it,
so I just say she
makes
me
MORE.
more alive,
more aware,
more sensitive.
more loving,
more passionate,
more sexually aroused,
more creative,
more understanding,
more caring,
And perhaps the best thing
we can do for those we love
is to make them more.
Always so much more than
they ever thought possible.

I need nearly nothing,
       so very nearly.
I need to be loved,
       and I need to give all the
       love that I have,
            away.

                                        ­                                          Jon York  2018

No one gets out of here
alive, fear does not stop
death, it stops life,  so  
FOCUS --- Follow  
                   One
                   Course
                   Until
                   Success
Keep  your energy focused
on your goals and dreams.

Ignore  the  noise  that
seems to be going on all
around you and stop
treating yourself like an
after thought.

You can't change the past.
You can't predict the future.
So live in the moment. The
best way to predict the
future is to create it.

Say the truth that you're
carrying in your heart like
hidden treasure. Be silly,  
be kind, be weird. There's
no time for anything else.                                              Jon York   2021

"Be gentle with me,"
  she whispered.
" Be sweet and kind,"
"Who am I kidding?"
    " Flip me over"
  "pull my hair,"
          "bite me,"
"Do whatever
          you desire,"
"Whatever floats
          your boat."
                                                                                 Jon York   2019

Home isn't a place,
         it's you.
                                                                                            Jon York   2019

Relationships are harder now  
because conversations became
texting,  arguments  became
phone  calls, feelings became  
subliminal   messages,  ***  
became  easy, the  word "love"  
is  used  out  of  context,
insecurities  become  a  way­  
of  thinking, getting   jealous
becomes  a   habit,  trust   is
hard to  come  by,   being
hurt  becomes  natural  and
leaving  then  becomes  the
only option.

Sad  but  true,  so  if   you  have
something that's worth it...don't
take it  for granted. Fight  for  it
and  DON'T  LET  IT  GO!  

I want you to strip off all your
outer layers so I can see you just
as  you  are. And  I  don't mean
your clothing....
What I mean is that I want  to
see   your  bare  naked   soul.
And maybe then I can see what
you are really made of.
                                                             ­                  Jon York   2019

I am without her and
seemingly uninspired in these
withering times, escaping through
     all my falsehoods
I remain in my quiet shadows.

    Hiding away from all that
      is seen and smothered
   in my wanton dreams of her
   kisses and being with her.

   Not to die in my depression
  but to listen to my inner voice
       of strength and truth
I wait for her to hold me again.

Tucked away inside a strength
      secure in this world of
whispering dreams I turn away
       from all the fears held
         captive free of will
finding my peace in memories
                    of her.
                                                            ­                              Jon York     2021

She wants
          to  be
     loved with
              an honest tongue,
              a devoted heart,
              and exclusive eyes.


              You  got   it  babe,
               take me, I'm yours.
                                                                                              Jon York   2019

She was a special person I always cared to
know,  for our lives would intermingle  no
matter  where  we  would go or where  we
would  be.

She was always a shadow or an image in
my mind or a faint and hazy memory that
life had erased with time.

The days  went by, the  weeks  rushed on,
and before I knew it a year was gone. Then
I looked up and 50 years were gone.

If from life you take the best, and in life you
keep the jest, if love you hold, no matter how
the years go by, no matter how the birthdays
fly -- you are not old. But if your ambitions'
fires are dead -- then you are old.

It is the human touch in this world that counts,
the touch of your hands and mine which mean
far more to the fainting heart than shelter and
bread and wine.

For shelter is gone when the night is over, and
bread lasts only a day, but the touch of a hand
and the sound of the voice sing on in the soul. 
                                                                                              Jon York  2024

There is much to learn by
listening so be sensitive to
the needs and the pain of
those around you and see
the good in those whose
lives have touched yours.

Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch, a kind
word, a sincere smile, a
listening ear, an honest
compliment, or even the
smallest act of caring, all
of which have the potential
to turn a life around.

Some words are timeless
and our entire lives will
consist of many fires and
much rain and sunny days
that never seem to end and
after each experience we will
never be the same because
each one is part of our
growing and as a result
we become more knowing.

Commend more and
condemn less and realize
that you would not trade
your life with anyone else
if you could see behind
closed doors.                        Jon York                2014