For Brandy

Eyes of fire that glow so green
Most beautiful I’ve ever seen
Ice cream skin that melts my will
Hands of strength yet gentile still
Sagacity to calm the wise
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Ginger hair entwines the soul
One touch truly takes its toll
Firm and lean with endless charms
Forever take me in your arms
Feel my love begin to rise
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Freckled face kissed by the sun
I want to kiss them one by one
Blue jean dreams come loose and tight
Chemise that makes me see the light
Just one glance will hypnotize
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Sail us cross the Milky Way
Stars will vanish where we lay
Let us consummate our love
In the heavens up above
Maybe then you’ll realize
Two moons tonight are in the skies

Jeff Hall
11/26/2005

Forever Here

Everything is everywhere
Forever here
Nothing goes away

I feel your love it’s always there
I miss you dear
Time is all today

So I keep on thinking that you might come see me
If I speak to you will my thoughts just float away
Or could it be that yesterday is really tomorrow
And everything that happens happens today

I don’t know why we feel the pain
When life is gone
Does the cycle end

There’s got to be another plane
Where life goes on
With a special Friend

Now I know that love will grow for you’re right here with me
It was always there and will never go away
So people remember the only thing that can die
Is the love you feel and show
And everything that happens happens today

Jeff Hall
11/25/87

One Single Tear

No sound no light
So deep in the night
You silently touch my face
This cannot be true
The image of you
So strong and full of grace
Behold your charms
Two trembling arms
Reaching to softly embrace
Collapse in the air
For no one is there
You’re gone without a trace
These dreams will stay
When I go away
You’ll find one single tear
There’s nothing else left
A true love bereft
When shed I will disappear
So take what I give
And learn how to live
With hopes that have no fear
When God has no will
I will love you still
With all my heart my dear
Jeff Hall
archives

I'm Not Alone

You weren’t the reason for day and night

And on occasion I’d pick a fight

But now you’re gone

With the dawn’s early light

And I have no way to say it to you

Your life and mine were so intertwined

For God’s own secrets we searched to find

But now you’re gone

So I’m left behind

And I have no way to say it to you

I promise I will choose my words carefully

The pain you left inside is my own

Just tell me where to look for that old sweet smile

To show me that I’m not alone

Now go beyond the world that we see

To the One waiting for you and me

For now you’re gone

Where everyone is free

And I have no need to say it to you

Jeff Hall

2/9/2010

In memory of my twin sister

Debbie was and always will be a free spirit. In the past she rarely could find an outlet. Here’s hoping she has finally found one. According to her own assessment she was also a very old spirit. Old in that she had been around the block a few times on a plane from which few of us ever operate. She channeled in such a way that made you want to come along for the ride, but all you could do was remain behind and watch and pray that she return in one piece. While the rest of us shuffled around in circles, she was riding bareback on a wild appaloosa, wind in her face and oblivious to the perils that lay in her wake. Toward the end she just needed someone to be there for her. Not uncommon for someone who had become so fragile. Not uncommon for anyone.


Even when Debbie became so pale and weak, you could sense a multitude of things churning around in her like a horse that had been separated from its master. Some might say she did this to herself. And maybe in the final analysis that’s true, but she didn’t deserve it. She just wanted something back. Something to hold onto. I don’t think she ever found it. Again not unique. Here’s hoping she has found that Something now.

I am very thankful each time I catch a deep breath or wake up with a clear head. Some folks can’t ever seem to make that claim. To them I say, keep working on it.

Debbie and I spoke to each other everyday without exception, until her last two days. I never called her back. Our uncle had just died; he was our last remaining kin in the states. I was starting a regiment of Chantix and four hours of sleep a night. I guess I’ll never know what happened those last two days. I can only pray and give thanks that she has finally found peace.

To her daughter Natalie and family and friends, I know it’s hard, but I am asking you all to be happy for her. She suffered a lot of setbacks and trauma over the years.

I’ll end with a condensed version of the story of Molly, a horse about whom Debbie told . In short, the horse was abandoned in Hurricane Katrina, was rescued and sent to a farm after weeks of roaming lost. She nearly died from a pit bull attack and had to have one leg amputated. “She's tough as nails, but sweet, and she was willing to cope with pain. She made it obvious she understood that she was in trouble.” Said the surgeon who rescued her. A human prosthesis designer built Molly a leg. Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers. Anywhere she thought that people needed hope. Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck. She inspired people, and she had a good time doing it.” It’s obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life,” Moore said. “She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope to others.”
The bottom of her new leg has a happy face embossed on it. Everywhere she goes she leaves the imprint. Debbie left smiles everywhere she went and I hope the rain doesn’t wash them away either.

Thank you all for your love and support and God bless you.

It doesn't work

I had to go back to August 1, 2009 to view the last time I talked about customer service. It was a glowing report. This one won’t be. Not to pick on anyone in particular, let’s just say this concerns the management on hand at the Walgreens at 1306 N.Beckley and Colorado in Oak Cliff at 10:29 AM on Wednesday, September 30, 2009. I walked from one end of the store to the other, slowly, twice. Not a word was spoken. I felt like Mad Max out in the middle of the desert alone. I finally tackled a guy as he tried to dart around me, again without a word. He was the manager on duty! I followed him like a pet duck until he came to an abrupt halt at cosmetics. He answered their price check request and proceeded to just stand there facing no one. I finally waved at them sideways and said “later.”




I was now standing in the checkout line when lo and behold, here comes the mgr. who finally looked up and saw me, much to his dismay. Then he got all wiggly and apologetic so I proceeded to give him my story. All I wanted was someone, anyone to restock two items that they had been out of since I bought both of their last defects. Neither refund request nor complaint did I have. Just replace this crap that stopped working. Up until now, I have shopped there since it was a new store. I spent hundreds of dollars there just this month. Only two defects out of dozens of necessities, not bad really considering I don’t think one single item was made anywhere near the good ole U.S. of A.



Then came the excuses for not wanting to do any kind of actual work. Well we don’t stock that anymore was the first one. This coming after I had been told just days before that it would be restocked on Monday. So order one from another store I said. Well they probably don’t stock it either came the next one. Can’t you just check for me so I don’t drive all over town looking for a lower volume store that still has one in stock? Give me credit for trying to do the green thing here, folks. I’m sure they would be glad to get rid of it. I’m not asking for sex exactly, just do your job. Well we don’t and they won’t and she might. Try the girl in cosmetics. So I did. She yelled at the checkout girl whose line I was removed from ten minutes ago. I walked over to check on her after a few minutes and caught her going through a box of other defective items looking for one to swap out. Finally the first girl took my phone number down on a receipt that someone never received. The sign says you get $5.00 if they don’t give you a receipt. That is only there to cut back on employee theft. Don’t worry about me. I don’t have a receipt either. It was a gift to me from a good neighbor. I think what I’ll do is wait by the phone until I need a haircut or something. Then if they actually call me to say they found one, I’ll say “Just put it in stock. I’ll get up there sometime when I’m ready.”

PS  I drove to two other stores and found two of the same items. I bought both of them and I think I'll keep the defect as a momento.