• Ice Cold Drinks

    I love anIce-cold drinkIt’s betterThan you think When I haveA great thirstAn ice-cold waterI drink first I likeMy drink ice-coldThe colder the betterThey are a wonder to behold Give me lemonadeAnd some milk tooThere is no ice-cold drinkThat I will eschew by Zachary Uram(C) 2024

  • I Am Not Insane

    Everyone in the worldIs insane but meI am the very pictureOf complete sanity The childrenAre disturbedTheir parents’ mindsAre perturbed I am notA madmanMy mind is wholeIt’s not broken I take psychoactiveMedicationIt’s a strangeSituation I longTo be freeFrom myPsychiatric misery One dayMy mind will be wholeI’ll be in heavenAnd I’ll go on a stroll I haveThe…

  • Divorce

    Sadly, I am a child of divorce. My parents divorced in 1989(my mother initiated the divorce) when I was 13 years old. They had been married for 16 years. The breakup of our nuclear family had a devastating effect on me. To be honest, I must admit that now even 35 years later, the sting…

  • Our Fur Babies: Posie, Poop Nose, and Poopy Doopy

    Vi and I love our fur babiesThey are so cuteThey love it whenI play the flute In 1989 we got themI will never forget that dayThey fill our lives with loveIn every single way They are Wrinkles doggiesSo happy and livelyThey love to playAnd they are always lovely Our fur babiesThey are very close to…

  • My Dearest Big Sister Vi

    Vi is so dearShe rubs my sore feetShe can’t be beat Vi cooks my foodIt’s gourmetI thank her every day Vi cleansThe floorShe gets groceries at the store Vi mops the kitchenAnd the bathroom tooThere is no dirt she’ll eschew Vi washes my clothesShe folds them all until she’s doneVi and I love to have…

  • Feeling Blue

    I’m feeling lackadaisicalI’m ill physiological I’m totally depressedI don’t want to get dressed I am very lethargicI feel neurotic I am full of fatigueI feel like I’m under the ocean by a league I feel so downI’m like a sad clown by Zachary Uram(C) 2024

  • Happy Birthday Vi

    Today my dear sister ViIs half a century oldShe looks to be only 17Her youthful looks are bold Her mind is sharpShe is highly educatedVi has a degree in English literatureIn college, she worked hard and matriculated She is a skilled poetAnd a gifted artist tooWhen it comes to being creativeThere is no obstacle she…

  • Battling Depression

    I lie in bedLike a beached whaleHere is mySad tale I’ve been sufferingFor a quarter centuryI’m sick and tiredOf this mental misery I lackMotivationThis is a badSituation I longTo run and playInstead, I’m trapped insideAnd full of dismay The seasonsPass me byAll I want to doIs cry My malaiseMakes me want to screamI wish this…

  • A Tale of Authorities

    When defining doctrine, we Reformed affirm Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) as our highest authority. It restricts us from tainting our interpretation of Scripture by adding extraneous sources of doctrine. Roman Catholics affirm Sola Ecclesia (Church Alone) contains the dual authorities of tradition and the magisterium (teaching authority). Scripture, tradition, and the magisterium are all equal…

  • Headcovering for Christian Women

    For nearly 2,000 years, from the time of Christ, until the 1960s, it was the universal practice of the Christian churches for women to headcover. Sadly, with the destruction unleashed upon society by the Satanic feminist movement in the later half of the 1960s, head covering for women was largely abandoned. The so-called sexual revolution…