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Playthings for the Creator

A Book by Richard B. Berry

A collection of prose and essays I've written over the years. Figured I would compile them into book form.

Playthings for the Creator

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

Who am I but paradox in motion?Who am I but a collection of emotion?Looking at what exists on the insideWhat does it mean to be alive?We may figure it..

Stolen

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

So naïve and so shyHidden mysteries of lifeDid not become part of the “team”So they stole his dreamsKicked him to the curbWhere he sa..

The Hardest Person to Forgive

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

One of those that they lost in the infamous crash. This is a poem of reflection...

Perceptions

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

For a few brief seconds, it was there. This sense of unbelievable clarity. All the answers to everything one could imagine right there for the taking...

SO Easy to Cast Stones

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

So easy to cast stonesSin, so prevalentNone of us willingTo remove the mote from our eyeThough we see our brother’sEver so clearlyWe are hypocri..

Remember the Message aas well as the messenger

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

You eat the bread and drink the wineAll in remembrance of himYour redeemer, your MessiahYou do so, in front of neighbors,Without hesitationYour fine c..

Now and Later

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

So shallow, so limitedConfining ourselvesTo an insignificant speckIn an obscure part of the universeOur bodily existence, a mere tenancyTo one of many..

Where is the TV Remote

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

Juxtaposing what wasWith what could have beenI escape into my thoughtsThe anger still burnsThough no longer all consumingPainful regrets linger around..

Acceptance

A Chapter by Richard B. Berry

Day by day and moment by moment; I accept the inevitable. It’s not as if I really had any choice in the matter. I find myself often reflecting o..