Donald Kirby:  

Update: My wife and I stayed together I helped her through her emotional breakdown the guy she left me for treated her like a monster and she came back to me her mental health deteriorated to the point she couldn't understand much. It is Hard to see someone you care about become a shell of a person almost like a zombie , we thought she was getting better then she passed on August 14 2018 after 18 years of marriage and 20 years together. It was like getting hit so hard it shocks you I felt blindsided. God only knows how I carried on and even quit smoking,I am 3 years 4 months and 10 days not smoking.I have COPD and the breathing is like fighting to live. I am retired disabled I am from Centralia Washington have been married 2 times. I have old injuries that I got from work, my back and neck that combined with a couple Hernias and an Aneurysm that started leaking so I got rushed to surgery to save my life April 28th 2017-In December of 2007 we lost everything in the Floods that ravaged our area here. I have managed to rebound, I have won numerous awards for my Poetry and Poet of the year in 2006 from one of the sites I was on.(poetry dot com) still have stuff there under both Donald James Kirby and Donald Kirby Von Koehler with the full family last name. I have played keyboards since I was 16 and have about 60 songs on Vimeo under Donald Kirby also at numberonemusic dot com under my Donny Von Koehler pseudonym feel free to listen songs include Poetic Justice,Because of You,I'm Loving,Loving You,Forever In Your Eyes,If Anybody Would...(Hollywood) and I.R.S.(Into Robbing Someone), and Life's An Uphill Battle to name a few have had numerous friends try to encourage me to write poetry books but not enough money to do it. Your Beauty Like sunsets in the west painted pictures on the landscape, Like the purple haze in the sky rising over a seaside cape. Like the pastures in summer so green where wild horses run, Like the mystery of the winds song a symphony of sound well done. Like the brightness of the moonlit night shining on the lake, Like the stars so many a universe of beauty it's no mistake. Like the mountains standing tall over the valleys below, Like the sparks of a campfire in the night how it does glow. Your beauty is described in so many ways yet words are too few, To explain this emotion inside that I am feeling for you. Your beauty is awesome and without my life is incomplete, If you were to disappear I wouldn't have the strength to compete. Like the waves on the ocean as they reach out for the shore, Like the roses blooming in spring your beauty is that and more. Like the snow as it falls in winter is in the eyes of a child, Like the leaves in fall so full of color as they blow in the wind so wild. Your beauty is unique to me I'm caught breathless, nothing to say, You are the reason for my inspiration in every passing day. Your beauty is enough to capture my every sense and hypnotize, You are my piece of heaven I see paradise in your loving eyes. Written By Donald James Kirby Von Koehler 11/25/2005 Caught Up In The Moment By Donald James Kirby Von Koehler i salute you for a battle well fought with goals accomplished-more than you sought now it is time-the statement must be made for all to see that you have made the grade justice has prevailed-now you have the crown success is so elusive to those who bring you down it's your dance-the song is yours to sing it's winner take all-as you shoot for everything caught up in the moment-victory in your stride time is your companion and power on your side caught up in the moment-it's a dream come true yet, for the record-the rest is up to you you've overcame the struggles-milestones passed made up your mind-not to be outclassed while others watch on-you're setting the pace in an atmosphere of awe-we see the smile on your face caught up in the moment-gaining the respect of all you elect to rise to the occasion rather than to fall caught u...Expand for more