Romantic verse
	To You if ever you should go — Poetry by Mark Rector You Don't Have To, by Mark Rector copyright 1984 For Being There, by Mark Rector copyright 1976 I still think about you, by Mark Rector copyright 1985
More Spiritual Poetry
	Vanity and the Obvious, by Mark Rector copyright 1979 This Too Shall Pass, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 Another Virgin Spring, by Mark Rector copyright 1980 Rummaging through Aunt Emma's Photographs The Moment, by Mark Rector, copyright 1974
An eclectic mix of styles
	In the company of solitude, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 The kiss, by Mark Rector copyright 1978 Sticks and stones, by Mark Rector copyright 1987
Prose and Writings
	Tonight I cried, by Mark Rector copyright 1999 The Audible Voice of God, by Mark Rector copyright 2000 A.D. A Tribute to the United States of America, Cited by Mark Rector in 2001, author unknown. Famous Quotes on Computers, Programming and Technical Writing

Some doggerel I wrote a very long time ago: making this poem into greeting cards and selling them on consignment in local drugstores. An entrepreneur is born, nurtured by feeding off the corpse of the dying poet. (Now, isn't that a romantic thought? Hhmm...) This was originally published at: www.horsesense.ws/forbeingthere.htm Please download the PDF Gift Card from » www.markrector.com/media/pdf/ForBeingThere.pdf (size 161kb)

For being there ... I am me. I have a friend. Sometimes we find some time to spend. We don't do much. We sit and talk Or, silent, share an evening walk. She has her life. I have my own. But side by side we're still alone. For I am me. And she is she. Still, somehow, we make company. She does not know what makes me blue or why I act the way I do. She knows not why my heart exalts, or why I cry at pleasant thoughts. She cannot share my lonely grief but being there is some relief. She, smiling, nods and comprehends that I am me, and we're good friends. ~Mark A. Rector "Right click" and select "Save ..." to download this as a gift card for your granddaughter .   © 1978 Copyright Mark A. Rector. All Rights Reserved.