I am an electrical engineer with a life time dream of being an artisan of some type. A lack of time and self discipline, or perhaps fear of failure, has kept me from any significant attempts at being an artist or writer. The one thing that I have done over the years is write poetry- usually for special events, like friends moving away, births, weddings, and graduations. I think much of my motivation is to leave something behind- something that will exist for a long time after I am gone; but not so that I will be famous or renowned- just so that I have left behind a part of me that someone can enjoy or at least discover far into the future.