New Life
I stand on one side My hands wrapped tightly Around the cool aluminum tubes Of her walker So that I have to bend over slightly To offer stability For her, now stiff, Puppet like movements My dad is on the … Continued
I feel you weep
I feel you weep Tears that hold your heart-sick sorrows Your gorgeous, never forgotten memories Your resistance to what is, was, will be Too big, too much, smothering hope Be still, then Only in the stillness, the silence, the … Continued
Of This I Must Write
Of this I must write Weeping, screams, terror In the eyes And The love, The singing The walking, touching, hugging, The laughter A cosmic disruption Exposing molten hate Only love, a soothing compress On the infected gashes in our universe … Continued
At This Age
I didn’t know At this age How grief would swirl around me Encasing, restricting, limiting, darkening, absorbing, Everything At this age Until only my original truth The part of me that has always been true Gasped for breath I sipped, … Continued
Simple Sage
Spring had arrived, despite the bulging hook of ice and snow that still hung precariously from the dramatic crag of brownstone cliff that itself, hovered above the recently frozen expansive waters of Lake Superior. Spring in this part of the … Continued
It’s so simple
It’s so simple The barely visible flutter of wings from the not-yet-gold finch The perfect cup of coffee A warm room in which to sit, to breathe Breath Shadow play on snow and grass Stillness Thinning of the clouds … Continued
13 life lessons from a star
My usual blog entry is often a reflection on life through the lens of metaphor and poetry and essay. That world of words is always with me, swirling, spinning, shaping my thoughts and my lens on everyday life. This is … Continued
Then and Now
It was carried on the breath of Robin’s song Like sheer silk skirts Of some exotic dancer Easing down upon me As the cascading warble erased the present moment Ushering memory through the complex melody The past, the … Continued