Beloved Grandmother
A mother’s name drifts away the windslipping through my fingers in the breeze,impossible to catch and hold oneven as I grasp onto the strings.I cry out, oh it’s so loud,the wailing around me and in my head.a brother can’t catch his breath,I tell him, take one in, and then release.But I can’t seem to catch […]
The Ways of Water
God caught me by the lake; together we looked at my reflection in the glistening pool. He asked me what had happened to the spark in my eyes.I told him I’d grown up; died in the past, lived in the future, and tolerated the moment. He said He thought I’d be happy, that I had […]