Friendly Reminders

I went ice skating last night. I reminisced about the times he and I had gone and I loved every second of it. On the ice I feel free. I feel like I'm moving faster than I will ever move, and that even once in my life I can achieve some sort of grace.

It's lovely. It's absolutely lovely.

Some Writing is Timeless

I'm not sure what to make of this day.


-- Springtime

They are speaking of how the sun will shine
And how the clouds have blessed this.
O, you’re raining today,
As you did yesterday
And you’ve done every day.

No dawn or dusk has graced us yet.
Tonight’s a full moon, but who’s keeping track?
Your shoes dragged this dirt--
I haven’t stepped a foot outside.
Speak, I beg of you.
I no longer can stare at blanks, and
I’m tired of holding the pieces together.

I’m aware of the emptiness through each door.
I’m bloated with clothing that's plagued with holes, while
Holding my needle and pin on the porch,
Patching with the underlying thread of my love.
The rain is the solace that’s gifted us this year
With streaks and buckets and puddles.

Just relax, breathe in the sweet blacktop
And forget that I’m alone every day in the attic
Trying relentlessly with each rain drop
To sniffle in every cloud you’ve got. --

In the style of T.S. Eliot. Written last year, revisited today.

But not since you left have the waves come.

Powering Down

I like to tell my secrets to the leaves.
A single leaf tells the secret to the wind,
And the wind tells the secret
To all of the other leaves and trees.

And they will all laugh with you,
All in unison
Swaying and bending over in laughter.


I need some laughter.