Lost inside Alzheimers

I saw her today. My earthly angel. Ninety-eight. A Saint.  Really.  Hollow eyes. Lost inside… Alzheimer’s. Retracting tears…. Of how life can rob the one’s most used. Prayers of faith…I remember.  Journals of verses.  Talks with God.  Quotes.  Notes. A Bible well-worn. Once, in a shack.  Alone. In Florida state.  No dishwasher. No housekeeper. No microwave. […]

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Opening Love and other Green Vegetables

My childhood home. Wisdom takes a seat with littlest one. Anticipating with wide eyes the stack before her. Natures delight waiting to do more than hang on limbs.  Exploding with color to the taste buds they cry. And the two sit at ancestors table. The one I hid peas under when I was so little….rebellious. Yet, […]

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