Scattered messages fall from the sky, like confetti of lies, pulling our eyes to the right, to the left. We grab their reflections, jump at the sound of balloons popping wrecklessly, not knowing at all, whether the party was all a facade. His name stops and catches us; in mouths of the “heard”, with titles and […]
Oh friends, stand firm. When the world spins, like Wizard of Oz, taking us from the land that we love. When lives fall, bend over like the Leaning Tower, and things we have held onto for so many years, crumble from lack of strength. Hold fast. When there are rumors of blasts, attacks and Giants in […]
Two teeth yanked from her mouth. Last time, it was five. I grab an ice pack, bring it to my adult daughter who is staying with us, post surgery. I expect pain, suffering, anguish from the gaping holes left in her mouth, where her pearly whites were taken. In my experience, any hole, loss, surgery leaving […]
I see you… In the shadows of every silent cry. In the ache of every broken heart. In the pain of every erupting thought… I see you… With every labor of love. Every time you rise and sacrifice your wants. Every moment you sulk in the pain of it all… I see you… I see you […]
I drove by it again today. The 7-11 I drove by a week ago; at almost dark. Cars were slowing. One car was stopped diagonally on the road, in the opposite direction. A few people were gathering and I wondered if they were picketing? I looked to my left, rolled my window down, and saw a […]
Our white-bearded neighbor, lit up the edges of his five-acre parcel with Christmas tree lights. Every garden edge, gravel path, grass lining….lights. It started a few years ago, when his wife died. My husband asked, “Why? Why this year, when we have lived here a dozen years, and not once has our road, usually dark with […]