My children

The most stressful job is being a parent I long for quiet for a few moments for a space to hold myself Mama, Maaaammmmaaaaa Mama Maaammmaaaaaaaa Mama Maaaaaammmmmaaaa What’s for dinner? Help me I need you it is tough All the time to answer to…

My Daughter Faith Grace

Prompts Hour Fourteen Little did we know, our lives would take this turn. We were told we might never have you. It was an Abraham and Sarah miracle, Well in our 50s!  We laughed— at first. but then your spirit took wings. and like a…

Strength

Strength is a word  With echoes of defiance and war  With a history  Heavy  With blood  And the need to prove  A call to defiance and deed  That demands the fortitude  To survive  But Were that  The only face strength wore  There would nothing  Left…

Meow

I go to bars Alone Just to be hit on.   I like it when An older man Leans into me And I can ask him About Why he’s sad Today.   I toy And play And this is Why I respect cats.

Great Beyond

A Septet   Great Beyond Just what is out there? Beyond the stars and planets. Past the UFOs and James T. Kirk. Hidden in the Great Beyond. No one really knows. Time will tell.  

to my Vivi ~ Nanny Loves you

As I sit here contemplating Completing the down hill slip Of the annual event I wait for Like a child at Christmas   As We sit here waiting For your blessed arrival I’m on call As we walk along each day, closer We ponder who…

the real news

She get’s distracted by it, and has trouble paying attention to the real news. The manifesto from the screens, dissolving resolutions Entertainment breaking the then news Jostling, packing, and filling the spaces — pop-up ads for the mind As they all are.   Click here, here,…

Hour Eight ~ Fly Away ~

 Fly fly away this is your day do not fear come what may see the world so beautiful from land to the sea It is made for you and me   In a balloon up high far away from the sky life is fragile,hold tight…