Thursday, August 21, 2025

Beloved By All Who Mattered


They played songs to welcome the night
and were
bathed in stars
baptized by light
and
beloved by all who mattered

Thursday, November 21, 2024

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The mother was
so proud
of her daughter
that there was never a day that passed
      not one day!
that she didn't tell her

You're so smart!
How'd you know that?!
You move like light dancing!
That's so funny! YOU're so funny!
Really? That's amazing!
I love the way you sing!
You make my heart happy, dear child!
You make the world a better place.

And as it turns out
the daughter grew up to be all of that.
And sometimes
the child was not even
the mother's daughter
There's more than one way to be a mother

 

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

For Her Own Joy

When the world turned gray
and dismal (and not in a good way)
she gifted the world with
what color and joy she could muster
not for the world's sake
but for her own

Monday, November 11, 2024

Paint the Day


 
Sometimes
in the dark of a cold winter's night
she would get to work and
paint the day
she knew would one day come

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Crazy Mabel and the Solar Eclipse

There was a legend
of a cow who escaped
they called her Crazy
Mabel

the truck she rode
overturned one day
she ran as fast as she was
able

She hid in the woods
neath the stars and the shade
finding shelter in the
treeses

And as far as we know
there she still plays
living life just the way she
pleases

Monday, March 4, 2024

Moby and Ahab


Moby liked to surface
in the golden light of the setting sun
and revel in the scars and wounds
upon her precious hide
knowing that she had overcome

Friday, March 1, 2024

You Got to Go Where You Want to Go


If you want to climb mountains
you'll have to leave the valleys
and if you're going to catch fish
you have to find some water

Yeah, friends,
you got to go where you want to go

Beloved By All Who Mattered

They played songs to welcome the night and were bathed in stars baptized by light and beloved by all who mattered