Daughter Song
When you were born my wish came true And you transformed my precious world, For though the boys brought treasure new You became my favorite girl. There’s something mythic in your eyes, In hair so straight it shuns a curl;…
Dancing
Dancing gives you wings to an aerie place From whence you get a god’s-eye space. Up there, you soar above your strife And tears, your memories of past life. There is only this now, and you twirl. You comb the…
Selfish: Ode To An Unpopular Friend
Selfish… Self-ish, Oh, how you get a bad rap! You’ve been tangled, twisted, distorted, deformed, Made to be the rotten carrot to dangle, The hot potato to get rid of the moment you’re in hand. You’ve been oversimplified, misunderstood, manipulated…
Hug These Days
In this unprecedented (in our lifetime) pandemic-driven retreat into home sheltering, moments of reflection come and invite me in. It’s like a dollop of opportunity for life review, but hardly a linear process. It’s more like smatterings and brief meaningful…
Constellation
The stars are moving at fantastic speeds. Their motion is invisible, my span of life inadequate To clock or plot the change. The ancient ones left charts behind to show the nighttime cosmic coals From which they named the shapes…
Goddess Cowgirl (for Kathy)
goddess cowgirl (to kathy) so here you are: stetson angels, yoga and a country band will hover in the corner with your dreams be they pearly small or boulder grand. not for blossoming alone do gardens stand. with your ancestress…