He stood still and stoic the only movement a steady tap-tap-tap of the cane’s white marshmallow ball making constant contact with the sidewalk curb.
Archive for the ‘Dreams’ Category
Corner to Corner
Posted in Dreams, Kindness, Rain on April 27, 2017 | 1 Comment »
In my imagination, there we travel freely
Posted in Dreams, Travel on May 31, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve traced the journey countless times hovering in the liminal where dream borders obsession. I stare at the map caress the tiny-print names of towns with bleached white facades I murmur their names out loud los pueblos blancos mangle the pronunciations. Your sun-baked skin will look even darker against alabaster walls so, too, your dark […]
Forbidden
Posted in Adam and Eve, Daughters, Death/Loss/Grief, Dreams, Fathers, Love, Religion on January 19, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
I I wonder about the conversations between Adam and Eve. Adam didn’t exactly come home after a long day and tell Eve all about the petty little aggressions at work. Eve didn’t meet Adam at the garden’s gate with stories of how the kids got on her nerves; she conceived her first child after […]
Shattering
Posted in Acceptance, Dreams, Relationships on December 7, 2014 | 4 Comments »
It is not enough to sweep up broken glass. Tiny shards, no matter how carefully I search for them, elude my broom. A second sweep, with a moist towel or sponge, that’s the step many people omit.