I flew amidst the bumpiness of air currents Not knowing that between land and cloud It wasn’t wind, but Death blowing in, come to snatch The final breath Of one who would never reach His 2nd birthday.
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While her baby was dying
Posted in Babies, Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Natural World, Sons, Tulips on April 8, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
This Spring
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Flowers, Healing, Seasons on February 25, 2015 | 2 Comments »
First the crocuses, bursting blue and purple, then the yellow of daffodils, now the blaze of tulips pushing forward to the front of the line, boisterous school children lined up for recess, struggling to wait their turn, antsy, unruly, yet held to the rules, holding, each in its turn, colors and shapes harmonizing, each stem […]
Watching for Eagles
Posted in Birds, Eagles, Existential, Natural World, Personal Growth, Photos on January 4, 2015 | 2 Comments »
Early morning gray mist descended on bare branches etched charcoal.
Dedication Plaque
Posted in Art, Beaches/Tides, Death/Loss/Grief, Existential, Ocean, Poetry on October 19, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty two years after his death, I sit on the weather-stripped bench. At my feet a small plaque commemorates a man I never met, whose family and friends chose to mark his life. To mark his death, really, as that’s the only year engraved. Chose for strangers who never knew he existed to know that […]