An excerpt from my letters to Reese. Thursday, December 19th – 7:54pm It’s final. We went to court, the judge declared you mine, and me […]
Miracle
All that time chasing horizonsDrifting on wreckageAnd you are the waveThat leads me to shore All that time unmooredSwallowing salt water, calling it breathingAnd you […]
A love story
She texts me: He is two months old today.She sends me a video of the noise he makes. I have dozens of picturesof a child […]
June 3rd
I counted down to todayNow it’s just a SaturdayWith a glass of wineAnd a mirror to pine my tears away I wonder if I’ll forget […]
Another Test
It won’t become a tombIt’s just a roomNo one has diedNot me, not him I move slowly through my homeMostly on my feetWhen I drop […]
The Blow
What was it I wrote? “The wanting and then the blow” Things I can’t unknow With Love,Natalie
Way-Stop
I’m in Madison tonight — a long day of work, last-minute organizing to get out the door, a haircut (finally), and making the three-and-a-half-hour trip […]
A Last Look
A last look at checklists. Grabbing the binder with the paperwork. Packing the D&D dice. An indeterminate number of outfits for an indeterminate number of […]
Surprise
I was surprised today. In a way I haven’t been surprised in a long time — have I ever had a surprise party? My coworkers […]
The Wait
I’ve waited years beforeA whole college of themWaiting for a finish lineThat turned into flames as I crossedThe burns scarredAll that waiting and wantingFor what […]