A grey walk at half past noonStepping out my door into the mistDown to the water to watch the stirring surfaceTo say goodbye to the […]
End of Long Travel Day Gratitude
A tired, small thanks: There’s nothing quite like coming home to your own bed With Love, Natalie
Weathering
He tells me I am better at weathering itI say my work ethic isn’t as strongI’m not mad about it He says that I am […]
Perfectly Thirty
For Cara: Oscar Wilde said that life was too important to be taken seriouslyBut you are very important, and I take you very seriouslyBut also […]
April Showers
April showers, shaped like snowflakesMy parents say that a mile down the roadThey can see open waterBut here all we see is ice Two weeks […]
Birds of a feather
The saying goes:Birds of a feather flock togetherUntil the cat comes I do not have the patienceFor fair-weather friendsSimilar interests be damnedI want the friendWho […]
Parched
Parched–More than the split lipsAnd the lumpy throatIt’s the clawing emptiness If you are dying from thirstYou’ll drink anything Love’s like that tooWe beg for […]
Rest
I push at the bags under my eyesDark and swollenI keep expecting to wake upBut on another night of little sleepThe heavy head and fogged […]
Lin & Cara
Infinite timelinesWhere our lives crash togetherBreak apart, or never touch The forking paths, the goodbyes we might have saidIf we didn’t choose each other instead […]
Nurture
She calls it paper pregnantThat unique waiting periodFor hopeful adoptive parentsNo nine-month timerNo knowing when(or if) She says to treat it like a pregnancyNurture your […]