Tag: thoughts
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Little Moments (all of you)
Life is often dark and cold and sad But there are moments little glimmers in the dark like stars catching the light again And across the night-sky tapestry of my life, I pick out constellations in the shape of you, and your family, and your children little bright moments a blanket with bunnies on it…
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Old Sweater
I found your fur short and wiry stuck to a sweater at the bottom of my closet forgotten but not never lost but so very very far away your memory drifts somewhere in the park I’ve long since cleaned up the dirt from when we played And the closest thing I’ve had to you in…
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Words!
Words! Words that exhale from my mouth like the burn of rum and ring laughing over the table. Thoughts that drip like rain off my fingers, that roll down my nose to splash on pages no eyes will see but mine. The perfect shade of vermilion as the sun lays its sleepy head on the…
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Sheet Ghost
I am a little sheet ghost Unremarkable Two little holes about my eyes The windows to my soul My hands can never reach you My feet don’t touch the ground The fairies that I entertain Are all the joy I’ve found I am a little drifter Incorporeal I am not found in mirrors The camera…
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Jesus Wept (Where are You?)
The pain of grief is unlike anything else we experience in this life. It isn’t anything similar to a broken bone, an illness, or labor pains. It cannot be done away with by taking a pill, wearing a cast, or visiting a hospital. And unlike any other hurt, the pain does not truly leave us.…
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Sensations
A hug feels like the softest blanket; the weight of the covers after a long day. A warm blanket feels like a hug. Laughter feels like the cloud of bubbles to the top of a soda bottle– ready to spill over in a rush of sweetness. Peaches taste like laughter. Sunshine is the feeling of…