We should all have a Chuy.
There are always plenty of chores to do around the ranch.
He would look me up after I’d worked long enough.
“Enough mowing.” he’d say, “Come on. Let’s play ball.”
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” they say.
Everyone should have a Chuy.
-Paz
Chuy In The Leaves
If you were here I would kiss your face.
Where am I to send these kisses
Without you?
I kiss our kindred
Mother Earth.
Peaceful Rest
Missing you,
Paz
North Loop trail
We must always be bound somewhere.
Bound for adventure or bound for glory.
In the great wide world,
Your own back yard,
Your mind and spirit.
We must always be bound for somewhere,
Otherwise, we are simply
Bound.
-Chuy
Halloween
It’s better to see all of one side
Than to
Half-see
Half of each.
For Winnie
If you bite off more than you can chew, sometimes if you shake the daylights out of it you can break it into smaller pieces.
(You may use alternate methods)
Or you can just keep chewing at it until you reach your goal.
Know when to just leave it on the lawn.
Waiting
Don’t be afraid to demonstrate
Impatience
If the world is not moving
Fast enough.
Sometimes it needs a
Push.
Be resolute, firm, fair,
Generous, and gentle.
-Chuy
“Not-You”
Today she came into the kitchen from the outside.
She nudged that door open with her nose, poked her face in, fixed her eyes on me and walked in, tail gently swaying side-to-side, just as you would have.
Like seeing my granddaughter, whose face evokes the thought of my own sweet child, her name filling my mind and heart. Unable to pass this point, unable to get daughter’s name from my head, in desperation, I must call her “Not-Kerry.”.
I rise and close the door.
It was “Not-You.”.
-Paz
