Tag Archives: Journey
Waiting Game
I watched you push your painted, half-filled heart up the hill, Place it on a staff and wave it high For all to see. I saw you stumble when tragedy rent your days Like sails in the hurricane, … Continue reading
Stay
Let’s stay here. At this intimately familiar bend in the trail. Beneath these trees we know by name. We are not compelled to move. There is no war or fire or calamity or threat that coerces us to … Continue reading
Our Time
You wrack your brain seeking words To describe a life spent without them. To hold up, canonize, memorialize, Constructed poems and homespun gems. You try so hard to commit to memory All those days of you and me. Halcyon … Continue reading
Whole
It’s better to see all of one side Than to Half-see Half of each. Chuy
Successor
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 … Continue reading
Ignorance
Just because you Don’t Know You are Beautiful, Perfect, And Precious to this Great Cosmos Doesn’t mean It isn’t So. Chuy