Reunion
Friends from another
reality circle back
laughter’s never stopped
the deeper side of happy
lingered the entire time
waiting knowing more than I
this was not the reality
to get through it would eventuate
and there a day would be in which the sun upon the tall dewed clover
would alert everyone to the reality of its permeation
If 20/20 hindsight
Relies on understanding
Human greed
And cruelty
And accepting such as never-changing truth
Then I don’t want a new prescription.
Let me stay in a world with vision blurred
By the remembered softness of a helping hand
And the bravery that dares to hope
For a kinder tomorrow.
Would have been a weekend job
Just five years ago.
Work ethic would have kicked into overdrive
For both of us.
Worked long hours into the night,
Cutting wood,
Building shelving,
Installing cabinets.
A small remodeling project
Would have been finished like
A TV series binge-watched
On Netflix.
The difference five years can make.
We seem, we feel, much older.
That work-ethic sags under the weight
Of tired bodies and a demand for naps
That was not there five years ago.
It may take two weeks
Instead of two or three days.
Maybe longer.
Plus, it depends upon what is streaming
On Britbox.
Start coffee, feed cats,
Stand at the counter drinking coffee
While
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Through the headlines, wondering whether
Today will bring a
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The way I knew him
his big broad smile, his touch
his crinkly blue eyes
his baritone voice, his strut
his kindness, his love, his kiss.
Writing Practice, January 4, 2005
Gail, Steve, Leatha
We are reflecting on our actions
thinking about what we’ve done
we are doing this in the form of writing.
In my element
I am steeped in deep dialogue
where I always want to be
where I went in all my affairs
I sink my teeth in, dig in
I go to work.
We are reflecting on our actions
considering caution
I am reading bell hooks
in her teaching she discovered
she could not please everyone, a goal
I, too, want to give up
and, yet, it repeatedly reappears
I want to give up
being white and having to say it right
I want fearlessly
to continue exploration
I am where I’ve always wanted to be.