It was 157am when I heard the crying from the other room. I shot out of bed and across the hall to the kids’ room. My oldest daughter was whimpering in bed. She hadn’t been feeling well the day prior; now she was struck down by fever. And so as I cared for her in …
Category: voices
My People
They’ve accumulated over a lifetime, my people. From a young age until now, those who I enjoy, respect most, learn from, love. My people. When I’m with them I feel whole, I feel safe, I feel love in a different way, complete. My people are a diverse and varied bunch, a unique cadre, they don’t …
Harmony
At work, at home, Harmony, In patterns and counts and collaboration and progress, Harmony, In decorating and ornaments and cooperation, Harmony, Seek, Create, Manifest, HARMONY. Counting Decorating
Ominous
There they float, low in the sky, rising up behemoth, ominous, What dark promise do they bring, what do the tiny Earthlings fear so? No fear in this instance, actually benign, before too long, bringing hope instead, Prognosticate maybe follows rain, reign of drought perhaps closer to an end, ominous, pray it bodes well.
Ironic Insomniac
Strive I do most every day to get to the night, to the end, to slumber again, I long for the break, the dark, the rest, Only most every night, early morn, waking before dawn, most mostly still night, Mind racing, chasing a long list of the many things still left undone, mountain of undone, …
Job One
As I’ve gotten older and now have more than 30 years into my career, many things are more clear about life and work. In the end it’s the people in your life that matter most, especially children, especially if they’re *YOUR* kids. A recent list left on my refrigerator sums it up pretty well. It’s …
Dreams In Motion
Dreams in motion, Like the ocean, None stop, At least sometimes, Crashing gently in my mind, in my room, throughout the night, Seems I need a potion, some elixir, to fix her, to set it, write, Scribble it down before I forget, A truck and a hitch and a knock on the door and that …
Audio
A recent realization: I prefer audio. The sounds, the stories, the crackles and pops. and slips and slops, the scratches and screeches, the imagination, the subtleties, it all gets me, grabs me, When I consider it deeply, this is really no surprise. I’ve come over to the radio versus TV mostly — I listen to …
Dream in Emotion
Just now, middle of the night, early morning I scribble this down, woke from a dream, vivid so vivid, Not just the images of practice cake and map and cousins from long ago, No no, not just that, but also the emotion of seeing them, of what an old friend would say and how that …
What I Do
What I do, what it’s become, these past couple of years, found stride, Scribble down every day, most every day, for every day, something come to mind. For me, for you, I hope it does something good, a turn of phrase, not just a phase anymore, Now become part of what I do, get it …
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