To Say Thank You
To say thank youis to give up rights;it means “You were under no obligationto give me something so nice.”And so, to say thank youis to open up and trustthat we won’t cease to be cared for.Yes, this is hard, but … Continued
Eggs
Eggs for breakfast,omelets for lunch,eggs on salads,and boiled to munch.Eggs in the basketand eggs in the nest,but the chickens are tired.They’ve decided to rest.
“Your Baby’s First Year”
“Your Baby’s First Year,”and some cover artremind me–– it’s almost gone!And it breaks my heart.
Shade
Some trees outlive us.Some trees we outlive.And if everything stayed aliveto shade our perfect lives we would have to bethe very first to die.
Strong Hands
Your strong hands on the chainsaw,and your strong arms have a knackfor getting it done, although it’s not fun.Now I need strong hands for your back.
Thirty-Seven
Thirty-seven books checked out from the libraryand I can only read one at a time.But to the library I go, and I can’t say noto a book whose name calls to mine.
The Ice Storm
I had never seen ice like that.I had never seen branches so fatand so many limbs, falling to the ground,so many repetitions of that crack-and-shatter sound.So many trunks and wires and sticksall buried in snow, to add to the mix.