Being honest about life
I have started being honest about life and putting lids on the boxes of possibility accepting them with lids closed and sealed because I see where the journey has taken me not far from where I began and the adventures I may have still tickled and teased need to be put...
Questions and Answers
If you have a question ask me before I die don’t spend your life wondering collecting questions I can’t answer from the grave
Anger
Anger An uncomfortable feeling I think it was uncomfortable for you You never showed anger Not in my memory I don’t think you knew how And so I was never taught No raised voices, no angry words even today I do not get angry even when the trespass is deserving of anger...
Last moment
He stared at her long and hard memorizing each feature each line on her face and he kissed her goodbye to go join the others to protect them all knowing he would never see her again
Trust of a child
He looks up at you you are Mommy you will always take care of him always protect him that is what Mommys do his innocent trust and belief in the middle of a war that you can’t imagine destroying and knowing after this if you survive he will never be the...
Your Choice
It was 1965 Before Roe v Wade You had no choice and I wonder if you had a choice would you have chosen a different life followed another path I will never know I don’t even know what you believed if you could have chosen Would you have chosen me?
Validation
Over time the mother wound changes no longer do you wonder if anyone saw it if they noticed the chasm the awkwardness the disconnect the silence the ghost of a child always near never included did it really matter then one day you receive validation - a conversation...
Dreams
Did you have dreams? Aspirations? You never mentioned any You never asked me if I had any dreams It made me believe that dreams were foolish So I had them And I hid them Never telling anyone because I was ashamed of them embarrassed to have dreams How silly is that?...
You deserve
You deserve to be chosen by him over and over every day over and over for always