A Smile for Chaser
A Smile for Chaser Watching you–Chase a blueberryThat jumped outOf your breakfast bowlYou were so intentTo get every morsel–Made me … Continue reading A Smile for Chaser
Category: Family
RIP Abuela
October is the month depression hitsSometimes it would drive me to seek helpSometimes I muddled through Then fall on my … Continue reading RIP Abuela
Creatures of Habit
Creatures of Habit The doggy’s hipsAre hurting himHe gets up slowlyTail waggingAnticipating a walkNot today sweetie pieI kiss him on … Continue reading Creatures of Habit
Walkie Walk
I had a thousand fears/excuses for not walking you–Coyotes, my knees, my back, squirrels, your strength, mountain lions, dogs off … Continue reading Walkie Walk
Humbled
The layers of bullshit We pile on ourselves And on our kids Is a curse Our pride In ridiculous … Continue reading Humbled
Endless Loop
Endless LoopMy body can never be happy In this finite worldWhere time runs outAnd it is forced To swim upstream … Continue reading Endless Loop
Rhino’s Song
The Music of GriefHe was a song That sang in me For a whilePlucked my heartstringsWith his melodyA lovely joyful … Continue reading Rhino’s Song
Baby Stuffed Rhino
No, we’re not doing well-we are trying to figure out what the new normals are now, without our little choreographer … Continue reading Baby Stuffed Rhino
Missing Rhino
Grief Sorrow for my beloved dogOverwhelmingNon-stop tearsSeems to be attached To thoughts and memoriesAnd I notice–When I let go of … Continue reading Missing Rhino
Rhino
Rhino 12/19/2014 – 07/27/2023Aw baby boy, Rhiney RhineYou’re in doggy heaven nowYou are chasing balls and squirrels and ratsAnd playing … Continue reading Rhino
Shhh, I Got This
My Universal Heart is at peaceNot because all is “right” in the worldBut because Her love is large enoughTo embrace … Continue reading Shhh, I Got This
Binary v Non-Binary
I am my spiritDisembodiedWholeNo qualifiersNeither maleNor femaleUndefinable ThisnessContentment Love I live in a bodyI live its XX biological functions–I live … Continue reading Binary v Non-Binary
No abortions for Maud
Light of Present
I die everyday A complete annihilation So that every secondBirths a new moment Of piercing wonderment Being blinded by the … Continue reading Light of Present
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