I Don’t Know What You Want – Mom

I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT – MOM   I don’t know what you want, or what I can give you, lying helpless, speechless, unreachable on your hospital bed, I’m uncertain if you know me, Can you comprehend the words I repeat and repeat? I want what you...

Out You Ventured

OUT  YOU VENTURED Out you ventured, high-held head, frolicking into the over-stuffed bed, Leaping into paradise waving arms, breaking ice, Always busy initiating, helping out, consolidating, then one day you noticed an ache or two, the carpet was shaking under you But...

Goodbye / Hello, Dad

GOODBYE / HELLO, DAD   As we said goodbye, we said hello, for there was so much that we didn’t know about each other. Each time I came I knew I might not see you again, So, I said goodbye in all the ways I knew. I knelt by your bed and held your hand, asked...

Confusion

CONFUSION Confusion    can be accepted    even welcomed when    we understand    its potential, Confusion is    a symptom of    a shaking up    a dying off    a rebirth—    all a creative process, Old habits slough off    new ones remain unformed    Old needs like old...