Sunday, June 15, 2025

Michigan


A specific kind of green. 
Beans and garlic and a curious deer.
Trying to grow a kiwi for 30 years.
A swing on every tree branch. 
An empty water bowl. 
1-2-3-4 who ya gonna root for?
The boys in the bus are State Champs.
Honk honk a yellow blur past.

I am only one person. I am only one person.

Way up high 
Heat lightning sky on a still night 
Later, rain
Out of the window
A crack open for the cats 
Dodging familiar faces in common places.
I just lack the capacity for being this needed.
Candid photos. Humility.
She'll sell you vibrations in a patio chair.
Wind storm collapsed the barn.
Blew the roof right into the air.
Uh-oh
Arms reaching
What's so amazing that keeps us star gazing?
Let's walk one more block
To honor the grief of what will never be.

I am only one person. 

Slow drives past the places we've lived and the places we've worked and the places that once contained our hours and years. 
A turtle on the trail.
slow down slow down
Find my eyes. Pierce my ears. 
A familiar heavy. Misplaced fear. A quiet moment. Quick bursts of soul crushing love. Tender. A lack of solid sleep & melancholy. 

A tough age. 
A true concern.

Some things do get easier. 
Remind myself of what I've learned.

Sometimes we leave and never go back. 
Sometimes we return.