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Lost mooring
Blindly reaching out for purchase, the shock of the moment shatters her. Expected but still not prepared she wilts, sorrow clouding her eyes. The illness had been a long time building, but slowly he’d slipped through her fingers, a few memories at a time until he lay mutely, not responding to those he’d loved so…
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Tenacious
The drive to work is full of the symbols of life. Spring has come, strong in its will to oust the winter Pussywillows stretching from branches, Questing for the sun. The geese have returned, honking their pleasure at newly open expanses of water, A sugar crust of ice remaining Sleep is a struggle for many…
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Heal
To cut is to cure, the Surgeons motto surgeon means person who heals by hand Doctor means teacher physician means practitioner of the natural sciences, of medicine. These words are ubiquitous today, and everyone knows what they mean. But what does it mean to heal? Is it merely a conversion from a dis-ease, or is…
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Outlier
I’ve spent my life an observer, a visitor from beyond. Perhaps this isn’t my first go around this green planet, and maybe it’s not my last I’ve been an outlier, and outsider Different As a child others didn’t understand my meanings, not catching the sense of humour that was sometimes bizarre Even now, I teach…
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Ouroboros
This week has worn me down. I find the days go so fast, and yet they seem to all repeat the same thing over and over. In my little cubicle in the world I deal with microcosms, and have only small windows into the world of others. I really do like being able to help,…
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Showdown
The hardest thing to do When each day is through Is to look into your soul To find your life’s true goal Each thought has its own weight Bound to you by the hand of fate It looks you in the eye And dares you to tell a lie Stronger than guile, Bursting through denial…
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Champion
Cookies by the light of the stove, long after the kids are in bed changing the oil early in the morning before the kid goes back to school, because you want to keep them safe and that’s what you know countless road trips over icy highways, shuttling them back and forth helping to pick all…
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10 minutes a day
I’ve been thinking about ways to make my days meaningful, every day, not just occasionally. I find so often we walk around being busy- get up, pour coffee down to wake up, exercise, get the kids going, go to work, come home, grab a kid for an activity, feed kids, put to bed, pass out.…
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Cusp
On the edge of truth, between the place of lies and reality the word sits on the cusp neither good or bad just waiting “cancer” so hard to say but there, nonetheless between us. I try to soften it, adding qualifiers and uncertainty but I’ve felt it for awhile, seen it in their aura, smelled…
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Morning review
Sitting with my coffee I review the day before and the day ahead. I wake up at the usual time, but decide not to exercise- my cold has made my sluggish and sore. I sit on the couch with my little love, who coughs harshly then smiles at me, happy with something a puppy on…