January 31, 2026

Our Blessing of our Older Ones

Speaking with you is like a warm summer breeze
When you find just that sunny spot and can lean back with ease
I listen to your stories, full of wisdom acquired through experience
and each time you lean in close to whisper, I too lean forward to catch the lesson

It’s like the leaves are rustling through the trees
and your hands have lines like the ridges on bark
and your knuckles like roots coming up from the earth
and your hair like snow banks without a sound

January 29, 2026

make-believe

i was silly 

a bit like a child 

hoping for flowers 

and a sky with lilac clouds 


what a little girl it was 

that smiled for days 

holding on to all sorts 

of wondrous things