All the words I could not say,

my dear Grandpa

爷爷,

Contentment feels strange because it’s unfamiliar.

I want this strange feeling to become my new normal.

• waking up to a dawning sky
• sitting down to eat a protein-filled breakfast
• getting a cup of coffee for the road

Circle back.

There’s nothing wrong with circling back.

I could afford to be a bit more in my head these days.

it’s funny sometimes who serendipity invites to your dinner table

all the same

We are all the same (aren’t we)

moving through each day

view of the morning

14 December 2022

trying to be in awe of everything I see (the vast blueness of today’s dawn) and…

the earth and the sky

someday we will return

return to the earth

poetic letdown

it’s easier to write your own poetry than it is to read others’ poetry. and yet, where are my poems?

Everyone is going through it right now.

And so are you. Sometimes all you can do is keep going — maybe through a hailstorm, a…