I remember the root and the ruin.It slips into quiet momentswhen I think I’ve forgotten,curdles like a summer’s day, takes…
a poem about gathering scattered families
I watch men wear the frailtyof my next thirty years,skin thin as rainbows,steps prescribed.
TO BE SAFE
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Once intimate names you were taught to whisper before sleep,
Another grey day breaks against the coast,Shadows of seals bark as slips of white foamSink into the sand.
The will to wish a wall awayspills out like a breath taken from the wind.Our lungs hold heaven, for just a moment,then we’re forced to…
I grew strong on weakness and defeatYour pain and neglect nourished meYour absence became my presenceBetrayal…
My bent neckrivals sunflowersat the fence.Grandchildrenhand me shovelsto bury the week.
