A Moment

Days, weeks, months
of uncertainty

Came to a close
yesterday.

When your health grew worse
each passing day,

I knew I couldn't
waste another moment.

Some failed to understand,
but my choice was clear.

Family matters more
to me than anything.


07/20/2019

Pictures

I look at the pictures
of us when I was young,

Your smile so wide
as I sit next to you;

Photos of me tossing
balls in the basket

You fastened to the gate,
so we can pass the time

during hot summer days.

The years are filled with us
sharing, laughing,

Your grandchildren standing
proudly with you

At different stages of
our lives, these moments

stretching on forever.

We know your thread
will not last forever,

Yet we do all we can
to preserve it.

07/07/2019

Truce

Her words came through
out of the blue,

Short and bitter,
as if I was the one

That owed her a reason
for the absence.

I would have cared
in a previous life,

Yet I no longer saved
space in my soul for her.

Gone were the excuses
I made when she refused

My company month after month,
our friendship filled with false words.

Gone were the reasons made
when she chose other's time

Instead of mine. I made peace
knowing that our friendship

Will always be this way, and now
I move forward,

While she pretends that I
need to offer a truce.

Walking away is what
we need for our growth.

07/06/2019

Playful Evening

Meeting
with friends for food
and bowling, connecting
with each other, catching up on
our lives.

01/11/2019

Meeting

Rising
to another
morning, with thoughts of last
night's gathering still playing back,
peaceful.

07/18/2018

This Day (a haiku)

A long, busy day

ending with community

and rich poetry.

7/28/2011