Reaching through
years
Grown between us
Mother touched me today
Colorful, warm, soft,
Without a sound
It is her
I wrap around me
How she speaks to me
Across time and space
So vividly
Coaxes a warm tear
So gently
Opens an emptiness then
fills it without a breath
Aging
Aging process, away with you!
Go work on a piece of wood,
a rock, a mountain.
They take it so much better than I.
When it’s time, just
scatter me in an instant.
It saves us both much bother.
Stepping Aside
Carolyn B.
There
once was a time
I walked in back of the line
No budging, no cutting
Just stayed close behind
With my eyes on your back,
Or your tracks or your tail
Destination: a place
The path we're taking
Void of choice, one creature's whim
Now, I've stepped aside
Quite aware of conventions
Still watching you,
Yet with some distance
Ever so grateful
For clean, wet sand to imprint
Young Thing
Carolyn M.
Reach
higher,
Brave young thing,
Whatever
The obstacle,
No matter
The darkness.
It takes only
A shaft of light.
A glimmer of hope.
You can push through
To brightness.
And brightness
Brings strength.
Now grow, grow!
