Saturday, November 23, 2024
Praying
Tonight I prayed
Since I don’t know
My son
Caught me
And I felt shame
Then I explained
What praying can be
He smiled
And went to his place
To ask God
For what?
I don’t know
But if I know him
It was good
And I pray it’s granted
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Honest
Nobody is honest
Everyone lies
For the following
Greed
Fear
Guilt
Shame
Cowardice
Laziness
Revenge
Anger
Everyone lies
And my curse
I know when they do it
And it breaks my heart
Every damn day
Sunday, August 04, 2024
Seeing Smiles
This isn’t a poem or prose
As much as it is a chronicaling
Of the greatest thing I may have ever
Seen
All there of them
Rushed to the water
My son rooted on the little daughter
My oldest held her when she fell
The youngest ran in first
The other two watched her
Cheered for her
They swam
Together
As a team
They didn’t argue
They were together
As one
Strength and love
And all the sudden
My life had enough meaning
To last 100 lifetimes
Sunday, July 07, 2024
Sugar
Touch only
The one thing
That made you
Feel alive in the void
Of what hope
Left
You
Needing
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Nocturnal Childhood
The last time she
May ever ask to
Sleep in your bed
Could be this day
Her hands never this small
Eyes never this bright
Love never this big
I can give like this
In the truest of myself
In the depth of
The person I always
Wanted to be
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Loop and Lille
Were parakeets
They existed
And lived for each
Other
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Time
Is going to run out
As you sense
What you know
But cannot share
Because your mind
Can sabotage as much
As change
And your change can
Be futile
As you fearfully hedge
Nothing
Into even less
Father’s Day
Kudos to my kids for making the first real Father’s Day that I felt great about. And that’s not a dig on previous ones - it’s more of a maturing of our relationship.
Ella made me dessert and wrote me a note unprompted.
Piper printed out a funny picture of me and was so proud to put it on a candle and give it to me.
Wells did his own rendition of the “Bret game” an improvised game show I sometimes host. And he really tried to nail it and did and had fun.
We went to the os game and had good merriment.
I’m really optimistic about the people they’re going to become.
