Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Talking

If you knew how often
I talk to you
you would stop listening.
But you don't.
Never do.

Small

the smallness
between big people
can be
a very deep
valley

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Glass

If my heart was glass
I'd fill it with water
so you could tap it
with a spoon
and make music

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Love waits

Love
waits 
for that one step 
forward 
then comes running

Monday, September 6, 2010

memorial

The children danced
and we shared
jars of chile sauce
after her funeral:
I feel Grandma laughing

sunflower

face to face
my son sees
each sunflower
has a different
face

Sunday, August 29, 2010

H2O

desert all around
the only life
water
I carry
in my self