BabyIsaac (for Juan)

Coddling

Baby Isaac

Swaying

Shushing

Sun

Glints

Beyond

You

He

Turns

Angelic

Cherubic

Porcupine

Hair

Explodes

Dark

Fireworks

Clutching

You

He

Replaces

Me

Your

Smile

Broad

Proud

Welcome

To the

World

Baby

Knowing (for Juan)

Smokey

Clouds

Scrape

Twilight

Skies

Fresh

Light

Erupts

Over

Palolo ridge

Spewing

Orange

Rain

Scatters

Frightened

Cats

Street lamps

Sparkle

Downstairs

You

Turn

Shifting

Dreams

I

Upstairs

Knowing

AsTogether (for Juan)

Hours

Apart

You

Ahead

Me

Behind

Yours

Darkness

Mine

Sunlight

Knowing

You

Called

Reassuring

Absent

Worry

Afar

Love

Drifted

Early

Coffee

Aromas

Tethered

An ocean

Apart

Understanding

Me

Better than

Me

Speaking

Passion

Desire

Longing

Ache

We

Remain

As close

As

Together

Hawai’iDawn

Rain

Sheets

Arrive

Across

Palolo

Ridge

Spattering

At feet

Breeze

Wafts

Humid

Laughter

Downspout

Sputter into

Cistern

Hawai’i

Dawn

Sounds

Sirens (to Marcea)

Laying

In your

Lap

You

Pluck

My

Heart

Strings

Making

Me

Sing

From

Afar

You

Hear

My

Siren

Come

To me

My

Love

Navigate

Craggy

Cliffs

Obstacles

And

Throw

Yourself

Upon

Me