OnlyUsLuckyOnes

There was this one

Time under the sycamore

You were above me

On one elbow and

Looking down and just

As a late August

Breeze blew your flaxen

Hair from your face

At that same moment

The low afternoon sun

Caught the corner of

One of your eyes

And there then inside

I did see the

Deep blue pool of

Your soul and to

It’s bottom where I

Saw you swimming throughout

The eons of your

Lives and right then

I knew that like

Now we’d been together

And then taking my

Hand you said come

Swim with me and

I said just like

We’ve done so many

Times before and you

Said um yeah sure

It was that day

That I knew then

That only some of

Us are lucky enough

To remember the pasts

MorningMemories

It’s really only ever

The little simple things

Like the gurgle hiss

And spit of a

Kettle set to boil

As the first glow

Of day washes over

Last nights late snow

And chickadees bounce and

Bob skitter and slide

On the frozen birdbath

Like children wearing skates

As I spoon splash

And stir dark roast

Into a now warmed

Coffee press watching as

Grounds drop and emerge

Like we did that

One July day so

Very very long ago

In ponds out back

This is my morning

Of memories every day

EvenAfterEverAfter

Sometimes in my life

I stumble across a

Real one like opening

A picture book usually

Filled with pretty prince’s

All wishing for a

Happily ever after until

After doesn’t end happily

But you are different

Upon opening you popped

Up standing there amidst

The dragons sword drawn

And for the first time

I felt like maybe

Maybe some princes do

Keep their promises after

All that ever happens

More

I’m ready to meet

Someone new to hear

The hello and see

The smile to watch

As his eyes warm

And flicker and begin

To think who is

This and what if

Anything and maybe just

Maybe some day more

Fire

When I’m told that

I can’t I can

When I’m told that

I shouldn’t I shall

When I’m told that

I won’t I will

I have that fire

That burns in my

Soul I know that

What I say can

Shall and will be

Sometimes soon sometimes later

But it eventually becomes

I’m not one whose

Wishes don’t come true

With that comes responsibility

As the genie once

Said to the prince