Life’sCycle (to Juan)

You

Spring

Blossoms

Greenery

Rain

Fresh

Renewed

Rebirth

Me

Fall

Color

Vibrant

Cool

Recoil

End

We’re

But

Bookends

Of

Life’s

Cycle

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