Mittens

To be 
back after
being gone
felt like
I was
a pair
of very
cold hands
slipping slowly
into a
pair of
warm mittens

ThisThat

I’d never 
known before
that this
not that
would bring
to me
the same
thing as
but without
the rest
and isn’t
that marvelous

Tends

Time tends
but not
to things
like flocks
but to
promising pebbles
bringing baubles
to life
by over
and over
again tumbling
one against
the other
making shine

Lake (for Silas)

And before 
is water
and after
are trees
and under
likely unseen
and atop
float pads
and all
make evening
this lake

Serendipity

Funny how 
the simplest
thing with
the longest
name causes
greatest change
by being
caught unaware
as one
goes about
their business