Tuesday, June 29, 2010

midnight, midsummer

it's dark between midnight and three
and then the birds
wake up

today i slowly spun as
an aerobatic swallow
flew circles around me

the newly turned up grass
harbored some tidbits
which the swallow
caught on the wing

the linden trees
begin to yield
their delicate
efflorescence

i write less now than ever
but it is still too much

sometimes the boys are
angels, like yesterday
primo counseling me to
face my fears
as i considered plunging into
the pool below
the waterfall

and then he navigated
us back to our campsite

where secundo
as bald eagle
devoured a salmon

and my husband fed the fire
with dried cedar shakes
incence

when i worry, there's no one
actually driving the bus
i've left the wheel
in search of trouble
no wonder it feels scary

and sometimes i lose my cool
with their eternal bickering
is it just what puppies do?

when they leave
i worry that the cord is severed

and then in only a few hours
i make a breakthrough
that changes my life

there's a difference
between feeling my emotions
and letting them run my show

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