Tagged: family
love isn’t easy –
love isn’t easy –
you and i,
staring into
the abyss,
an unforgivable
ache
.
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mama and daddy
mama and daddy
met on the intersection
of apples and pears,
and the rest is delicious
history – baked, sauced, freshly peeled
.
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after all these years,
after all these years,
mom and dad still perfects every
recipe with love
and unwavering patience –
two stomachs are better than one
.
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even in the same
even in the same
family, we hold our cooking
preferences sacred –
mandoline versus knife, boil
first then chop, chop first then boil
.
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we are one lunar
we are one lunar
phase cycle away from being
whole – waxing, waning
.
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with twin azalea
with twin azalea
blossoms tucked into her hair,
mom summons us home
.
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in mama’s backyard,
in mama’s backyard,
our twin dogwood trees compete
for her attention,
not unlike the way we all
light up when she turns our way
.
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perhaps six out of
perhaps six out of
eight children grow up in the
shadow of a tall
tree, perhaps more – see us twisting
towards our own slivers of self
.
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in the hushed pockets
in the hushed pockets
behind the front teeth, the taste of
salt when the tears still
come after twelve years, looking
up at the five-day-old moon
.
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family often
family often
light the way – we stumble, hand
in hand in darkness
for longer than we should, but
there’s always a light at the end
.
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