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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