Tagged: milestones
pain stretches across
pain stretches across
all distances – we pretend
we can shake it off
while rounding this marker or
that marker – it ain’t that easy
.
20220106:2029
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this morning, after
this morning, after
19 years, you
reached out
to wish me a
happy birthday
and to let me know
your mother
passed away
yesterday,
age 74,
a heart attack.
two different
milestones along
the same path –
but you knew that
.
20140924:0829
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there are markers
there are markers
along the way
that hold us up,
milestones that
vibrate like old
tunes we used to
play. when a dozen
years can collapse
wordlessly, and
fingers itch
for the right
notes, what is
a dozen more
.
20121203:0821
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in every culture
in every culture
there is celebration built
in – reason adapts
.
20120711:0831
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crawdads, honeysuckles,
crawdads, honeysuckles,
worms – childhood
milestones – like
discovering that patch
of berries ripening
too close to
the neighbor’s yard
.
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