Tagged: years

let’s be honest – it

let’s be honest – it
can take years to get to know
a flowering shrub

we spend seasons in the courtyard,
investigating, exploring
.
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back when colorful

back when colorful
purslane took root in the cracks
of our driveway, we

pull them up like weeds, not knowing
that the years would add value
.
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we age ever so

we age ever so
invisibly until it’s
all visible, and

still, we long to be seen, one step
away from where we want to be
.
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years of practicing

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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after all these years,

mom’s miniature

mom’s miniature
roses survived after all
these years, countless tries

later, now out back fending for
themselves against wandering deer
.
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the point of art is

the point of art is
to start a conversation –
deep in bushwick, one

messenger to another
messenger, years in between
.
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we are waiting in-

we are waiting in-
definitely for the door
to open just a

crack – years and years and years, the
yet-to-be-categorized
.
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the things you didn’t

the things you didn’t
grow up with will always surprise
you even years from

now – with wonder, still, the snow
falling and sticking, on repeat
.
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