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Wish
When the puffy dandelion is at its ripest, I pluck it from the grass.
But I rarely make a wish, because
what if my wish was wrong?
There are so many things I wish, that even if each fleck of white could represent one -
Live Every Day
"May you live every day of your life"
-Jonathan Swift
The quote was embossed in fat gold letters on the flimsy scrap of cardboard that my bicycle necklace was latched to.
"May you live every day of your life?" -
Spilled Paint
The ominnous crack of the sky splitting in two
A leak of inky purple paint explodes
The harsh clap, and as an afterthought
A little rumble, a boom conveys the grumble -
Dreams
Dreams are hills of blue
frothing before crashing
and slipping away
beneath their descendants.
Last night there I saved
someone from drowning.
The night before I was caught
in a labyrinth with my enemy. -
community
with their woven black cardigans and horn-rimmed glasses
they say "let's build a kind and caring community."
with crooked grins of polished white. they say
"let's trust that always we will respect one-another" -
A Place Where Flowers Grow
Where the everlasting oak in alls its crooked glory
Adorned in a classic swing which bears memories
Of love and laughter beneath its frayed beauty
A place where flowers grow
Where the similar beauty rolling hills of vibrant green