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Taking Candy From a Baby
Yes, it may be easy
To abruptly rip something euphoric
From the hands of a growing human
Who is fresh into this world of cruelty
Learning the shapes and colors of life
And introduce the harsh reality -
Golden iris
In honor of my great-grandmother, Elizabeth Sawyer, who raised the best mother I could ever have.
This week during the steaming afternoon
of a Delaware Wednesday in late May
my mother told me she hated the in- -
Myth of the Reaper
The sounds of some louder men stain
The sheets of some quieter women.
Then grows the silence that reaps the hills
Where Death seldom speaks.
I've heard the voice of the Grim Reaper;
She is as holy as she is deadly. -
Inquiries for Greek Gods and Goddesses
I want to shed my skin like a snake and
be offered to gods of divinity;
Aphrodite is it possible to
be beautiful without immortal youth?
I stick in the blunt tongues of sinners like -
It's Memorial Day-
It’s Memorial Day-
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Mother Don't Leave Me
Mother don’t leave me, raise me like one of your garden beds.
Mother don’t leave me, teach me everything you know about soil, about nature.
Mother don’t leave me, show me how to navigate the forest after a storm.
Loves
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Autumn Forest Goddess
as I sit here –
deep in the forest, bathed in shadow,watching the leaves fall,
tell me, why does the earth end in such a pretty display?I holler to the trees,
they answer with a rustle -
To the little girl with big dreams
I wish the sun always shone
But never burned your skin
And that when it is snowing
The cold never nips
I wish all your tears were happy
And you never knew grief
But I know none of this is true
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For Mom
I love my mom
Everything I’ve learned in life
is thanks to her
She's the woman that has been by my side
since the day I was brought into this world
She's the woman that loved me and cared for me
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I Never Will
I still dream about that year.
I still can remember everything there:
The sight, sound, smell, everything.
With every year that goes past,
I hold the memories closer and closer to my heart.
