on perspective

i spent last evening looking for eggs
in nooks and crannies
garden and porch
irritated that these girls
won't lay in their boxes
incensed,
i disturbed their sleep at 5:00
this morning
to photograph them on their roosts
so i could show you
these unruly hens....
but perspective visited at 1:36
when i admired a student's necklace
i like your necklace
she fingered it, looked down
and whispered
it has my sister's remains in it
and the hen's eggs
don't matter
at
all

linking with -

jen for god bumps, joy for life:unmasked, emily for imperfect prose, grace for FYBF, faith links, carina for i am thankful, beki at the rusted chain, michelle for caffeinated randomness and studio jru for sneak peek friday

on looking up

photo credit

you were standing under the lights
along the fence
at the baseball game last night
wearing a carrhart coat
to keep out the biting cold
you stood behind the other guys
and i wondered what was
on your mind
two years ago
i saw you sitting on your
bed playing video games
not looking up
not wanting to see anything real
it was four days after
your kid brother
sat in my first period,
reading a hardy boys mystery
and it was two days after
he died
you were standing under the lights
along the fence
at the baseball game last night
and i hope you're
looking
up



linking with:

jen for god bumps
joy for life:unmasked
kimberly for painting prose

beki at the rusted chain for fingerprint friday

michelle for caffeinated randomness

studio jru for sneak peek friday

what's left



photo credit

9:32 pm and what's left is
ironing, rinsing the sink,
saying goodnight
but i don't move
from my corner of the couch
laptop perched on my
crisscross applesauce legs
because
i want to say something
wise
maybe profound
but
the screen stays white
while i absently braid a strand of hair
and finally
what i have to say is
i. am. thankful.
for
husband advertising free wood
on the local swap shop
and then delivering all day
for
students raising money
to provide clean water
for those without
for
my girl, the one i mentor,
she's smiling these days
10:37 pm
and what's left is
and what's always left is
praise
who am i
and what is my family
that you have
brought me this far?

for some great reads today, check out these ladies:

emily at imperfect prose

beki at the rusted chain for fingerprint friday

michelle for caffeinated randomness

studio jru for sneak peek friday

looking up on thursday

i climbed
(i am afraid of heights)
from the bottom

i climbed

(i am afraid of failure)

from the bottom

to the top

i climbed

(i am afraid of falling)

from the bottom

to the top

while my students

cheered me on