Listen.
Silence your thoughts
There is work to be done
Move with unmistakable swiftness
Let your feet be as silent as your mind
Breathe in the waves of the ocean
Receive the sands
Potato Chips and dirt
Smelling chips and dirt
Reminds me if fishing with dad
Summer Saturdays
Summer Afternoon
Our faces sticky
Windshield view, bright read sunset
Endless talks with you
40s and forest
Summer Sun
She arrives boldly.
She brings light and clothes me in warmth.
I feel her.
I peer at the light blue barn.
Her heat waves vibrate within trapped air. I stand and
Have you ever wished upon a star
Looked in the depth of the dark
Sky and saw one waving at you
As it jumped for your attention
It made itself seem larger than
My feet seem to know the destination
My mind is trying to locate
My arms are pumping themselves today
My legs are moving in sync with my other limbs
As if stopping like
It's a shame not enough pictures were taken
Days like today I stumble across your page
A page detailing your life sits before me
For a second I am taken aback
My body is failing me.
No matter how hard I fight,
I can feel my cells multiplying,
Dividing themselves among my entire person.
This must be what it feels like,
To bear much
Dad,
I have some things I want to say, I hope You will hear me out.
I will start with saying I am thankful for Your involvement in my life.
for the times
Some days my breathing is fluid,
sliding in and out of my body as
if I am a fish underwater.
The responsibility placed on me
by my father floats in and out of
Just keep smiling & keep laughing
never forget the power of a good laugh
how a genuine smile brightens dark days
how they make cheeks once hard as stone soft and full —
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The green grass is starting to look more purple
Now that your blood has been splattered on it.
Tears hit the blades of grass turning the royal purple
Into a soft periwinkle.
How