patience

Nov 4, 2020

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Not every bird You see sings The potential for singing Holds your gaze Maybe you’ll see The moment its mouth opens Throat quivers And sound comes 11-4-20

Impatience

Jun 24, 2020

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cfblack

in Birds, moon, patience, sky/sunrise/sundown

Birds beg predawn dark to leave Earth’s rotation makes you dizzy and wish you could stop spinning You take a barelegged walk through moonlit field sting of nettles follows you home Aloe Vera lotion can’t absolve the sins of impatience next time, you will wait for light 6-24-20

while a grandson sleeps in spare bedroom

Jun 19, 2020

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cfblack

in Aging, Family, fire, light, patience, rain

I have been in a dark place trying to ignite a candle in a rainstorm. Too old school for a butane lighter I keep striking a match hoping one will light. 6-19-20

Lazarus

Mar 2, 2020

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cfblack

in hope, nature, patience, spiritual

I lay hands where roots reach beneath greening wood Feel the pulse of life the will to live that lies below 3-2-20

Category: patience

patience

Impatience

while a grandson sleeps in spare bedroom

Lazarus