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

Rush Hour on Garner’s Ferry Road

Dec 7, 2019

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cfblack

in daily life, driving, food/cooking, patience, TV/movies/tech, urban / city

Rush hour traffic driving east to west siren and blue lights race west to east pull over and let them pass Two blocks further another siren and blue lights race west to east pull over and let them pass At the bottom of the hill screaming blue lights perform a Starsky and Hutch fishtail race…

Category: patience

patience

Impatience

while a grandson sleeps in spare bedroom

Lazarus

Rush Hour on Garner’s Ferry Road