finally

finally

when it all comes
it’s fiery like the sun
it’s burning like our rage
it’s cold as the darkest glacier
it’s silent as a star

when it all comes
we are sleeping
our breasts rise and fall
we are running
breathing hard in the fields

when it all comes
i am alone
whispering secrets to myself
listening to your lips
we are close
and in the darkness
we touch

a song

looking for a way

you’re working in one of them booths
taking people’s money as they drive their shiny cars
and it’s summer and the sun is bright and hot
it’s summer and the clouds fled a long time ago

you’re a long way from home living in a city
feel like you’re living in a hole in the ground
the street lights make you lonely
and the chatter makes you cold

i want to take your hand and hold it in mine
i want to take your hand and hold it close
your eyes tell your story more than words can say
i know what you're singing
i know where you been

i know how you're feeling that you just want to finish
where you began

b. smith

perspective

“All of us have a choice--to make our children safe in the world or to make the world safe for our children..."
Ken Wiwa

floors

I just finished scrubbing the living room floor. And now I must let the floor dry for awhile, so I'm sitting in the back room where this computer is. Why not write a bit here?

It's another beautiful spring day here. It's been alternating between spring rain and sunny days. The garden is growing and it's been fun watching the plants come up. There are a ton of things growing that we didn't plant this year; they came up from seeds from plants that went to seed last fall--lots of lettuce, spinach, and sunflowers. One half of the main area in front of the house is planted in rows--spinach, onions, peas, radishes, beans, carrots, plus the random seedlings from last years plants. The other half hasn't been planted yet but has lots of unexpected seedlings. Today, I think I might transplant the kohlrabi and pok choi that we've been growing inside.

Jen and I had a great weekend together. We didn't do anything really exciting but just spent some time together and enjoyed it. And ate really great food, including a wonderful cake that Jen made.

I've been missing my family a lot lately. We talk on the phone, which is nice, but it's of course not the same as face-to-face time together.

That's about the extent of this post. I'm gonna do some stretching and get outside.