Gather Me In

"for my daughter I held you as you drew your first breaths, Pushed gasping, wailing from within me, emerging bottom first; with Pale shell pink, silken, tiny spindling fingers with ten perfect nails;..."

"Love lives here, and I am blessed by it, In these pathways, where so many hearts Beat and intertwine, engaging with others; Learning of love and pain… Desire and dreams… Hate and anguish; Commonalitie..."

"Precious, this… Chance meeting across ether… Spinning smiles and conversation Shyly at first, then more boldly Asking questions just to see the answers Wondering always What each other’s expression mi..."

"A good day, this day… Filled with friends and poetry (my favorite obsessions;) gleaning treasures from out the accumulated debris of words.  Holding each one up to the light, peering closely at it, de..."

"Damned little points And acute inner angles A shape that can take us To the heavens Or cast our soul to the depths Beneath earth We crave them secretly Denying all the while Why we do, and yet The ne..."

"Call me a fool, for I still miss you; Touching your  heart Filled mine with such joy… Now, more than a corner of it Lies empty and aching, Occupied only by lonely tears. Perhaps I should not miss you ..."