A few poems
When you’re in the right mood, it’s fun to write poems quickly.
A poem about gratitude…
“You’re well taken care of,”
The woman said to me
When I called about the tuition
That my family will pay.
“I am,” I said, as I shuffled
Notes that I’d forgotten
Over the weekend when my mind
Was where it wanted to be.
“I am,” I thought, as
I ate eggs with hot sauce
And read the paper
During my lunch at home.
I knew it when
I went outside and felt the sun
On my face and saw it
Dance on the water in the pool.
I knew it when
I laid to bed and an arm
Draped over me, like the wings
In the Hopkins poem I love.
A poem about brokenness and trust…
i’m a little bit shaken, a little bit stirred, a little bit broken, a little bit burned;
but,
a little bit i’ve learned is to trust the little bits i yearn.
