Honeymoon Beach 1978

I saw our love
In action today
The waves against the rocks

Each watery contortion
So different -
But equally awesome

While unnoticeably
Making change after change
Upon the landscape

Which in time, we'll both agree
Will make something beautiful
More so

Lost Tether

I weep for you still.
That invisible indestructible
elastic
tether
that once strung our hearts together
is gone.
It's taken me months to realize
I'm like a balloon without a string
. . . or a girl without her mother.
No more sitting close to you on the loveseat
holding your hand.
Standing shoulder to shoulder
in the kitchen
cooking or cleaning up.
Your absence grips me
ambushes me
soaking my pillow with tears
I once feared ghosts
but now wait for them
Hope for them.
Hope for you.

KGM
7-12

Most Loved

I'll bet you don't even know
that you're the favorite

I've finally decided
that special honor
isn't due to
an open door

Maybe it's that
unwavering gaze
straight into your
audience's heart

Or as mother
described you
so soft, so warm
so huggable

I hate to admit
learning your status
hurt me
Why should it?

Because
I thought it was me

Remembering Mama

You'll always be here, won't you?
A permanent fixture in my head.
Lessons learned
Flora and fauna names
kitchen tips
and relationships, too.

You'll always be here, won't you?
A permanent memory in my head.
Jumping rope in the kitchen
The grapefruit diet
Winding curlers into G'ma Curley's hair
and warm pudding, too.

Promise?

You'll always be here, won't you?
A permanent conversation in my head.
Behind the wheel
Cutting parchment
Vacuum in those corners
and triple word scores

You'll always be here, won't you?
Standing right behind me
Reading what I'm writing
I can hear the smile in your voice
Your warm soft laugh
and your embraces
your warm embraces.
~Your Loving K
December 19, 2011

Only Memory

So very often
Especially in Autumn
Mother Nature
Takes hold of all my senses
And puts them in Awe
And then my hand
Begins to ache
So much pure beauty
Around me
And I, minus the talent
To capture the color
On Canvas forever
So instead
I admire Mother Nature's work
for hours
Only to feel I've missed it all
When the season ends -
Because of my extreme
lack of proof

A Generation

The moon looks me in the eye
As I stare back,
Then I count his flaws -
Usually lose track.
Maybe this will change -
Most likely won't,
Could be a star -
But most of us don't.
We just drink the booze,
And smoke the pot,
And listen to each other's minds
Creatively rot . . .

Lisa's Here

I only wish for one love
One love's fine for me.
I'll never need another
One love's all I need.
But now this cherub is in my life
Charming me, it's true.
Now one love, isn't good enough,
But I'll settle for just two.

The Accident on I-5

The Wind and Company
Are conducting
A special performance tonight
A funeral
For whoever may and must
Have died
In that mess I saw on the highway tonight
It puzzles me so
When I hear Mother Nature mourn
Over a death
She most deliberately set a stage for
I can't really blame her though
For the death
She never supplies
The last and fatal element

For You Mom

These days I wonder Mother,
Do you really know
How much I love you?
I realize I've never stopped
To put it into words.
But then I haven't always looked
At life, the way I do now.
Perhaps I've been slow
Growing up.
Whenever I think of younger days,
I wish I could take away
All the pain I gave you
And replace it with love,
Love that doesn't hold you at arm's length.
But I guess I've still
Got time,
A lot of time, to show
How much I love you!

Round and round

Round and round
And round and round
Another day gone.
You might try to hold onto it,
But shyly it slips away,
Unnoticed.
When you least want it around,
It becomes an extrovert
And wears itself out on you.
Over and over and over,
It seems to last forever,
Or perhaps it's the weather . . .