Invisible Line

The one that you cross
or that crosses you
leading to situations you didn't want to be in
or did but didn't know it
but anyway you are there
where prayers are silent
heartbeats last for hours
silence roars like a red river
questions stick in your throat
voices flash like lightning bolts
echoes thunder in your head
Why am I here?

That Wonderful Yesterday

October 6, 2010, 10:06am and 3:27pm

Feel yesterday in today

Arms hugging curves and muscles

Demands melt away

M&Ms in the heat of us

Sweet kisses flutter from our eyes

Sparking the air between

Attracting breath bound in love

Looming ventures in time

You looked at me without me knowing

I loved you without you looking

Steps crossed over and over in an endless search

Until one yesterday

The air was wet

The leaves crunched

Our breath was deep

We met

We passed each other

We circled looking back

Hoping to pass closer next time

Each time

Pushing others out of the way

Until all left was just us

That wonderful yesterday

Under a dark sky

Filled with stars

Night hawks singing

We kissed

Feeling today in yesterday

Jelly in space

Sometimes the light in places with no windows can be truly amazing especially as strange beings without bones fly in and out of invisibility, light winking them in and then out of existence in the blink of an eye. The creature, gone like a sun setting, is remembered only here in this space, flying through eternity in an instant.

Health Benefits Of A Cheese Noodle

A brilliant little tidbit from my eldest son,
Jackson, who will be four this November,
set me laughing
and then wondering about the health benefits of cheez doodles,
in this case the organic version from Wild Oats,
which tastes much more like cheese,
with the still satisfying crunch of the original,
without the puffiness or as much finger staining,
and as my Jax munched happily
on his orange snack sticks in his blue melamine bowl
while I typed on my all too small little laptop,
trying hard not to hit more than one key at a time,
he looks at me coughing just a little bit,
which is why we were both home together today,
he was sick and couldn't go to school,
and he looks me right in the eyes and says,

Mom, cheez noodles made my cough go away.

Did they? How'd they do that, I asked him?

Ya, they made me all better because there is air in them.

Reach for the low hanging fruit

I like to tape notes around me
Little yellow leaves
Reminding me what to do
Think big
Change the world
Confidently follow your dreams
I like things that inspire me to live well
And this week at work
I heard
Don't send us big ideas
We don't understand
Don't expect anyone to answer you
We are all overwhelmed
Why don't you just pick the low hanging fruit

I am underwhelmed and silent
Mother Teresa said you are where you need to be
But I feel that I am needed somewhere else
I don't fit here picking the falls off the ground
When I want the bright, shining apples
Growing at the top of the tree

the Ocean

i cannot see the end of you
maybe the beginning
but there are so many
i know only this one
here at my fingertips
nails filled with sand
each grain different
than the others
dripping from my grasp
as i carry each back to its start
and run laughing from you
to start again and again
never in vain
never in stress
never getting very far
none the less
yet i would labor all day
just for the joy of being near you