I saw it there, right there on the wall, “Don’t forget the killin’” I did, I saw it. The sons, grandsons, cousins, brothers, childhood friends who happened, just happened to jump into the wrong gang, And now they’re the enemy. Don’t forget the killin’ Children who can’t play outside ’cause their mama’s afraid, they won’t […]
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Tunnel Vision
I enter, though reluctantly, into this dank cavern Leading deep within the earth. Into the darkness I go, sensing a twisted maze. I venture into the unknown. I pause with trepidation with each step I take. I feel a coldness and aloneness in the deathly silence. I lose my way in the blackness of no-where-ness: […]
The Cherry Tree
She looked up and saw them wave, the leaves at the very top of the cherry tree. Don’t wave at me like that. I don’t know you. I live on the ground. The top of the tree is your home, the branches are your family. Don’t wave at me. Are you beckoning me to climb? […]
Grandpa
Grandpa played a violin and surrounded me with Norwegian folk tunes. He fiddled and rocked and sang and laughed. His face was crinkled from sun and smiles and songs. When I was only 10 they buried him on a hill overlooking a valley of flowers and trees and a stream that will forever flow. Like […]
My Grandma
Grandma died one day. I lived 1500 miles away. She died at 94. I was too busy to stop and mourn. I always sent her a special card. She wrote back and said, “I like to be remembered.” When she was 95 I bought a card to mail. I stopped. I remembered. I mourned. —Caroline […]