radiant chapters (read top to bottom, bottom to top)

It’s a beginning

It’s an ending and

I don’t want to turn the page

Even though I know it will be beautiful

Oh, my friend

the world has shifted

nothing is right, and yet

it's better than I expected

I sat on the couch and waited

you bled out the pain and the guilt

I sat on the couch and waited

king's hearts were moved

I sat on the couch and waited

you walked away alone

I will sit on the couch and wait

to see you again

my precious friend

ode to the maus

oh little mouse

how happy you would be

in my trash can

full of corn dog remnants

and soggy peanut butter crackers

but you, you see nothing

smell nothing

taste nothing

nothing but the crunching death of a mousetrap

Womanhood, again

I am like Eve

guilty

cursed

and still blessed, somehow

I am like Sarai

waiting 

longing

disbelieving

victorious

I am like Rachel

treasured 

forgotten

barren

mother

I am like you

afraid

alone

and accepted

This breath I take has been breathed before

Nothing new under the sun

The continual groaning of humanity

to be loved 

to be whole

Delayed

Hey history,

don't hold your breath

We probably won't 

get it right, either

The keys are in our hands

but we're hungry, and tired

and bored

Another generation, sleeping away greatness

Star

how you shine
a star alone in the moonlight
beauty wearing thin in the late hour

how i wish
you were inside
with your heart at rest

find peace, glimmering one
please, please find peace

brynn is changing

Saying goodbye to you
but not really
goodbye to who you are now, to me

the beauty is, I get to say hello
right away
to who you are becoming

Brynn is two

tiny fairy
little imp
you are all that is sweet and beautiful
and fire and spark

you issue your commands
collapse on the floor in tears
scream in amazement
captivate us all

oh the daintiness
and the elegance
you are the princess
and the jewel

Happy Birthday, baby!