#wordpower
A chance in a moment given
Time of utter importance
The guts to come forward
To grab the extended branch
A quick evaluation
Does a chance mean it's right?
Step back and adjust posture
Deep breath before facts
Flood your thoughts
A river
Water flows faster than chance
To see it float away
Staying behind
A moment in decision making
A new chance will come this way
(c)near_lane 7
Nov 22, 2020
Nov 22, 2020 at 11:30 PM UTC
Writing heals if you're in pain
Writing won't let your memories go in vain
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019 at 1:59 AM UTC
when I tuck her in, sheets tight under her chin,
pillows fluffed three times wide ways and long ways
(we just might have a type A child yet!)
I notice her eyes. wet, round dinner plates.
there's nothing I need to ask. she has nothing to say.
nothing that hasn't been said in the glances we
exchange over a teddy bear we clutch,
arms slowly ripping from the seams.
she grabs my hand and squeezes,
tighter than I did when she was born.
just five years ago, I screamed,
tossed back my head, sweaty hair
clinging to my scalp like soggy noodles.
the doctor held her up, Simba style.
I closed my eyes gently and slept through the trumpets.
now we're here, in this bed, in this fear
that neither of us can speak.
when her eyelids befriend her cheeks,
and the dinosaur music box hits its last run,
I creep to the door, edging one creak against another;
then I hear it,
barely a whisper, but loud and clear:
why do the good guys have to die?
Nov 24, 2014
Nov 24, 2014 at 10:38 PM UTC