She first held my hand five delicate fingers, swallowed up in my palm. Fingers grasping                             at my fingers. Tiny. No indication of such a big life.                            There was comfort […]

  I could warm milk on the stovetop, but that would only leave a mess. Sometimes you don’t do what you need to do, because it leaves a mess. The day still stings, long gone now. It’s shadows of commerce and confusion invariably run up against ever-present fears. My heart is restless, doubting all intelligence […]

yesterday          today was tomorrow I had many things to do                               things I had put off consciously or  unconsciously       it mattered not        I was determined to get them done one         (or all of them) by one done      today when it was tomorrow it seemed easier it seemed manageable it seemed as if there would be time […]