I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?

Is cooking hard? 

I glanced at Mom

She laughed

Hands still in motion

Cleaning the utensils

Well, is studying hard?

Sometimes

Dad is a collector of rainbows,  

Pictures taken to capture and frame  

A small wonder performed on the world. 

He says it’s like saving up luck in our lives. 

Carried by the songbird’s wings 

Through forests bright, caverns dim, 

Flying in the wild wind.  

Tears have been shed and goodbyes have been said 

And the light is leaving from your eyes. 

for my girlfriend who gets me roses,

but not just any plain old red ones,

but flowers in my favorite color,

and she knows that I love them. 

for my girlfriend who gets me presents,

Before 

we wake, 

we are huddled under 

blankets 

and dreaming. 

Before 

we wake 

there are others 

living, 

breathing, 

Intricately designed silverware sat at a long table

Carefully placed next to ornate porcelain china 

Silver goblets so shiny you could use them as a silvery mirror

stop.

stop running.

stop worrying.

stop everything.

drop. 

drop to the ground.

drop your possessions.

drop everything.

roll.

roll anyway from the fire.

roll away from your fears.

I dream of him less than I used to – 

But our story always starts the same. 

I am small, and his oil-stained hands hold me like the Red Clover, 

So tightly that I think he’ll never let me go. 

Shouldn't I be enough,

just myself,

nothing more,

nothing less.

All I want them to understand.

Shouldn't you be enough,

just yourself,

nothing more,

nothing less.

Just two girls,

your love was too much for me

all i saw was a blazing fire

a heart so completely mine

a mind so deeply in awe of my own

i ran away

i'm not used to being called beautiful

Mud season is the before and after

It's the beginning and the end

It's the war when seasons collide

Spring versus winter.