After being
several weeks
secluded
silent
unseen
and
Now fretting
over
if
anyone
noticed
my absence
After being
several weeks
secluded
silent
unseen
and
Now fretting
over
if
anyone
noticed
my absence
Herbie,
my comfort hamster
moonlights
as a sleep consultant.
What makes me nervous?Easy. Money.Easy money?Why do you find money unsettling?Stability. I want stability.What does stability look like to you?A fully-funded future.What else?Being able to pay for everything I need.And?A house that doesn’t rattlein the wind.And?Time to travel.Why are you nervous?Even the best-planned futures can fail. Thinking in Future Tense This Q & A format…
Honk-honk, clatter-chatter, hiss-hiss,Morning‘s rush ensnares.Sharp glare, piercing, as the bus looms,Mischief in your eyes. Hissing threats through morning‘s gloom,Chattering loud lies.Intent clear, I swerve past you,Safety‘s leap: survive.
Last spring I heard the birds sing.
Stewardship isn’t about ownership. It’s about caring for something as though someone else will one day inherit it.
Search engines are actively disliking orphaned content. Readers are rarely stumbling across it. After spending hours writing a poem, I am definitely preferring it receive an occasional visitor instead of spending eternity alone in a dusty corner of the internet.