hope notes

1.       Going on your first date, second and third that eventually turn into a wedding, aren’t you?

2.       Celebrating your first anniversaries, second anniversaries, fiftieth anniversaries aren’t you?

3.       Having children?

4.       And then grandchildren?

5.       Watching sunsets that never seem to end?

6.       Holding hands with someone?

7.       Watching your kids grow up from the size of a cauliflower?

8.       Watching your parents grow wrinkles and grey hair and curl with age?

9.       Wandering places to find something or the other?

10.   Being a superhuman to someone, aren’t you?

      

Because I hope so

The god of stolen things

IT’S BIG ENOUGH 

TO  MAKE YOU FEEL SMALL

 WHEN YOUR MOTHER

CLOSES HER EYES AND 
QUIETLY WEEPS

BECAUSE SOME MEAN VILLAINS

BROKE INTO THE HOUSE

AND TOOK AWAY

HER LITTLE POSSESSIONS

KEPT IN THE TEMPLE

AT HOME.

SHE DOESN'T KEEP THEM

CLOSE FOR TOO LONG

AS THEY TOOK 

AWAY HER THINGS

AND NOT HER GOD.

HERE I JUST STITCH

THE WORDS OF DESPAIR

BECAUSE I THINK

I UNDERSTAND HER

SADNESS.