Nov27
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Nov26
Say it Hot
“…when genuine passion moves you,
say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.”
–D.H. Lawrence
If you allow
sparks of truth
and beauty to ignite
what is tender
and alive within you,
there will come a time
when you can no longer
contain the fire,
when you must spit
that flaming ball of yes
into the world
and risk burning
the whole place down.
Nov18
Not Yet
As you nestle into my pillow,
I smell the lotion
that one of the technicians
must have had on her hands
when she held you down
for x-rays this morning. I reach
to pet you, feel the knobs
of your spine, feel shoulderblades
jutting from you like scree, feel
the vet’s prognosis splintering
me, recalling the conversation
I tried to reason my way through
with all the right lines
about your quality of life
being more important
than invasive treatments,
about dying
being part of life, my voice
beginning to tremble
when emotion snuck up
and pushed reason out
of the way. And tonight
my hand shakes its way
across your brittle coat
while I revisit our agreement
that you will let me know
when it’s “time,” but tonight
you just nestle in further,
purring, stretching,
letting me know
it’s not yet.
Nov15
At Least I’d Like to Believe That’s How It Happens
Nov2