To Win Some
10 Sep“I don’t normally introduce myself to strangers”, I said shyly.
“I’m no stranger, I am here every day” he quipped in a soft voice.
I sat down next to him, and feeling bold with nothing to loose I just blurted.
“I think your beautiful, I really would love to take your picture”
“I think you are mistaken” he replied with a smile.
However he smiled like he has heard this before. “What will you do with a photo of me?” he asked.
I might study it some more. I think I might grow up to be an artist.
Soon.
“That might be alright then, but I hope I don’t break that camera of yours.”
We talked then, of the city and growing up and then old.
We agreed that we all win some and loose some. “mostly I have lost some” he said with distance in his eye.
I hope today we both won something. I feel richer by having the courage to stop, not just pass by.
Tomatoes and Onions
9 SepPerhaps my new WordPress friends remember when I said that I am a horrible gardener.
That is why I spent the summer foraging.
The truth is this:
My family planted the garden
…and allowed me to weed and water it
We all feel this beautiful sense of pride and ownership.
Do all gardeners feel this great at the end of a summer?
To Study Our Daughters
8 SepTo look at them as through a glass darkly
They show us some things
Not like before
When we heard and saw everything
Because they believed that we knew everything
Had all the solutions
They believe the trail was blazed by mothers long ago
That we already know the way
Now that she is far from me
I lead her by shadows and suggestions
Pray for her peace
Long to hold her again