Writing

Meditation on a Grapefruit I was taught to eat a grapefruit, cutting it in half and then using a serrated knife to cut the flesh

I heard the children in the yard, a train, then birds The sounds melt together in my mind and wrap me in a memory that

The patience of ordinary things I have conversations with myself where I coach my impatient, anxious self to hide in a room while life goes

Lie down with your belly to the ground Push your head into a pillow, arms tucked tightly into your sides, as you were in the

One morning you might wake up … and remember what it was like to greet your babies, their happy faces, excited to see you, offering

Take me to your river, I want to go. What would I be like if I packed a small suitcase, abandoned my current life and