#52

I hope you linger like your Dad
Staying content in the face of trouble.
I hope you wait a little longer
And grow even stronger
To face the world we know today.
I know you will shape the world you live in every day after.

I hope you grow in grace and truth,
Learning things we can't teach you perfectly.
I hope you choose to love
And deeply forgive
To know and share the Father's will.
I know you are loved so deeply.

#51

Whether it was the act of traveling
Or the friendly context of waiting together for the lights to return,
Voice returns to my writersoul.

Instead of reaching for a camera,
I dig deep within the language region of my brain
To capture each moment.

Selecting English phrases that explain a culture
Challenges, but does not frustrate.

There are many voices,
and I am the active voice in my future.

#50

Awkward bus doesn't honk.
It just hits you.
hard.
Out of nowhere,
Immediately.
An empty seat at a table for two.
Or no seat at a table for fourteen.
Introductions in a gaggle of children.
literally
Covered in children.
Bus.
There goes the bus.

#49

The tide took it's time
leaving my toes
as I read Better Homes & Gardens
on a rock
at the beach
at the park.

#48

But hallelujah!
Light cannot be kept quiet
It pierces. It wins.

#47

The darkness is real
You feel it at night and if
You close your eyes, too.

#45

Every every all
What you can
What you have