Posts Tagged "youth"

on First Loves and Dreams

I’m reading this amazing book by Luis Rodriguez.   I’m taking my time with this one. Like one might savor each bite of a rich meal, I am taking time to mull over each chapter, each challenge.
I first encountered this author a few years ago when I stumbled upon his memoir, Always Running, [...]


Lullaby

I pause at the doorway watching the rise and fall of your chest
a moment of peace as you sleep…
I see these hands so strong and powerful
I remember when they fit so tiny in mine; soft and loving
I remember the pictures they drew and cards they wrote
the flowers they carried to me so small and sweet
Now [...]


Dreams & Stirrings

When I broke ground on this piece of cyber property, I could feel something shifting, something changing, something happening.
Maybe it was the wind billowing out these sails, readying this vessel for adventure.  This ship has long been in the making.  At first only a inkling in the mind’s eye of a steadfastly passionate thirteen year [...]