longing

like a mouth watering


and yet, i feel me sooth myself
an old woman patting my thigh
there, there, it will come in time
and for now, foolish child
there is today

he is not lost

in fact, today he's nine

horizon

i forget sometimes about the larger world

and that i can, in fact, walk out into it

within

be careful what you hold within

and yet~

although winter is still all around me

at my window is spring
this is what i look to with hope

winter is (still) all around me