Tag: memories

When Life Gives You Cookie Monster…

When Life Gives You Cookie Monster…

Isn’t it surprising that just a reminder from your childhood could have such a fabulous impact on your day? Today I started my morning as usual, getting on the crowded NJ Transit and then the even more crowded Uptown 1 subway. I woke up at 

My Childhood Metronome

My Childhood Metronome

Childhood echoes bounce through my windowA nostalgic drumming that still peeks through my blindsA beat with no answerA tune without timeThe metronome pauses for years without warningIs it battery-run, did the battery die?Can you replace something that was never alive?Or just spark with what fuels 

Little Red

Little Red

Balloon Red,Pink orange yellow white,Swirling to the melody of the windLike an orange sherbet summer sunset Humorous sense of bubblyfun house mirror, round reflectioncreating what one was ten years ago —façade on a string,Thin, naïve, gangly, bright 

The edges are tired— but so am I

The edges are tired— but so am I

I asked you to snap it. In case I forget. Lost in the bedsprings. Laced with regret. Wave up the net, Cut through the air, Away she may fly— but the flight will be fair.  The world is so wide, The turns go on endless.