Monthly Archives: April 2024

It’s a nagging kind of beauty, when I walk outside of the UCSF medical building, having taken the elevator down from the adult cancer center, having walked out of the surgeon appointment, having been given more decisions and the news … Continue reading →

What is it about rocks That draws us in Rock collections, pet rocks, lucky rocks, rock skipping Stones so smooth As we turn them over in our pockets Thumb to palm to fingers and back again Hold them up to … Continue reading →

How many things do I bury without even a song, rather, instead, moving forward, moving away, moving on, moving? A glimmer of hope, passed. A bubble-gum-pink camellia blossom, overflowing onto itself, taken down to the ground by the weight of … Continue reading →

What if at the end of the day, I don’t want to cradle her for extra minutes What if I want her to be independent, to fall asleep on her own, to somehow, simply, not need me, even as her … Continue reading →

We were all three in our bed Sunday night The booms Blasts up into the dark sky Lighting up our room in their pulses At 10pm 11pm 2am 3am I was exhausted Wishing they would stop Angry About ready to … Continue reading →