Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Stepping Out


I wear this invisibility cloak
Nearly everywhere I go.
And though I don’t remember
Choosing it
Or creating it,
There is no question that
It is mine and defines
my style.

Adrift in a sea of irrelevance,
I tried to find
matching shoes
but
the sparkle of sequence
on my heels
 could not be  
 masked
beneath the folds of
my cloak.

So, though I stood
in the corner
when you
walked by
and
thought certainly
I’d remain as always, unseen,
you stopped
and looked down
long enough to hear
my whisper.

“See me.”
I begged.
And you smiled
and reached out your
hand to me.
So, I stepped from the corner
and let my cloak
fall away.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Never Will You Be Gone


Never
will you be
Gone
From me

For you were
Made in my marrow
And housed in my flesh

And in the halls of my heart
I heard your footsteps as
You walked there
 before
You could breathe

And there you will
Stay upon the timeless
Throne of  my love
That was built for you
The moment
My soul knew
I would be
Your Mom.