film on the rocks date:
a weeknight scramble for food
before rush hour

on baby’s first day
of walking to seventh grade
to see Black Panther

every white person
sitting under this blue sky
has made this violence

it’s in every plot
every “love” vindication
every U.S. film

will there be a day
when we will glorify peace?
win power with peace?

i am still waiting
for a better power trip
that wins wars with love.

just outside of town
lies a cottonwood forest
with these mountain views:

walk past construction
pretend wealth doesn’t steal this
(if these bricks could stay)

just walk in the shade
away from the hot world
and breathe in nature

seven years hoping
he’d find a ride that fits him
so we could cycle

victory has come
a perfect twenty-year gift
to celebrate love

happiest birthday
to the man behind my dreams
my everything love

twelve miles hiking
is worth a pique on the peak
and a skinny dip

you’ll never know love
till you’ve heard wind through aspens
(better than the beach)

campfires are banned?
let me lay this lantern here
for our family warmth

even with sore legs
and a star-less cloudy sky
i’d rather be here

nowhere else compares
to blue mountain silhouettes
to my home. my heart.

a hot summer hike
to bring in one last weekend
of childhood joy