Bring the Change

yard work and bike ride
 Spanish practice once again
 simple spring Sunday
 
 
 

Bite Size

morning chore cheer-up:
 all summer clothes on clearance,
 kids ride penny horse
 
 turtle view walk
 (kids swim free in Denver’s dream)
 then neighborhood grill
 
 tinker toy swing joy
 with a dose of dream house night:
 Saturday served up
 
 

All the Way from Spain

Cartagena dream
 brought to me by bicycle,
 fate, and Friday luck
 
 

Five Months Later…

joy for middle one
 bed frame for her garden view
 (and home for stuffies)
 
 

Night and Day

a new day has passed
 in my bipolar career
 today? just great kids
 
 
 

Spiraling into Control

after a draining day
 with back talk on all fronts
 i just want to laugh it up
 at a simple game
 between a spiral and a kitten
 to spin my mood back
 
 

An Earful

to have someone listen
 with eyes and words offered in peace
 and make promises you know she’ll keep
 and coo at cute colleagues’ babies
 and smile behind tears we all so often hide…
 
 it makes a Monday bearable,
 a coffeehouse tea taste smooth and soothing,
 a repressed voice feel fulfilled for the first time in years,
 and a view into the future shine bright with silver linings
 
 
 

70 Degrees

ride along canal
 to find new favorite playground
 the March to summer
 
 

Reaching Forward, Reaching Back

my oldest rides now
 while searching for climbing trees
 that hold tight to youth
 
 

Serve It Up

a sunny March Friday
 juiced with music and art
 divided by a field trip
 pounded by a parent teacher conference
 squeezed between piano and happy hour
 (tea for me please)
 topped off with restaurant and workout
 and the cooling creamy dream
 of mint chocolate chip
 for a sunny side down ending
 to my never ending meal