Cloudbreak

graduating girl
ready to face the world
one ray at a time

Yellow (Not a Coldplay Song)

self-portrait art show
for my two youngest daughters
sunflower, glass shine

first day of first job
(the best COVID milestone)
let us shed this slump

blooming badminton
(a few moments of teen peace
before bickering)

the blooms of today
will disappear tomorrow
and it hurts. it hurts.

my sunflower girl,
her modernist self-portrait 
so true to her soul

best friends since kinder
ready to graduate now
(how could they grow up?)

her last big event
for her high school gymnastics 
in a pandemic

no medals for her.
just bravery: a new sport
and some kind teammates

ski season is done.
we’ll have to make do with yards
full of happiness.

a few last baskets
waiting for that hidden spring
only found in youth