just a small difference:
American leftovers
versus Honduran
It’s All in the Sauce
just a small difference:
American leftovers
versus Honduran
motherhood
Quaranturkey
work interrupted
my man carving the turkey
so my boy stepped in
my girls made the pies
and set the grateful table
(we made this loss work)
just the six of us
celebrating our health
in a health-hell year
Quarantine Scenario #437
hidden behind mask
is my sixteen-year-old girl
(her pandemic grin)
i hope to win her
with walks, drives, conversations
just like the old days
Mom to Teen
i can’t win with her
(this pandemic doesn’t help)
so here we are. trapped.
Heartstrings
yes, he can smile
with a photographer’s touch
the magic comes out
Pink Limbs
sometimes the sunrise
is the best part of the day
(before darkness falls)
Opposing Views
lovely innocence
found in the curious eyes
of a young child
now masked by sorrow
even with her birthday gift
her eyes say it all
Sweet Sixteen in a Bittersweet Year
the day starts with tests
to secure her friends’ safety
in this COVID year
negative is good
whoever thought it’d be good
to be negative?
and so, she smiles
and we blow up the balloons
(losing one to wind)
and the four friends come
and she’s happy for just a day
of this lonely life
Cherish Them
these fleeting moments
shared with a stencil of love
between my daughters
Hallowed
working for love
(sometimes it doesn’t pay back)
but we always try
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