due diligence
Once, in Houston’s Third Ward
in the sweltering heat of the summer sun
A Black woman gently chided me:
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in spite of despondence,
and consumed by an irresistible élan vital,
she embraced the world
and all things life-giving…
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three kinds of love
10:31am. Flour Bakery.
From outside the large windows, I see two young souls laugh over what I imagine to be a spleen-tickling meme.
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bella,
it is prudent for you
to learn,
to discern:
who can hold the weight of your vulnerability?
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amber
amber light dances through shutter blinds
falling in stripes on a pale complexion
we discuss information theory; the quantification of behavior
eavesdropping on first dates
Part I. Where are you from?
“Oh you’re from Ohio? I’m so bad at geography; sorry, I couldn’t tell you where Ohio is.”
nervous laughter, with a dash of coy
“What’s it like there?”
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have you ever felt
a loss that made
every breath feel
as though oxygen had been replaced with concrete?
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and now we see in 20/20
Tenderness replaces tears in my eyes
Tension in the already redeemed, but not yet glorified
Redemption that lies in the forgiveness that I did not fully understand
Until the day I was called to mend
The fractals of fragile snowflakes— already shattered
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silent music
Today marks 9 years since the death of my beloved piano teacher.
For the very first time, I felt the reality of it all hit me like a train.
Why didn’t it occur to me before?
Mrs. Diane Delk, my piano teacher of six years, was no longer alive.
Why did God take her from me?
cat clinics
There’s quite a peculiar cat clinic on the corner of Cambridge and Columbia street in Cambridge, Massachusetts
