The breadth and depth there is to learn
The lessons if I am close to the ground
The memories to honor
The birth of a good friend’s baby
The same joy
The cards to send and details
The world on the evening news
The inner-city teens over for a bonfire
The life of a suburban friend’s teen
The pain of a young, pregnant girl
The fear of the boyfriend as she cuts herself
The words I try to speak of God and healing
The tears
The projects I mean to finish
The friend I don’t really know anymore
The dreams dangling out there
The walks to take
The movie I wish I’d never watched
All the art I want to take in
The desire to do work well
The work I leave undone
The music that makes me cry
The spring plantings
The days I have no energy, just guilt
The poetry I ignore
The house never quite finished
The present never quite “there”
The growing old and together
The mysteries of heaven and eden
The plaguing want to know
The skin I would like to molt out of
The life that never fits into the hours
All the things
