Celebrating Earth and Your Day

And so, my love, it is your birthday, not that we began your celebrations that day. We often started on the first of April, sometimes before a daffodil was spotted, but not before the shelves of stores carried Easter eggs and stuffed bunnies. I will celebrate you in the woods this day. It rained thisContinue reading “Celebrating Earth and Your Day”

On Your Birthday

On rain swept days or sun struck mornings I sit upon this marble bench in your rose garden, And sigh your name and wonder … If you can see the mist that clouds my eyes, If you can feel the beat of my heart quicken If you can see my body shudder as I shedContinue reading “On Your Birthday”