lavender lilacs
have bloomed, blown, fallen to earth
now nourishing soil
innocence explained
Joy is not naivete. To be innocent is not to be ignorant. To rejoice in hope is to be a light in the darkness.
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adventures arranged
What if you could step out of your normal everyday life for a hour or two and into the midst of an adventure particular to you?
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lavender lilacs
white lilacs
smell the white lilacs
their heads heavy with raindrops
drink them in, and in
pillowtalk
I’m sleepy! What are you?
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a trick of the light
a trick of the light —
a groove of the mind —
a rhythm of the heart —
generic love poem
i could write you a note
filled with beautiful things
dear friend
i know that the silence can be hard to bear
and the strangers you meet just don’t seem to care
for your smile, or hello, or the kind word you said
dost thou wander lonely?
dost thou wander lonely
without the fixture of embrace?
look, i don’t know …
look, i don’t know if it’s
ever occurred to you
to be completely spontaneous and
upend all your normal habits of being
passionfruit in november
some grey days
when my soul is
consumed with wanderlust
i remember our
belated birthday date
at the sidewalk cafe
A cake for spring dreaming
As soon as our city’s stay-at-home protocols went into effect in March, I developed a manic craving for lemon-elderflower-flavored things.
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