I love your steadfastness and wisdom.
The way you make eye contact.
The way you only perform for your most trusted people.
I love the way you are careful yet unguarded.

I love your cheetah print pants and your jelly shoes and your “belly shirt.”
I love your rectangle glasses and your platform flip-flops.
I love it when you direct neighborhood mov…read more

In the wild blueberry fields
The tall yellow grass
When I can hear scratchy voices
Working hard to talk about the past

On those dirt roads
To a muddy swimming hole
Browing swimsuits
Laughing with my sister
Crickets on patrol

My aunt’s small cottage
Kettle screeching
Outside a small Maine village
Jasmine tea waiting
When I’m cuddled up on the fro…read more