Fissures in family

Fissures in family

DNA is not glue

A swamp oak in dry soil

It cannot, will not do

Too many clay pigeons

And constant contradict

Their deaths are not sainthood

And surely not verdict

Truthful root, no grafting

Truthful roots, no grafting

Strange flower, stranger fruit

Nothing falling far from

And not following suit

I see you seeing me

Like birds without feathers

As if we too are marked

Promising togethers

Half moon and northern star

Half moon and northern star

Memorial weekend

Soldier Michael Bouchard 

An undying beacon

This Vietnam bracelet

Reminds us to embrace

The fallen, the many

Their names we won’t erase

Easy to see foolish

Easy to see foolish

My own ways corrected

Drawn conclusions sketchy

Right answers rejected

And the heart blundering

For invasive flowers

Experience masters

Gained wisdom empowers

We’re braided together

We’re braided together

Our ends apart then meet

Both loosely and tightly 

A wave or handshake greet

Like Pachelbel’s canon 

Or Ravel’s bolero

We venture and not coil

Forward and not narrow

How did I end up here

How did I end up here

Do all the roads converge

A funnel or black hole 

Or the great water merge

Is it all a circle

Denominator one

Arriving again here

Regardless of begun

Finite in this Ever

Finite in this Ever

Loose threads becoming knots

Tomorrows not todays

Anew amid forgots

All my love to my loves

Our hearts color blending

We were brave together 

Our borrowed time spending