from the legal pad

your mother's care your father's joy. grandparents' pride an aunt's tears an uncle's hopes. life. breath. cries for milk a beating heart. sleep. these gifts, eternal. this life, spiritual. thank you- better yet, bless you.

i think therefore i know; i know therefore i win. my thoughts compete    with myself    with my actions    with you. always running, rarely in offseason. stop

there is a moment- some mornings.    often fleeting,    seldom lasting. and just for a blink, my mind forgets the rush. for a breath or two,    sipping coffee,    pouring cereal, i rest. no longer in bed, the news doesn't broadcast here. wireless has no reception. sit. wait. regardless. the chaos cometh.