
friend, an unknown wildflower/
gives me wonderment.
My daughter: Before/
she ran with wolves, she danced with/
salmon, spied turtles.
My video camera ran,/
dancing with the lake’s waves/
and the sky’s reflections.
My fingers froze,
trying to hold lens steady,
silently breathing.
I’ve learned to be quiet,
to live with the pain
of stillness.
It was all worth it
to hear a lone loon
call the sunset goodbye.
She asked why poems were/
about others, not her. They/
weren’t. This is. Goodbye.
Change.
Change is good.
Change is fun.
Change is.
Change.