everyone

has a challenge
something
they know of
or don't
that they should
work against
figuring it out
is hard
working against it
is hard too
but the results
are fast

the struggle

is figuring out
what is right
taking in
thousands of
expert opinions
and figuring
out what the truth is
its a good struggle
it hones
the very powers
we have been endowed with

moving

there is a feeling
when you are finally
getting in the game
doing the deed
making the decisions
moving forward
forward
forward
and its good.

Savor

I savor
this feeling
the anticipation
excitement
desire
of you
to arrive
the imagining
of our time
our world
our space
our smell
our air
us
i savor
this feeling
of knowing
its coming
us
and my chest
flutters
and warms
and my
mouth stretches

Sometimes after a big meeting
when people have
critically reviewed
the project
that is my baby
and I had to defend
failures
I feel very tired
and empty after.

Revolutionary Road

Was intense, but went too extreme, so that it was hard to relate to...which is the good news I suppose, that we women don't live in the 50s anymore...

don't wait
for tomorrow to
get started on your life
but don't rush
something that
ain't ready

life

And then life was long.
A 97 year old woman
smiles in bed
next to her best friend
the one shes known
for 82 years.
Life is long
and short?

it was time

and suddenly time
was short
and thirty years
was too long
not to have
gotten what I wanted
it was time to move
incubation was over
excuses were spent
it was time to move
too many things were
far away
that needed to come close
I had to make it happen

Blanket they use in X-rays

The sadness
Came over me
Like a
Metal blanket

news

time passed too fast
since we found out
7 became 10
10 became midnight
I couldn't get out
of bed
to catch a bus
to NY
I laid
and laid
and laid
some more
my brain becoming
mush
my heart growing
more delicate
I had no thoughts
and no energy
I tried to
become rational
I was a
zombie

It is the tiniest, most minuscule details in the love between two people

you start living

What happens when its all okay
When everything is as it should be
and life moves steadily along
What happens
when you trust
that you can weather
any storm
and love is the
thread and fiber
of your skin
when your muscles
become loose
and relaxed
and the day starts and ends
without suffering

knowing
the good
is powerful

cloudy day for the universe

things are confused
files can't be found
documents are lost
emails are missing
familial obligations
are not met
processes are hard to
establish and follow
the brain is cloudy
plans can't be made
too many details are
dangling
hard to
locate
and pin down
schedules
don't coincide
bad news comes
and comes
lay offs
and
ginsburg has cancer
its a cloudy day for
the universe

little failures

some days
are meant
for failure
teaching
a soul
how to sustain
multiple blows
to immerse
in all the people
and projects
that one does wrong
knowing that something
will be learned
when the day
of failure
passes
and that there is no blame
in this game

Se fueron las nubes

Se fueron las nubes
Y llegaron de nuevo
La lluvia
Vino en un tormente
Y salio por la mañana

Hoy las olas
Se ponen fuerte
Abajo del agua
los corrientes
dan empujones


El sol baila con el viento
El viento toca los arboles
Las ramas estiran
sobre los arboles
balanceando de un lado a otro
como un bailador