compliment from a random robot?
yes, please.
i’ll take it!
and
as suddenly as
nacho the cat not the food
stepped into our lives
and became family
he has exited once more.
–
last night he slept
calm and close
purring and cuddling
warm fur soft and gentle.
tonight it will be quiet.
–
we are made better
for having known him
and
he’ll be
remembered for
his sense of humor
his friendly ways
and
his love of life.
we will all miss him dearly.
–
adios amigo.
until we meet again.
—
“there is no death. only a change of worlds.”
– chief seattle
there is something wrong with this.
it’s like starting out your journey
by surrendering to the inevitable traffic jam,
knowing you’ll be frustrated and angry.
what about making
a tiny carry-out espresso cup
instead
that reads:
“just a quick shot to enjoy
as we’re sure you will
soon be arriving
at your destination?”
i could really go for that.
it was science day
we made
solutions and color swirls
learned about buoyancy
floated and sunk things
then
we met
two big horses
a baby cow from scotland
a ball python
and
came back to our room
where we met
a friendly silverback gorilla
and an anthropologist
who told us all about him
and he shared
his celery snack
and one of
the best discoveries of all
was when we found out
all on our own
that we could
make secret forts
under the big kid’s science table
it was so great
to have a special day for science
but then every day
is really science day
if we just look around.
it was the perfect night
for the
corn maze terror
9 of us went in
3 of us made it
all the way through
hangnail moon
chilling wind
corn up to the sky
eerily waving us in
dark silo in the back
watching it all
and
scary things
so many terrifying things
all along the way
walking out of the corn
and
standing behind us
and
calling our names
and
chasing us
scary pic of me hiding in the corn
right at the beginning – excited and scared both
we ran
we startled
we got lost
we shrieked
we fell
we ran more
we tried to
clutch onto each other
sometimes to strangers
yelled our lungs out
and
somehow
made it to the end
a little bit braver
and
for at least one of us
a lot more scared
than when we went in.
a true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst,
than in the beginning of danger.
– philip sidney
as the cousins
find ways to stretch their line
they hang on tight
to see just how far they can go
and still be connected.
even the one who resists
cannot escape their web.
—
“all things are connected like the blood that unites us.
we do not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it.
whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.”
– chief seattle