070815_1326 Waiting for the bus

I'm just on my own today
Time has gotten away from me
And I'm waiting on the bus
First I waited on the wrong corner
and two flew past,
Now I'm on the right corner,
But no buses.

070815_1130 Park by the water tower

I've seen them marching by in trios
Little girls and their mothers
the American Girl Dolls stiff in their arms,
and the way their mothers stop
point at the red canopy and they scurry toward it.

The return trip with the red shopping bag
and the happy faces,
some of the girls are dressed like their dolls.
The mothers often look less cheerful
than when they crossed the plaza on the way there.

070808_1752 Starbucks

My ice melting in the cup
The sugary creamy remains
of my latte sips
slowly up the straw
I watch him
The upturned table on the patio
filled with water from the rain
and he licks his fingers
and he sticks his face in the water
and drinks.
Oh to be be 4 again
Oh to know I
I am not alone
and she sees him finally
and I walk away knowing
I am
I am not alone

070807_0124 Rain and Spiders

So Hot and the rain is falling and I step outside
The air is thick
And the rain feels hot
and it's 1 o'clock in the morning
and I see you there in your web,
hanging in spite of the wind
and rain droplets glistening....

070802_0640 Choir

Their voice high and crisp singing
then just as the second verse
should begin, the silence
and the quiet.