Socra Mama

It takes three seconds For a match to light The wick of a candle. It takes three flames To rise into the night To light the face of one...

It takes faith To place that one, unmatched sock Into the sock drawer by itself And to wait Weeks, Sometimes years, For all the laundr...

I was thinking yesterday For just a few minutes, "What I would do If I didn't have you?" And I stared off into A gray sky...

Rituals are for the rich, Or anyone else Who  can afford to waste their time Doing extravagant, specific things That no one understands ...

I need a new name. This one is ruined. I'm sitting under the clothesline crying. The other laundry is clean And flaps dry in the win...

A swirl in the water Will produce a three dimensional shadow With a band of refracted light Orbiting 'round the top. It will glow on...

They're not happy together. They both feel they could've done better. "Where do you want to eat?" she asks. "I don...