One minute. Crowds cheering. Daughter rides peering. Sitting on a convertible. Waving to the crowds. Homecoming. Princess. A little more than twelve hours later. 8: 50 a.m. in the morning. Driving to Jazz Choir. To sing the National Anthem. Turns out onto a busy street. Gets swiped by a large truck. Spins wildly. Out of control. […]
Taking Back Childhood. Then, Giving it Away.
I have been here before. When hair was turned back. Kept flat by pigtails restraining me from life. But this time, I have a pigtailed one of my own. And two nearly grown. Here beside me. Rocks make “C” shape around the wild sea. And I step out onto white sand seeping deep within my toes. […]