30

me as a human
post radical acceptance
slowed down exchanges

29

Sitting with hot tea

After work, with time to read

Before hot yoga

28

Trade School LA class
Then lunch in Highland Park with
Friend I used to know

27

postcard & letter
from friends on two continents
arrive the same day

26

He's processing pain
And I aid with ears, wings, pool
We're gonna be out

25

Tears, sadness at bar

He missed opportunities

Uncle is dying

24

Least favorite sound
An old woman clips her nails
On the bus to work

23

A dinner with friends
From Seattle who live here
Catching up on years

22

Food prep and coffee

Pre-physical therapy

And then the workday

21

Order list of things.
One through five, get through them all.
My Sundays these days.

20

Obsess over thing.

It's been chess, bikram, tennis.

Now it's pool non-stop.

19

playing with pool sharks
who invited us to join
and we won one game

18

A great haircut and
an afternoon on the town
and three sandwiches.

17

When it works, it works.
Great meeting with client/friend.
Discuss, strategize.

16

it's music for kids
but their banter all cursing
makes show for grown ups

15

Father teaches son
to make kissy sounds at me.
How harassment lives.

14

Danced into today

Then he made me laugh to tears

We're both happier

13

Finally the day

For blueberry banana

Pancakes for breakfast

12

Ongoing basis
Allow my self-awareness
To thrive so I grow

11

Herd of big horned sheep
Graze, then scale a wall of rock
I watch, mesmerized

10

lopsided moonrise
desert bound, head to saloon
highway walk, play pool

9

Thumbs up to real life
Witnessing other people's
Lives as they happen

8

Articulating

Insecurities, esteem

Explain how I'm here

7

We talk of balance
His was out, mine might be in
He's angry, not sad

6

How sweet it becomes
as one of us loses steam
the other picks up.

5

Never worked somewhere
with coworker wearing a
Jurassic Park shirt

4

If we are our cats
I am Dijon, he is Munch
Our ways shine through them

3

Started a new job.

Six months later, a great fit.

No settling for less.

2

Lose days to heartache
Its potential, it's out there
But not mine today

1

No sleep, and I'm home
Started to write out of fear
Disintegrating