Nightswimming

hopeful we can find a way out of this mess

it all seems so dangerous and absurd

yet we all continue on … necks bent towards the phone

most of us are not paying very close attention are we?

my mama surprised us today

we didn’t know she would be in town

Rick too, I’ve been so nervous for his health

I worry about everyone

I know I can’t do a damn thing to fix anything except my own terrible habits

and even those feel so damn deep that I won’t be able to do it in time.. in time before my death

my husband thinks about death often

I guess I do too

I think about how I could have died so many times

being so completely reckless and selfish

now I do what I can to share how I clawed my way out

“nightswimming” just came on while watching groups of people walk by the big gallery window

“I forgot my shirt at the waters edge, the moon is low tonight”.. he sings

Mary was counting down the minutes on our way to Aunt Dani’s this morning

Words cannot quite express the comfort and satisfaction my whole self feels knowing that my gal is with her grandma and aunt Dani

echos in my heart…