Wheel of Time

Once I was the seed...

Flew, set roots in distant lands.

Now I am the tree.

Mirror Image

When your reflection

screams at you with raw fury,

something has to change.

Sometimes You'll Get It Wrong

When pulling out weeds,

some seedlings get trampled too.

Still, the garden grows.

They Need The Space

The acorn that falls

close to the giant oak tree,

grows not a giant.

Are You Really Helping?

Lifting his child's burden.

Water withheld from parched Earth.

So the cloud lets go.

Beautiful Flowers

Tending his garden.

Ever nourishing with love, 

leaves the farmer drained.

Distant Thunder

"I laughed, lots" she says.

The thought nourishes my soul.

Like rain on parched land.

Teenage Conflict

Lightning strikes... Thunder.

Fire! Inferno rages.

Rain. Smoke. Embers. Ash.

Nature of the Job

Tending your rose bush.

Pruning the dead wood and rot.

Some thorns will draw blood.

Nature / Nurture

Tending your garden.

Build a trellis near the shoot.

The vine goes elsewhere.

Dad, What's Your Superhero Name?

"Sleep deprived over

caffienated exhausted

man." "What?" "Yup, that's it."

Baby's Bedtime

Waves crash. Winds howl. Rain.
Slowly the storm passes by.
Rolling waves. Silence.

This is...

Carriages arrive.
Witches and undead spill out.
Halloween at school.

Yin-Yang

Am I better at

good cop or bad? No matter.

I have to do both.

Acceptance

Sure, I'm not perfect.

At least I try all the time.

Should count for something.

Motivation

Some boulders you must

push till you find a slope they

will roll down themselves.

River, Mother

Jagged mountain rock, 
carried, polished, transported 
into adulthood.

Conversations With My Parents

They, distant forest.
The wind brings their scents to me.
Me, earth. Miss their shade.

Conversations With My Kids

Kids, clouds. They float free.
Their words like raindrops, drench me.
Me, earth. I listen.

Far Away...

Wind blown seeds become
trees, never to return to
their forest of birth.