recuerda mi corazon

haiku my heart

 

 

 

love infinite love 

hoping for each one of us

to become its flame

 

 

i cannot tell you why

when life winds down; narrow enough

to slip through the eye of a needle-

an infinite horizon of memories unfurl. 

 

 from this vantage point -

of almost goodbye

stories float up and pierce our hearts,

voices rise like heat shaken off the earth.

 

it's as if all the stories ever told

are a field of  flowers

waiting for souls bound on "cross country flights"

to share them

as they sail forever by.

 

there is no end to the love that hums in thin air

forever hoping for a foothold in our hearts

to be holy received;

and in this willingness

 the simplicity of life finally comes to us-

 only in our letting go are we 

forever received-

to dwell together as one,  

 infinite love.

 

 

happy mothers day to every one of us-

for we are all love's flame.

xoxo

 

 

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haiku my heart

 

evidence of hope

suddenly a heart shaped cloud

finds its perfect sky

 

dear friends,

thank you for arriving each friday

with a haiku to share and hearts so open.

i am so grateful

to feel your kindness and care in my life.

your thoughtful hopes for my mother

lift my heart as i navigate these

difficult days;

mostly bedside, rarely at home.

my heart is hope filled,

even as the world has changed on its axis.

my mother-

the strength of her astounds me.

 

it is a comfort 

the way we return,

just as uplifting as mornings bright bird song

to reunite again and again through 

every season.

for all your kindnesses and comfort

i treasure each of you as

evidence of hope.

xo

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haiku my heart

 

both in its absence

and in its sweet returning

the kiss of sunrise

 

 

the sun

have you ever seen

anything

in your life

more wonderful

 

than the way the sun,

every evening,

relaxed and easy

floats toward the horizon

 

and into the clouds or the hills,

or the rumpled sea

and is gone-

and how it slides again

 

out of the blackness,

every morning,

on the other side of the world,

like a red flower...

 

mary oliver

 

such a long night with mom 

in the ER after finding her on the floor, 

helpless and waiting.

may sunrise bathe the contours of our hearts,

fill us with warmth and comfort,

may we all find our way to safety,

sliding out of the blackness of night

and opening like summers first flowers

of love.

xoxo

 

 

haiku my heart

small.words.big love.

XO

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haiku my heart

 

what   life   takes   a   part

only love reassembles

circles hold the light

***

 

in the autumn of  life-

my days are orchestrated around mother care.

i am searching for light in each

unfolding moment, even as

things 

unravel with each passing day.

as her memory declines,

conversations have no foothold in the present, 

the future abandoned long ago.

there is no more motherly advice or insight.

the terrain we share is a circle closing in on itself.

a small spattering

of her childhood memories.

glimpses into her heart that

spiral back in time.

 

i am sad when i am with her;

sadder when i am away.

this long farewell is bittersweet.

i love her

without measure and can hardly fathom

my world without her.

xoxo

 

haiku my heart

love is the bridge between you

and everything.

rumi

 

 

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