Number 18

daily walk to school
holding hands along the way
monday through friday

Number 17

stuck on the monday
running in place without aim
hurry up and choose.

Number 16

split in two, one half
wants, the other wants not to.
results in splinters

Number 15

no school for ten days.
sleeping in, one would assume?
one must be joking.

Number 14

"work the problem" he says.
like finding the right key among many
this turns the tumbler. go.

Number 13

motivation arrives on its own
terms. but i can seek the inspiration.
i need an ass kicking.

Number 12

the ball is sent far
down the field and so i break
legs and heart set free

Number 11

sleeping, a nap so wondeful
so profound, my breathing rhythm so delicious
"mommy, I think that's enough"

Number 10

rushed. to put it down
marking something special from this one day
it went by too quickly.

Number 9

i want to go surfing
and feel like i did at the
beginning. ...indescribable

Number 8

middle age connotes a fall,
of sorts, as in the roman empire,
turbulent times indeed ... well, duh

Number 7

with ties to seasonal change
and honoring the dead, this is halloween
happily carving pumpkins with dad

Number 6

two birds flying high above
one black, one white -- in stark contrast
clearly identified as such

Number 5

my son of 10 years
enters untrodden ground, with me in shadow
intuition training for us both

Number 4

examining a moment in time
where does that piece begin? and end?
continuous compression resulting in now

Number 3

computer, cell phone, schedules hum
filling my chi with bloated, illusory abundance
i need to go on a diet

Number 2

composing narratives with my kids
about a monster of our own making
not so scarey on paper

Number 1

i went for a run
away from the beckoning piles of do
joining the ants marching freely