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We Waited (Poem)
we waited as children
time draped carelessly over our shoulders
so lightly that we did not care
we could find another hour or two or three
hanging warm from the sun
on the line stretched out back
we waited as adults
time crammed into backpacks and bags
heavier now but still unregarded
we’d grab spare minutes along with coffee
whenever we needed extra
we waited as elders
time spread across the table
weighty memories of things that never happened at all
broken pieces of too many jigsaw lifetimes
that trembling hands could not fit together
we died and there was an end to waiting
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Common Teacher (Poem)
the pavement is kind enough
to receive a foot step a falling body
the muttered words the loud screams
the mingled incoherence of the street
no judgment given nor any quarter
equal treatment extended to all
a lifelong student of the hard thing
I would become concrete
