When you were a baby, I sang you this song. A familiar childhood melody drifting over you, a simple anthem that held all the things I thought of you as I rocked you to sleep each night. Questions about who you were, and are, and would one day become. Tomorrow marks another journey around the … Continue reading Constellations
Author: Brianna
The Window
Baby-sized shrieks of excitement fill the otherwise quiet room. His hands clap together while a big-belly giggle gurgles up out of his soul and sugars the air between us. Our eyes meet in mutual glee. His in anticipation of my next move; mine in full delight of being in this moment with him. Right now, … Continue reading The Window
Untitled Psalm
He is torn from sternum to navel. Staples like a zipper, holding in what belongs until his skin repairs the damage with a scar. The tumors they removed lay lifeless in a pan next to the operating table. Tragic, their size. Even more tragic is the fate they have simply delayed. He is dying from … Continue reading Untitled Psalm
The Hours and the Miles
We're in a season of miles that stretch across our hearts. Pulling us together across the wide, wide sky. And we're in a season of hours that don't want to end. Some would take a break, we've got to take the work. You've been gone so long. I know you're tired of the … Continue reading The Hours and the Miles
Shoes
Clumsily she struts around in my shoes, a pair of black high heels that I rarely ware, dug out of the back of my closet. Her smile is wide as she announces that the fashion show has begun. Dragging her feet through the carpet to the mirror, she admires her look, then falls, laughing as … Continue reading Shoes
Two Precious Stones 