The child calls, sweetly, softly let’s go, please, I’m asking quietly the woman shaking her head, says no, I must finish. The child calls, yearning, longing let’s play, I have something important to show you, and I have something important to say the woman, furrowed brow replies no, not today. The child calls, isn’t it […]
Reveal Yourself by Kim Valzania
Reveal yourself You’re there Right there The one who judges, the gossiping one, the one that must compete Reveal yourself You’re there Right over there The one who angers, the fearful one, the one who feels defeat Reveal yourself I see you Your bitter jealousy replete Reveal yourself I’m waiting, and I see you […]
At the Sea, The Child Returns by Kim Valzania
At the whisper, the rolling swish of waves, at the sea, the child returns Hot sand sifting and flip flop prints, the child, she returns Gull, tipped head looks and looks and knows that little child, for she has just returned Laughing, face lifted to the sun, eyes closed but to the sun, the child […]