I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More
Tag: #Aging
It’s All Downhill
I can hear the wind howl outside like the roar of North Shore winter waves back home in Hawai‘i. I shiver, … More
Carousel of Time
The end of the carnival of light and soundthe summertime fairgroundof Ferris wheel and rollercoaster rideslaughter a million miles from … More
Books as old friends
I read you again, silent words and fading pagesturn them, weighing the paperthe memory of our first touchI close my … More
Cold Comfort
He fortifies himself against the cold journey ahead,this way too frigid life for a Kaua‘i boy,downing one last long sip … More
My corn grows high
in five large black plastic pots on my lānai,watering, and fertilized with care,I am satisfied, bearthe slight tremorin my hands … More
November Song
I look back on them all long and longfor what I might have had in my mind’s eyesee red skirts … More
Time Lesson 9: How to Cut It
I sliced the back of my neck the other day.Not huge, but not small either. Lots of blood.I was pissed. … More
Time Lesson 7: Stop the Clock
Benevolent Time sat cross-legged on the mantle smiling,saying she’d push it over, her index finger often fakingflicking it, when, to … More
Time: Lesson 6 (Picture It)
It’s a storm brewing a good distance away, hit or pass me questions,perfectness of June moons, the chaos of a … More
Time: Lesson #5 (September Song)
RememberSummerCountryRockDiscoPop78Era / AndRecordsCassettesCDsMP3sWaiterPlease * * * * * Aloha #WriterFriday. Today’s #WritingPrompt is music Use it to inspire a piece … More
Hiking Lessons
I am hiking up Pālolo Valley with my friend Olav. We’ve brought along way more than enough beer to fuel … More
Time: Lesson #4
See here, this is her jigsaw puzzle, given to me early on, that from the firstI can remember, I began … More
Time: Lesson #2
You must be right-handed. I blush, turn my head and give her a sideways glance. Oh no, not that. I … More
Retirement
It’s possible I may live longer than my parents did.Desperation for more time should affect me with less intensitymaybe, given … More
The Walk of Life
Passing, I looked inside, saw that family, remembered,their stony group staring at those white china plates,no one speaking a word, … More
Siren Song This Way
I often hear it pierce through everythingthat bouncing glitter of your voiceagainst the pane of slumping glasssee the black clouds … More
Seeing Nearer
I see when I have finally walked almost to the endof this said old oak forest, and I am going, … More
Future No Future
I’m no spring chicken, as my dad used to say.What if this is what life will be like until the … More
Secret Friends
I picked up the phone and pretended to haveconversations with you, imitating my parentsthe way kids do. But you never seemed … More