She must learn again to speak
starting with I
starting with We
starting as the infant does
with her own true hunger
and pleasure
and rage.

-- Marge Piercy

For November (Especially)

For November (Especially)

I am part of a whole,
(a veryvery, very small part)
of the generations who went before me,
Through time immemorial.

I have known them, 
through this lifetime,
for a split second,
out of the corner of my eye,

through a glance,
through a dream,
through a mirror, reflecting back.

And mostly…

Through the kind of love I have
not known, because of my limitations
of being human.

Pure, 

unfathomable, 

awe-inspiring,

love

 

For December

For December

Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?