The spirit
likes to dress up like this:
ten fingers,
ten toes . . .
(Mary Oliver, “Poem”)
My father-in-law, Reuben Brasher, would have been eighty-one tomorrow; Wednesday marks eight weeks since he died. I miss him.
poem, too
I think the Spirit
liked to dress up like Reuben:every ounce of his being saying welcome,
a full-body smile that beamed love;
cobalt eyes as deep as the sky,
and a heart that stayed unlocked
no matter who entered.
his mind disappeared,
but his heart stayed the same –
his heart, and his eyes
the Spirit loved those eyes
because they could see
beyond our mountains of shame
to the clear blue morning in us all.
Peace,
Milton
