Nothing But The Truth
She is a little girl
on a rocking-horse
and she will only
allow herself to be
lifted on the horse
if she can hold a
flower, it’s plastic
but she is two years
old so it is a flower
and she is content
with the horse her-
self and the flower
until I tell her her
daddy has jumped
into the pond and
her daddy who is
my son is hidden
by me in the door-
way and is quite
used to madcap
and fun but he
knows to reassure
his little girl that he
is not in the pond
but grandfathers
must say there are
Still
Snow in the
Yard into the
Woods even in
The trees but
Under simple
Plank swing
A square
Of grass
Always
There are people who will love you
There are people who will hurt you
You can’t get one without the other
Sometimes it will be the same person
Sometimes it will be you
Close your eyes, it still doesn’t go away
See a river and where and how it goes
Go like that
Memory
we
live
long-
er
than
we
will
live
The Little Things
The axe
Standing on
The floor in
The corner
Is all said
And done
(conclusion)
________________________
Bob Arnold
Heaven Lake
Longhouse 2018
